Is there a food that you just can't stand?

Good point Stacy.   And that is exactly how I learned that I actually love anchovies!

I have tried all the foods on my list - blech!

OK, I know everyone says they hate all these foods, but have you actually tried them all!?  I ask because as a sushi eater I always used to have friends looking at me with disgust in there eyes!  I'd say OK, what's wrong, they would say, ick sushi is gross and I would say oh so you have tried it!?  No, they would say 99% of the time, so I made them try it and 98% of the time they loved it!!!!!

Tried sushi -- I can eat it if that's the only thing on offer...but would rather not.

OK, I know everyone says they hate all these foods, but have you actually tried them all!?  I ask because as a sushi eater I always used to have friends looking at me with disgust in there eyes!  I'd say OK, what's wrong, they would say, ick sushi is gross and I would say oh so you have tried it!?  No, they would say 99% of the time, so I made them try it and 98% of the time they loved it!!!!!

Argh~ hoped this wasn't going to come up!  I have tried most of my hated foods, but some - I couldn't eat out of principal, or for smell or texture.  I forgot to mention indian food in mine and I haven't actually tried much indian food, but I cannot stand the smells or the idea of coconut/curry/etc

I have to be honest, like rabbit, I am sure if someone prepared rabbit in a way I didnt recognise it with a fab sauce I probably wouldn't know, but can't get past what it is !

Yep - add rabbit to my ever growing list as well.  My ex was a hunter and I've tried just about everything wild - I did like most of it, but rabbit and squirrel I hated.  Elk is good, and so is alligator.  I even tried lion at a game dinner, but wasn't impressed.

I've tried everything on my hate list - - - still hate it. 

~Liza

The ones that really get me are the foods that people smuggle into the UK from places like Haiti (Airport anyone?)

Half a pig's face, skinned, dried out- eeek!  Those little guinea pig creatures, roasted whole- ARGH! Or the African dried fish- a la maggots.

I once saw a cookery programme with an Italian chef (famous one, can't remember it right now) and he was in the woods with some italians and they have this cheese sat in a shed for months and the inside is crawling with maggots and THATS dessert 

has anyone on here had Haggis how does it tastes like  I'm curious but not willing to try it though.

Just had some for lunch today in our works canteen!
It's hard to describe the taste... imagine a slightly spicy meatloaf which is sort of packed into a 'loaf' very loosely, so falls apart, rather than staying loaf-shaped?   Up here they also serve haggis in a sausage casing, battered & fried in chip shops... i always recommend that for first-timers! 

Just had some for lunch today in our works canteen!
It's hard to describe the taste... imagine a slightly spicy meatloaf which is sort of packed into a 'loaf' very loosely, so falls apart, rather than staying loaf-shaped?   

Both the taste and the texture can be summed up simply:  mingin'! 

They sell haggis pizza at the Costco here. 

The meat version freaks me out, but I saw vegetarian ones in Jenners, I can't imagine theyre too bad? OP have you had a veggie version?

I've had the veggie one.  It's okay . . . on Burn's Night.  Our daughter liked it, but she loves all things Scottish - chippies, neeps and tatties, tablet, fried MarsBars, skirlie, stovies, etc. 

haggis pizza ...now that's just sounds fowl.....

I've had the veggie one.  It's okay . . . on Burn's Night.  Our daughter liked it, but she loves all things Scottish - chippies, neeps and tatties, tablet, fried MarsBars, skirlie, stovies, etc. 

Sorry I was referring to OtterPop when it was you Expat

Not so keen then! I have always wondered if deep fried mars bar was a myth, thanks for confirming it's true- wow, cant imagine what thats like!

OP will tell you haggis is gorgeous.  She's really a Scot in an expat's body  .  She even makes lasagne with it.  One of these days she might even sneak it on me. 

But I KNOW!  The texture gives it away.  They were giving samples of the haggis pizza away, and my sixth sense told me something was amiss, so I didn't eat it.  DH and DD nibbled away, however.

The veggie stuff from Jenner's is quite nice, tho. 

OP will tell you haggis is gorgeous.  She's really a Scot in an expat's body  .  She even makes lasagne with it.  One of these days she might even sneak it on me. 

But I KNOW!  The texture gives it away.  They were giving samples of the haggis pizza away, and my sixth sense told me something was amiss, so I didn't eat it.  DH and DD nibbled away, however.

The veggie stuff from Jenner's is quite nice, tho. 

LOL! I dont think she'll get anything past you somehow   My hubby and I are hoping to afford a little weekend trip back to Edinburgh before we head off to the States, I really want to come back and have another day or two there, have breakfast at Jenners and wander around- but we are torn between Edinburgh or France- IF we can swing the finances- argh, decisions, decisons

I've had veggie haggis before and liked it - it's just like a glamorous veggie sausage really.  My husband was up in Scotland last week and he brought back another one for me and a 'real' haggis for himself. What I want to know is why the veggie version doesn't have the Drambuie in it.

Are there any true veggies on the boards or vegans??

I haven't read through it all so apologises if it has been mentioned