30 People Share Common Food Trends That They Dislike

"Tails on shrimp that aren't meant to be eaten by hand."

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• August 21, 2023

Put someone's eating habits under close scrutiny—whether it's a friend, family member, or even a stranger—and you may come to realize just how particular they can be about their food. Even those who claim to be undiscriminating may have preferences that are very specific.

For some individuals, tomato juice is regarded as an abomination, something that should never have been introduced to culinary practices. There are those who absolutely cannot tolerate celery being secretly added to their dishes.

And then there are people who are highly particular about how their salad is presented, showing disappointment if it arrives at the table uncut. Redditor u/ahfansaerdet recently initiated a lively debate on the r/Cooking online community by posing a question to all members about their dislikes in dishes, particularly those ingredients or culinary practices that are generally beloved or widely accepted by chefs and food enthusiasts.

The response was overwhelming! Members of the community were more than willing to share their thoughts, revealing their personal dislikes and preferences. We have gathered a comprehensive list of everyone's major culinary dislikes, so continue reading to learn about these individual tastes and perhaps even discover that you share some of them.

Ready? Let's go:

1. Someone asked:

2. Uncut lettuce as salads. Just, for the love of all that's good, just cut the damn leaves so they fit on the fork then in my mouth without getting dressing everywhere.

3. Cilantro, I have the damn gene

4. Tarragon. Marzipan or other almond flavoured stuff. I can handle almost anything else but those two items, ugh, even the smell makes me feel bad.

5. Cherry tomatoes just dumped into a salad whole so that they roll around your plate as you chase them with your fork. Halve them, people!

6. Big slices of onion in my salad. I'm going to have to pluck it all out to chop it up to distribute the flavor. Just put chopped onion in a cup on the side.

7. Fennel. I think it tastes awful and ruins otherwise well flavored dishes

8. My big one will always be using celery in a dish or cuisine that doesn't normally use celery.

Yes mom, it adds crunch. It also makes the whole damn dish taste like celery.

9. Raisins in oatmeal cookies, carrot cake, stuffing. All my favourite things I end up spend half the time digging raisins out

10. Chicken and waffles. Chicken, I get. Waffles I get. But the two of them together make as much sense as to me as serving baked beans on lemon icebox pie.

11. Whole olives (with pit) on pizza … just why??

12. Artichokes. What a pain in the a**. And also a pain to cook for little payoff. But they’re so delicious!

13. Celery.

14. Lavender, roses, and orange blossom in food

15. Chicken stews/sauces/casseroles with bone-in chicken pieces.

16. Raisins

17. Ocra... vile slimy weed.

18. Calling something "triple chocolate" and one of them is white chocolate. I'm sure white chocolate has a purpose but I just cannot stand it personally. It tastes like sickly sweet fat to me.

19. Getting a salad that's not chopped is infuriating to me.

20. Truffle oil. I'm so glad the big truffle oil fad has mostly died down. Everything smelled/tasted like a stale armpit for a while.

21. Caribbean jerk places in my area all seem to just chop their jerk chicken with a cleaver in the most brutal way possible. While I love the flavor, I'm not fond of chicken bone fragments embedding themselves in my gums.

22. When lettuce isn’t bite size - unless it’s *deliberately* served whole and meant to be cut up (say a grilled lettuce salad). But something like romaine or something in a classic Caesar, etc, I really shouldn’t have to cut it up more.

23. When you order a meat dish and half of it is fat

 I had pork adobo yesterday and at least half the meat was pure fat. Immediately ruined the meal for me.

24. Nuts in bread. I like bread, I like nuts, but don't put them together, please. Bread is soft, it's weird to have crunchy bits floating around in it.

25. I don’t like the taste or texture of chicken fat

26. Those super huge sushi rolls that have like 4 layers of c*ap on top of them

Do I attempt to stuff this entire thing into my mouth at once and hope I don't choke? Do I try to take a bite out of it and have the rest of it completely fall apart and become impossible to eat? Fancy sushi has caused way too much anxiety in my life.

27. Tails on shrimp that aren't meant to be eaten by hand.

28. Green peppers. To me, they taste like dirty feet smell. So gross.

29. I get that it looks nice, but I want maximum crunch from the breading and not soggy bread party seconds into my meal.

30. Raw onion

 I realize that I am probably on an island on this one but for me, raw onions are one of those things that I just really, really dislike. I find the texture off putting and find once I bite into it, it just takes over completely and that is the only thing I can taste.

I have the same reaction to green peppers (cooked or raw) as far as taste goes. Not sure if it's a genetic thing (like people who think cilantro tastes like soap or people who have asparagus pee) but something about raw onions and/or green peppers is just repugnant to me.

Oddly, cooked onions I am fine with as I am with yellow/red/orange peppers.

31. The amount of mayo used at a lot of sandwich and burger shops, I typically just go without. Nothing worse than a big glob of mayonnaise. (And especially if it's hot, even worse).

People have all sorts of likes and dislikes when it comes to food. Some can't stand certain common ingredients, while others have very specific ways they want their food prepared. The discussion on the r/Cooking online community showed just how different everyone's tastes can be.

What's interesting is that even though we all have our own personal preferences, it's something we all share. It's a fun reminder that food isn't just about eating; it's also a way we express ourselves. Whether we love or hate certain dishes, these choices show just how unique and diverse we all are.

Damjan