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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsName something you will not eat, under any circumstances, at a potluck dinner or picnic
For me, it's anything with mayo. Some people don't understand it has to be refrigerated. There are other things I won't touch, but if it has mayo in it. that's an automatic deal breaker.
Name the things YOU won't eat.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Mt dad hated onions too.
He was in the Navy in WW2 and once found onions in the Jello.
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)or anything with onions in it. My mom, as a newlywed, made beef patties with onions in them, and when he realized, refused to eat them. I don't think her feelings were hurt anyhow. He saw action in the Pacific, so she let it pass. She told me years later when I had understanding, "Daddy won't eat onions!" I don't think she ever found out the reason.
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PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)He wouldn't ever talk about it, really. He always really liked salad, though. I guess those guys didn't get enough 'rabbit food.'
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)NO "O"!
Mosby
(16,297 posts)Paella, shellfish.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)all my life and have never got sick from them. On the other hand I will not eat onions, especially the raw red ones, at potlucks, picnics, state dinners or anywhere else. I hate them.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)"Never order anything with mayonnaise."
"Never order tuna fish sandwiches."
The programming didn't end there.
beveeheart
(1,369 posts)I never order egg salad or tuna fish sandwiches for the same reason.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't even stand to be at a table where someone else is eating it. That is how much I can't stand it.
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)... also deviled eggs pose no hazard if the eggs were cooked correctly beforehand. Again, no mayo in deviled eggs either.
I agree with you about raw onions, but not because of potential food poisoning. Raw onions make me seriously gaseous, which would ruin the festive mood.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)And it's nasty with mustard in it, too.
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)... that German potato salad is made with no mayo or mustard, no chopped up eggs, nothing to spoil or give you food poisoning. That's the only kind that I make and it's why I'm sort of picky.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)But I can't even guess at how much regular potato salad I've eaten at picnics and potlucks since about 1950 and have never become sick from it. The only time I ever got food poisoning was from restaurant food.
kmla
(4,047 posts)The former? Tastes like dirty little cabbages.
The latter - smells like feet.
Bleah.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)unblock
(52,183 posts)they taste amazing, nothing like the bitter crap you get in america.
hard to believe it's the same vegetable.
same goes for asparagus, although i find that more tolerable in america.
again, the european version is amazing.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)toss in olive oil, melted butter, balsamic vinegar, seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder... layer cut side up on cookie sheet, layer bacon over top, bake 30 mins at 375....... whoa MAMA that's some tasty sh** right there! I guar-on-TEE you'll love it! And then throw chilled leftover sprouts in a salad......
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)Different strokes for different folks, I guess
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)To me, Brussels sprouts taste like rotting cabbage soaked in battery acid. They are unbearably bitter.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)I like broccoli (with cheese) but not Brussel sprouts. or sauerkraut either.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)bif
(22,693 posts)Just the smell of it makes me sick.
I hate that shit! So gross...
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...I took two years of high school Spanish. I did better with French. One day the teacher walked around the room and called on random students and made them say a sentence in Spanish. I made one up and beamed with pride. She said "Congratulations. You just told me that Jose eats handkerchiefs and milk."
I said "Jose tomo panuelos y leche" instead of instead of "panecillos"...HEY! I thought it was an honest mistake.
awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)means to drink. So your sentence would still be incorrect although a little bit less funny: "Jose drank rolls and milk".
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,186 posts)No corn on the cob, creamed corn, fresh cut corn, corn salad, corn salsa.
No no no NO CORN whatsoever until it has been dried, ground up and made into grits chips or pone
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)Following what I was raised to do you eat what you are served. A bunch of us were going to the coast to see the Smothers Brothers. Before we went to the show we stopped at a relatives house of one of our bunch. She served us a fresh caught seafood (all kinds) casserole. Not liking fish or seafood to begin with I looked at it and dug in. It ruined my night because even after drinking a few all I could taste was fish, nasty nasty fish. I couldn't tell you about the show because I was in the bathroom most of the night. The next day I tasted fish.
CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)Grossest thing in the world other than brains and other organ foods.
Not overly fond of eggs either as I threw them up when I was a toddler. Soft boiled they were, sick sick sick!!
Other hated foods include:
Blood pudding.
OMG.
I could go on on but won't!
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)I have had them all when I was a kid and now I know why I am such a picky eater. I can smell tripe cooking from a mile away.....
CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)So few understand but I do!!
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,513 posts)I've tried it and don't like it.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,513 posts)leaves at the tips of the branches that were no longer than my finger. It grew all over our pasture, but the cows wouldn't touch it. I always thought they must be on to something. Mockingbirds, cardinals and robins love the berries in late summer and fall.
MarvinGardens
(779 posts)and was taught that pokeweed (and the berries) is poisonous.
mindem
(1,580 posts)I just can't force myself to do it.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)YUCK, yuck yuck yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ohiogal
(31,963 posts)of three bean salad or anything pickled or vinegar-y.
Iggo
(47,547 posts)FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)I guess my standards are too high when it comes to potato salad. I usually don't like how other people make theirs, so I try to avoid the disappointment.
Iggo
(47,547 posts)But random potato salad that somebody's auntie brought from who knows where?
Not a chance, bud.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)You're one up on me...I've never been to a picnic or potluck that had Rocky Mountain Oysters.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)he thought it would be funny
shraby
(21,946 posts)They found it didn't spoil as quick as the same ingredients without it.
sl8
(13,720 posts)From https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/health/01real.html
By ANAHAD OCONNOR
JULY 1, 2008
This is the time of year when food poisoning typically spikes, and one popular picnic ingredient that always attracts suspicion is mayonnaise.
But studies cast doubt on that.
Most commercial brands of mayonnaise contain vinegar and other ingredients that make them acidic and therefore very likely to protect against spoilage. When problems occur, they usually result from other contaminated or low-acid ingredients (like chicken and seafood), improper storage and handling, or homemade versions that contain unpasteurized eggs.
One prominent study published in The Journal of Food Protection found, for example, that in the presence of commercial mayonnaise, the growth of salmonella and staphylococcus bacteria in contaminated chicken and ham salad either slowed or stopped altogether. As the amount of mayonnaise increased, the rate of growth decreased. When temperatures rose to those of a hot summer day, the growth increased, but not as much as in samples that did not contain mayonnaise.
...
Google turns up a number of pieces in The Journal of Food Protection about mayonnaise. Here's one from 2000 (pdf):
http://jfoodprotection.org/doi/pdf/10.4315/0362-028X-63.8.1144
Microbiological Safety of Mayonnaise, Salad Dressings, and Sauces Produced in the United States: A Review
LAS14
(13,781 posts)zanana1
(6,106 posts)I'm 66. Ain't dead yet.
Cirque du So-What
(25,923 posts)After some reflection, I came up with something: chicken gizzards. With free-range chickens, gizzards contain tiny rocks that serve to grind whatever the chicken eats. Pass!
jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)Absolute shite.
awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)Old tomato paste with sugar? Whose brilliant idea was that???
I do like tomatoes though.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)dameatball
(7,396 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)samnsara
(17,615 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)love em but not when they're sitting out in the sun all afternoon
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)If I don't know how long it has been out I avoid it, and go for chips or something. I've been sick enough with bad food twice to be in the ER with IVs. No good.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)dameatball
(7,396 posts)Because there is always THAT person that really, really wants you to try something that you really, really don't want to try.
Mopar151
(9,978 posts)Z was really proud of 'em, too. I'd `a puked `em up, but couldn't bear the thought of whatever that taste was again. Some more Mac 'n Cheese and a few BBQ meatballs seemed to sequester it OK.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)Mopar151
(9,978 posts)Multiculturalisim makes for really great potlucks!
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)With food poisoning after a work potluck the ONLY thing I eat is what I bring and maybe chips or cookies.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I couldn't choke one down if you paid me.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)I am almost 60, and I have never had bologna.
Or, a single cup of coffee.
LAS14
(13,781 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)My mom used to make fried baloney sammichs for my dad and brothers. The smell turned me off the stuff forever.
sl8
(13,720 posts)Regarding coffee, I'm with you. I could never have just a single cup.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)I just cant put it in my mouth.
beveeheart
(1,369 posts)sl8
(13,720 posts)I do not like them.
Would you like them in a house?
Would you like them with a mouse?
lark
(23,083 posts)I hate the stuff, also won't eat turnips.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)And I'm from the south. Go figure.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)I'm not a fan of it on the best of days, but add the Texas sun and flies? Nope.
Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)Even the smell of watermelon, as in gum, is nauseating to me.
Also raw tomatoes.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I love watery foods in general, but I love the smell, taste and texture of the above-mentioned foods. I find it so interesting how people have such varying tastes. I also hate things that other people love, like milk, eggs, tuna salad, lamb and a number of other things. I wonder how we develop our tastes in foods. I wonder that if we didn't have such a variety if we would be so choosy.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)That's about it
Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)katmondoo
(6,454 posts)becca da bakkah
(426 posts)....like them, I really do. But they give me a severe case of the runs, every time. No matter how they're fixed; potato salad, French fried, baked, scalloped with cheese sauce, mashed, with butter or gravy. Organic, red, purple, new....doesn't matter. They ALL give me bad gastric upset. I don't even chance it anymore.
Second would have to be kale. What a stupid way to ruin a perfectly good smoothie!
royable
(1,264 posts)Suddenly kale is everywhere. I hate it! Follow the money, I say.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)I cant be sure of the ingredients, so I simply wont bother.
llmart
(15,536 posts)Yeah, I don't trust people. I live in a community of mostly seniors and about 1/3 of them have some form of dementia. You think I'm eating anything they bring to a potluck? We hear all sorts of stories in here about how someone left something out for two days and then brought it or forgot to add the main ingedient or used salt instead of sugar...I could tell you some stories.
So now. Every year our neighborhood has a potluck and for some reason I'm always busy on that day
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)...as opposed to going to a restaurant.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)I've been to many potlucks and picnics featuring potato salad, deviled eggs and all manner of home-cooked food that sometimes went unrefrigerated all afternoon, and never got sick even once. But a restaurant meal - I'm not sure which item in that meal was the culprit - had me calling Ralph on the big white phone for two straight days.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Sometimes it doesn't show up for days which makes it harder to identify the source.
At least with restaurants you have some standard of food safety. Not so much with stuff made in peoples' kitchens.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)...and not all of them may manifest.
There's numerous pathogens that can cause it.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)...in Mexico..never got sick. Ate at a restaurant and high end resort....sick for 24 hrs straight with a two day post poison hangover. Hell of a way to lose weight.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)I'm so afraid of people double dipping the thought of even trying one disgusts me.
RockRaven
(14,958 posts)doesn't matter the specific preparation -- deviled eggs, potato salad, egg salad sandwiches, whatever.
royable
(1,264 posts)I also avoid things that I'd ever make myself, since mine would be better, and I'd just be disappointed. This includes pie.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,587 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)moose65
(3,166 posts)Or really anything with coconut flakes in it or on top of it. I cant stand that flaky texture - its like getting a hair in your mouth. Yuck!
TlalocW
(15,379 posts)Other than that, the potluck dinners I go to tend to be family matters, and I trust my family with cooking, or Hispanic/Latino affairs, which means I'm going to try everything... if there are no shrimp in the dishes.
TlalocW
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Except cilantro. It tastes like soap flakes.
LAS14
(13,781 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)But they can't understand why I can't. I remember Julia Child wouldn't touch it.
Mopar151
(9,978 posts)That's why the cilantro on the side of the Family Reunion Nachos was banished to the lawn by every relative!
Submariner
(12,503 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Harker
(14,010 posts)Which, come to think of it, is probably why no one ever invites me to a potluck.
mucifer
(23,522 posts)Harker
(14,010 posts)Can't say anymore that I've never been invited!
Leith
(7,808 posts)I don't want to think of what they are made of.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)with either mayo or dairy, that's been out for more than an hour. Had real, honest-to-goodness food poisoning one time, from some bad ranch dressing. I prayed for death.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)..got sick cuz the bloody mary mix wasnt refrigerated. Ive never got sick from any potluck.
quickesst
(6,280 posts)..... prepared at someone's house I do not know.
OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)Things. I guess I'm not a fun guy.
Rhiannon12866
(205,144 posts)mucifer
(23,522 posts)samnsara
(17,615 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)In any form.
sl8
(13,720 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Bayard
(22,048 posts)Can't stand their nasty little fly feet tracking thru my food.
Won't eat any cooked greens, except spinach in a casserole. No turnips, rutabagas, or radishes.
in2herbs
(2,945 posts)Snellius
(6,881 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)So, yeah, I agree, but maybe for a different reason.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)MarvinGardens
(779 posts)Turbineguy
(37,313 posts)I warned my Wife before we were married.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Courtesy of some 4-ingredient cookbook. Sodium-laced mystery meat decorated with industrial orange poison. NO THANKS!!!
Tracer
(2,769 posts)Tastes just like soap.
I recently discovered that some people have a gene that causes the "soap taste". If you don't have the gene then I guess it's delicious to you.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Potato salad.