What Common Ingredient in Food Completely Ruins It for You?

[Thesauron]

What common ingredient in food completely ruins it for you?

 

I have many things. Ruccola, for one... And don't get me started on all the soy 'alternatives'...

 

[dove]

MSG 

high fructose corn syrup 

any # color dyes

more than 3 ingredients

[bohemian]

Béchamel sauce.

aubergine

nectarines (allergy)

 

[Thesauron]

MSG 
high fructose corn syrup 
any # color dyes
more than 3 ingredients

Hm... Is it common that people or establishments add high fructose corn syrup to food that is not semifinished?


Johan

[Woodland]

Beetroot.  I hate everything ending up being a garish shade of pink.    Colourings, MSG, sweetners are also pet hates. 

[dove]

1 hour ago, Thesauron said:

Hm... Is it common that people or establishments add high fructose corn syrup to food that is not semifinished?


Johan

What does semifinished food mean? 

[Skyler]

Though I do put emphasis on clean eating now, I've never  been a picky eater.

I love trying new things, even if it stealthily hides crushed beetles. 

 

The only food I can think of are those little devils that ruin lasagna, fennel seeds. 

[Thesauron]

50 minutes ago, Dove said:

What does semifinished food mean? 

Ready-made food that's prepared for the final stage of preparation.

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semifinished

 

[dove]

Just now, Thesauron said:

Ready-made food that's prepared for the final stage of preparation.

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semifinished

 

Gross.. 

[Thesauron]

Though I do put emphasis on clean eating now, I've never  been a picky eater.
I love trying new things, even if it stealthily hides crushed beetles. 
 
The only food I can think of are those little devils that ruin lasagna, fennel seeds. 

Exactly! Who came up with the idea to serve fennel seeds in lasagna? 🤢

I don't mind beetles, if they are honest beetles. But have you noticed how when people serve shrimp, that they pretend it does not taste and feel like tiny little insects?


Johan

[Thesauron]

Beetroot.  I hate everything ending up being a garish shade of pink.    Colourings, MSG, sweetners are also pet hates. 

Beetroot should produce a deep red colour though, such as Eastern European borsjtj. But if you try to add beetroot to just about anything, it will certainly give your meal a sickly shade of pink.


Johan

[dove]

Fennel seeds are not only for taste by aid digestion..

[vern]

....... can't wait for the new system and not having to worry about poison food.

[Friends just call me Ross]

Aspartame (Nutrasweet)  

High Fructose Corn Syrup 

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) 

 

[Thesauron]

Peanut butter - crunchy or smooth doesn't matter. It's detestable.


Johan

[Skyler]

1 hour ago, Thesauron said:

Exactly! Who came up with the idea to serve fennel seeds in lasagna? 

I don't mind beetles, if they are honest beetles. But have you noticed how when people serve shrimp, that they pretend it does not taste and feel like tiny little insects?


Johan

A great, clean comedian called Jim Gaffigan dislikes seafood, and during his stand-up referred to all crawling seafood (lobster, shrimp, crayfish) as "bug meat". I concur, they really do look like giant expensive bugs of the ocean. The only way I can eat them is if I don't think about it too much, though I simply cannot eat crayfish, period.  I do enjoy actual fish though, amongst other meats.

 

On the subject of PB, have you tried other nut butters? Or even cookie butter, which contains no nuts at all. 

[Thesauron]

A great, clean comedian called Jim Gaffigan dislikes seafood, and during his stand-up referred to all crawling seafood (lobster, shrimp, crayfish) as "bug meat". I concur, they really do look like giant expensive bugs of the ocean. The only way I can eat them is if I don't think about it too much, though I simply cannot eat crayfish, period.  I do enjoy actual fish though, amongst other meats.
 
On the subject of PB, have you tried other nut butters? Or even cookie butter, which contains no nuts at all. 

Hazelnut butter, but I rather prefer regular butter, unpasteurised, lightly salted.


Johan

[cricket246]

I'm a lover of many things Asian and seafood, and even though I am not overly picky there are a few things I'm out on :

* Wasabi

* Grapefruit (med allergy and I don't like anyways)

* Rare meat

* Most Prosciutto

[New World Explorer]

40 minutes ago, cricket246 said:

I'm a lover of many things Asian and seafood, and even though I am not overly picky there are a few things I'm out on :

* Wasabi

* Grapefruit (med allergy and I don't like anyways)

* Rare meat

* Most Prosciutto

Wasabi ??? I love those "explosions" in my head  LOL

[Qapla]

Things I do not like or cannot eat:

 

Nutrasweet - allergic!

Licorice/liquorice  - don't like the flavor

Anise/aniseed/ star anise - taste too much like licorice

Fennel - same as anise, taste too much like licorice

Peaches - don't like the flavor

Apricots - taste like peaches

Pistachios - don't like the flavor

 

There are others, but this leads the list!

 

As to some of the other ones mentioned:

 

Peanut butter - Yum!

Wasabi - just like horseradish ..... I do indeed like it!

Shrimp is the ONLY seafood I like

 

[New World Explorer]

I strongly dislike caviar

[Qapla]

I have never eaten fish eggs - but then, since I don't like most seafood .... why would I?

[kejedo]

There are many ingredients referred to as curry. The one I definitely don't like is the one that makes the food taste and smell like burnt sneakers. 

Parsnips - smell like puppy's breath to me. Can't get past that. 

Anchovy along with caviar

 

Tongue: by me its praises go unsung

it should have stayed where it came from

Because:

I hate to lick a food that licks me back. 

Edited July 23, 2017 by kejedo

[Raven]

5 hours ago, Gregexplore said:

Wasabi ??? I love those "explosions" in my head  LOL

I'm hooked on wasabi...I used to love sushi by itself, but now sushi is boring without it. 

[Raven]

Milk ~ lactose intolerant. I wish it was easier to buy chocolate without milk in it..