Artichokes
Spiny,flavourless bastards. impossible to eat in a civil way.
My mum and my other half are both Italian and love these fucking things. Despite my protests they ALWAYS serve them up to me, complete with a stupid ' go on eat it, its really nice' grin on their faces. They dont seem to realise that A) I find it impossible to even attempt to eat them
B) That Id rather eat the peanuts out of monkey shit

Also in Southern Italy, where my Mrs is from, they actually make a Liqueur from these bastards which spookily tastes EXACTLY like a mouthful of petrol
( bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 17:01, Reply)

Celery
Takes more calories to digest than it gives you in return. You could starve to death by gorging on celery (well alright, you'd probably lose the strength to continue eating long before that point). It is clearly the work of Satan, designed to do nothing less than kill humans.
(greendwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 17:01, Reply)

eughghggh
cheese - any sort all wrong, smells wrong, looks wrong see, wrong
(her-social-craft, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:55, Reply)

pickled walnuts
disgusting thing to do to walnuts. Tast foul and look like diseased ovaries. Yuk
(CantShootForJack, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:53, Reply)

Imps
Tiny, little, black, mutherfuckin', licquoricee, no-good bastards that used to hide in the sweet counter pretending to be..well, sweets - were they fuck! Combined with a cunnningly low price - these little shits burned the lining of many a young and naive mouthpiece. Invairiable these were only ever sold for their practical joke qualities.
(Chillumm, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:50, Reply)

cow testicles...
and these;
-asparaghus
-the "your frund in the frudge" cheese
-rigatoni
-rissotto(see i cant even spell it)
and other numerous things -but- i do like all vegetables and fruits other than olives
(That guy with a hat., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:48, Reply)

Easi-cocking-singles
They're not cheese and anything that incorporates them is NOT a sandwich, it's a crumby deception.
( helmetcream, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:41, Reply)

Turnip.
Turdnip, I say! A fucking waste of space. Takes 2 hours to peel, 3 hours to boil, 4 hours to mash and 5 hours to eat. After all that, what does it taste like? Dodgy water, that's what.
In fact:

SELECT FOOD_NAME FROM WORLD
WHERE  FOOD_NAME LIKE "*NIP"
AND    TASTY = TRUE

0 results

( helmetcream, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:34, Reply)

Stove top
Really, think of how disgusting it would be from an outsiders view; to cram soggy bread crumbs up a turkey's ass, then eat it and call it tradition.
Then again, it is quite the american tradition to shove things up people's asses these days(if you get my drift).
(sirwootalot, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:33, Reply)

Green Beans
Broad, runner, in fact any green beans. It's not so much the taste (although that's enough to make me gag) but the rough texture of their disgusting exteriors. Ever since I was a kid, the feeling of a green F'ing bean trying to cling to the back of my throat has litterally brought tears to my eyes. A deathmatch between man and pulse always ensues, as if the bean would rather choke me to death than be sizzeled by my stomach acid. Filthy stinking green beans, hanging's too good for 'em I say!
(Doc Rosco, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:28, Reply)

definately cloves
but i'm not sure they constitute a food

I suggest, for the sake of scientific integrity which i'm guessing is the priority for most people, that no herbs spices or mention of mcdonalds should be included in this poll.

These are not really food but flavourings and overpriced yankee imperialism.
(gentleben, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:22, Reply)

Worst food ever
Cloves. Hands down. If you don't believe me go and eat just one, no half of one, right now. Maybe a challange for the radio show?
(CantShootForJack, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:16, Reply)

tripe
just like swallowing a huge congealed bogey. Putting vinegar on it only makes it a vinegar tasting huge congealed bogey.
My mum used to eat jelly tripe, which, I guarantee, is the most disgusting foodstuff ever pulled out of a cow's stomach
(harrypsauce, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:08, Reply)

No-one eats this shit surely...
Cress - Who eats the stuff ? It has no taste or redeeming features. A truly crappy herb all round.

Watermelon - Equally rubbish. Has to be soaked in Vodka for a week, before it's remotely edible.

Marzipan - For me it brings back horrid memories of lousy cheap flights abroad. Tiny, foul cakes served by a larger, fouler stewardess.

Tongue - Obscure, but having being served it abroad whilst working I have to ask - why the fuck would you want a tongue for dinner ? Sweet Jesus people - there's time and a place for tongue. It's not on the dinner plate.
(DrGonzo, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:04, Reply)

Aftertaste
I was offered offal once by a friend's mother, and was too polite to refuse. People - learn how to say "fuck off bitch" loud and repeatedly. Even if they don't speak English particularly well they'll get the point.

It has the consistency of a rubber band, coats the mouth with grease when you chew, chokes you when you swallow, and leaves an aftertaste that just won't go away.

Still, you've gotta try things once*.

The part that I really can't forgive them is when they gave me diet coke to try to wash it down - diet drinks also have an aftertaste that I just can't handle. Together that 5 minute experience combined to give me an aftertaste of greasy shit for 3 months, and for the next couple of years that same greasy taste came back every time someone said the "o" word.

* Most often quoted in notes by Darwin award contestants
(Skippyfillet, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 16:03, Reply)

Oh the mental horror
Anybody remember Newberry Fruits?

They were fucking shit....
( The Armchair Vandal, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:25, Reply)

bastards
I've not been able to eat mayo for two weeks now. Ever since I found out the kebab place at the end of my road got closed down because the iraqi owners we jacking off into their mayo tub and serving it on their chicken burgers.
It's bloody true and I ate one!
AAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
(I've done it so many times it's boring now..., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:22, Reply)

Dried fruit
chewy and yucky, what is the point? Currants and raisins are dead flies and put in nice looking cakes by nasty people to stop me eating them.
(born sleepy, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:10, Reply)

That ambassador........
only gave me a cocktail sausage. Wanker.
(Bowling_for_Maybelline I know a Malteser when I hear it, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:47, Reply)

Ryvita
Gave me Schizophrenia.
(Bowling_for_Maybelline I know a Malteser when I hear it, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:41, Reply)

Revells
Russian Roulette for those with potentially fatal Peanut allergies (or a dislike of the taste of Coffee)
(dogger collymore, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:40, Reply)

Coleslaw / potato salad
Anything that looks like somebody has already eaten it, found it disgusting and then puked it up back into the packet and resealed it sure ain't entering my mouth.

To be fair I have never tried it at all but it looks like puke dammit.

On the other hand I ordered this thing at an Indian that turned up looking exactly like a dog turd on a lettuce leaf, can't remember what it was but it tasted good.

Maybe that means I am prepared to eat some bodily excretions but not others? I do have to eat metaphorical shit all day at work....
(highlordzarj, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:38, Reply)

Tofu is soybean curd btw.
Hot cross buns are the most horrible things ever made by man, they taste like spicy sugar coated cow pat. retch. vomit.
(EvilDeathSandwich Woof, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:38, Reply)

4 spring immediately to mind
Kidney. 2 words - piss filters

Tesco value frozen beef mince. Although I suppose it's OK if you don't mind eating capillaries, arteries, bum holes and other unidentifiable body parts.

For the same reason as above, anything made by McDonald's

And from my childhood - Golden Nuggets. Before they turn into a gelatinous mush, they lacerate the roof of your mouth beyond recognition, so you swallow about half a pint of your own blood along with your breakfast. mmmm yummy.
(8-Ball, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:31, Reply)

Fucking eggy bread
the smell of it cooking makes me dry heave. All other things I'm fine with (apart from celery though, what the fuck is the point? It tastes like dandelions, and you burn more energy eating the fucker than you get from it, so you're nutritionally better off not eating it at all! Is that even technically a food?)

Edit: I just had a vegetable curry for lunch which contained a lot of celery and was quite nice. Raw celery can still piss off though.
(he who walks, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:28, Reply)

Heaving for Deutchland
New year before last, what happened was that the bizarre pub/restaurant/bike shop ran out of luvverly Bath Ales Gem. 3 sips of German wheat beer had me filling Bristol dock with vomit in no time. Marmite is shit too, and any meat products from Africa. Poor people eat those foul burgers with grissle in them that they sell off of wagons in town, that can set me off if i'm not already pissed. Veins in beef can put me off for a nanosecond. I am convinced that Europeans eat the shittiest cuisine on earth, if you are going abroad, take English food with you. Bastards won't get me eating donkey foreskin on ciabatta.
(Turnip_cruncher***"It puts the lotion in the basket"***, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:26, Reply)

parsnips and jaffa cakes ...
for tasting disgusting and yet looking respectively like yummy roast potatoes and chocolate digestives, and so fooling me into eating them when I was a nipper
(stone the crows, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:15, Reply)

in australia
there are many types are mites... as in vegemite, marmite, promite which are all ok but there is one mite which is truely ... well lets just say its the texture of black jelly smells like beef stock or dried animal skin and burns when u eat it. This mite is called mightymight and my dad loves it much to the disgust of the rest of my family. Anyway id like to leave u with a serving suggestion on the packet called "BIG BENS BREKKIE" Spread mightymit on two peices of bread with scrambled eggs and melted cheese" this mite might be the death of all mite lovers in the world. ... like me .xxx god bless imported english marmite or our mate
(SPoRk, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:09, Reply)

All the things that make your belches taste like napalm
Blue Cheese - Just eat yesterdays socks instead
Fray Bentos - Pie in can......hmmmm
Tripe - Just the thought makes me want to boak.
Creme de Menthe- Nasty nasty nasty bad man.
Smash - Try eating it dry, it solidifies in your throat MING!!!!
Weisswurst - Like eating a tramps cock...wrong....so very wrong.
( The Armchair Vandal, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:08, Reply)

Bacon sarnies.
I believe I am about the only person out there who hates them?

I also believe they about the only thing I prefer the taste of cum to. Apart from possibly fish, but don't get me started there.
The texture of the fatty, slimy, greasy bacon making the bread all soggy, it's just inedible. Soggy bread is not right, its tastes like its gone mouldy. It makes me gag after one mouthful and I can't eat anything all day. I can't understand why people put butter in these sandwiches too. Butter mixed with fat-ugh, one way ticket to heart disease.
(Borderline Schizo, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:02, Reply)