EWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!
There’s no way I’m eating that! I absolutely hate three foods. Id never put one down my throat.
Guess what? I hate…let me repeat that I HATE broccoli!!! Broccoli has a shameful flavor, it makes me want to throw up. It’s not only that, broccoli practically has hair! Little green things sticking out of the top bothers me. But the biggest thing that bothers me is its green. I don’t really enjoy green vegetables. When I eat broccoli I feel like I’m being posioned, and I don’t really care for food poisoning!
Are you listening? Cause this is very important. Fish, fish, it looks like chicken! Once fish comes into my mouth it comes out just as fast. Just thinking about fish gives me the chill. I can’t stand the smell, the look or even worse the taste! Let me just add one more thing the texture. The textures soft and mushy. Who would want to eat that! One time I went to a restaurant on a peer. On my way to the restroom I saw people cutting open live, LIVE fish! It smelt terrible! After that I decided I will never eat fish again!
You want to know what else is soft and mushy? Shrimp. Shrimp is the answer. I will never put shrimp in my mouth. You know now that I obviously don’t like sea food. Before I eat my food I make sure it doesn’t look completely disgusting, once I look at shrimp I want to run away. It has a TAIL!!!!!!!
Looks, smells, tastes, and textures of some food bother me. Vegetables and sea food are my worst enemies. Don’t get me started on carrots!!
So, what foods do you like?
Well, I have to say you need to keep an open mind. All through my younger days, I HATED broccoli. Oddly, I too thought it was hairy or something. When I got to be an adult, I tried it again and it’s now my favorite vegetable. Now, asparagus, on the other hand, still looks and tastes like tree bark.
I have never been a fan of fish. The smell or the taste. Somethings don’t change. I’m ok with shrimp though, so at least I have one thing I can eat when I go to a seafood place with friends! What are you going to eat at a seafood place??
I am curious, like Mrs. Kolbert, what are your favorite foods?? Since you have such a strong dislike for the foods you listed, are there foods that make you want to get equally excited?
Terry from Iowa
Maybe if you put broccoli with some cheese you might like it better! I am with Mrs. Kolbert, I have a true love of fish of all kinds! I have been eating fish since I was a little kid. I even worked at Bud’s Chicken and Seafood when I was in high school. My favorite type of fish is sushi-grade Tuna. That’s tuna that you just barely cook and then you eat it. Yum.
If I were to chose something that I don’t like it would be rice pudding (although I love rice and tapioca and raisins separately. I also don’t like olives. Yuck! Other than that, I eat pretty much everything.
I really love all those foods now but I didn’t when I was young like you.
Good job. Mrs Nay. Teacher Librarian Australia
Mr. C
I’m a teacher in Massachusetts and I can sure understand why you don’t like some of these foods. I liked your descriptions of how they make you feel. I won’t eat cooked vegetables (except sweet corn) because I hate the way they feel in my mouth. Good thing I have a big garden in the summer and can get fresh vegetables and eat salads all the time.
I have to agree with you that broccoli and fish are quite gross! I avoid them whenever possible, but I don’t mind eating shrimp when cooked right.
You’re right that the textures of food can turn your appetite. I can not stand tomatoes, but I love pizza. Is that weird?
Great job on the blog post,
Ms. K (from Chicago)
You did a great job with this post. But I have to disagree with you on all your dislikes. I like broccoli, but not raw. It has to be steamed. As someone who grew up on the coast of NC, I LUVVVVV seafood – all kinds. I even eat raw shellfish (oysters, clams, scallops)! Perhaps one day you will change your mind and like these things too.
I’m with you on shrimp…but I will admit to loving fish! My mom is originally from Maine where the people eat LOTS of fish. So my brother and I grew up eating LOTS of fish. And I still love it! Especially when my brother Marc grills up some salmon with his special secret recipe! Yummy!!
My favorite part about your post is your description of broccoli as having a “shameful flavor”. Brilliant!!
I wonder if the cooking process and the freshness of these foods you mentioned has tainted your ideas about eating them. It’s true that cruciforms like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and brussel sprouts do give off a chemical that smells distinctively terrible, if they are not effectively cooked.
Your point about smells reminded me is that all our senses are linked. Smell is especially linked to taste. Thanks for the great post.
After reading your blog, you have left me with a certainty that you hate broccoli, fish and shrimp! No questions necessary. Love your last line, “Don’t get me started on carrots”.
The only way my friend could get her daughter to eat broccoli, was to call them little trees. I liked the way you described broccoli as having hair! Never dreamed of thinking that this vegetable had hair.
My top 3 detestable foods are: peas,any egg that is not scrambled and okra.
Looking forward to a blog on the foods you do like. Keep up the great writing.