In any dish, in any way.

You aint had MY fried okra......

It'll knock your socks off

And i dont use store bought. I grow my own!!

and it was so dry it rattled in the dish. She liked it that way. I would never even try it.

the slimy, foul-tasting stuff ruins the pot.

I''ve made gumbo, other soup, and fried okra and what I learned from one of the gumbo recipes (it may have been Emeril Lagasse's show) is that okra will produce "slime", keep stirring and cooking, and the "slime" cooks away. It takes a little time, but the resulting gumbo is delicious.

okra, let alone have it breaded and fried. Thank you, House of Roberts.

Fresh from her garden. Pan fried with just the right amount of breading.

Never been able to reproduce it, either on my own, or at a restaurant.

But no need to stress over it. I will have your share!

My mother also cooked all meat until it was well done and tough.

They were so hard that David could have used one of them to slay Goliath.

sitting beside me or near the table. I would have GLADLY given you mine - and I would not have had to spend the evening sitting at the table until I ate every last bite of that gag-inducing slab of ****! (Yeah, I'm with Deb - didn't like it!).

Her mother always boiled it.

I will likewise defend okra from people who call it slimy.

Spit it out & tossed it in the dumpser. Disgusting.

Then I went to a real restaurant.

small bad away. Terrible.

Had a bunch of jellybeans which I don't think I'd ever had before. When it came to the black licorice one.... yikes!

😄 yuck!

A friend of mine has a niece who's has a catering business for vegetarians (I think it's mainly baked goods).

A couple of years ago she was in town and came over. She brought some cookies with her. After she left I tried one. It was so disgusting it almost made me sick to my stomach. I had to spit it out...

hated it, very tangy. Tried yucca root, very bland. Callaloo tasted like vinegar the first time I tried it, better the next time. I like most foods, love to eat.

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didn't eat it and I felt sick and left the kitchen .Thank you for sharing, Americanme.

She was the worst cook. I spent many hours at the table refusing to eat.

salad? Yes, mashed potatoes from a box. Never had pig stomach. I would have rerused to eat it too. Thanks Clouds Passing.

The only vegetables we had were either severely overcooked or canned peas.

Never cakes for desert. always red jello with fruit cocktail in it. About once a week, TV dinners.

Forgot about that one!
My small town church would have ‘dinners’ once a month in the basement and part of the ‘settings’ on the rows of tables was a small plate with a square of red jello with some fruit cocktail in it. But, just to ‘class it up,’ it would always have a piece of lettuce under it with a dollop of whipped cream on top!

Boy, did we know ‘fine dining!’

MyOwnPeace.

I just gagged. But Liver is right up there.

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Ive eaten escargot and rocky mountain oysters and none were as gross as what i listed above...

and my dad tricked me into eating a pickled pigs foot

feet are nasty looking. I watched them eat some and quickly left the kitchen.

My mother and my brother love them. My father did not mind them.

I hate them with a passion that borders on insanity.

(Okay, maybe not that bad, but I do not like livers of any kind. Chicken livers are the worst offenders.)

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That went over about as well as when she tried to serve tripe.
I think they were hurled out the window as soon as she was out of sight.
Same with liver and rice. Gag me.

eat it,

We had some Sunday night and were able to give blood Monday morning. We were both turned down Friday due to low hemoglobin (iron) and after 3 strikeouts we resorted to the liver and onions Sunday night.

For worst food I’ll go with tripe. I’ve had it home cooked and blech. But did have it once cooked by a fine Sicilian chef and it wasn’t bad.

me Top Ramen when I was sick. He drained the liquid and then sprinkled the seasoning on top of the noodles. Served on a plate…

on a road trip. Stopped at an alleged Chinese restaurant. First and only time I've ever taken a bite of food, spit it out, and threw the rest in the trash. And it was supposed to be something innocuous like cashew chicken.

It was Chinese food like prison food is Michelin starred cuisine.

When we first moved to Oklahoma, I tried catfish at a restaurant, and it tasted like an ammonia-soaked rag. Turns out, that ammonia taste in catfish means it is spoiled. After that, we went to many a local fish fry and catfish was delicious. Now we are in Ohio and pollution prevents us from eating any bottom-feeding fishes.

know that Ohio prevents eating bottom feeders. thank you for sharing that.

My mom overcooked everything from mushy veges to meat that tasted like leather.

To this day I can’t make myself eat cauliflower, I couldn’t believe it when a boyfriend made me a juicy medium rare steak in my 20’s I loved meat for first time. Although now I rarely eat red meat.

Try cutting the cauliflower into florets, tossing with olive oil, ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt & pepper. Not a lot, just enough to season it all. Then 15 minutes in a hot wind cooker at 400º. Comes out tender with a crisp golden exterior.

Other seasonings are good too, that's just my favorite way to make it.

couldn't even take a bite, the smell of it was enough to make me gag. To this day, I avoid tuna casserole like the very plague.
Of the things I have actually put in my mouth, squash. No flavor.
By the by, okra is good if it's in a gumbo. The tomato keeps it from being slimy. A good gumbo is a thing of joy!

Yuck.

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Vegimite! 😄

Sorry, I had some on line Aussie acquaintances.
Both sound awful !

As a kid I learned to cut it in tiny pieces and swallow whole (like a pill) and then wash it down with a gulp of milk. I was very careful not to let any part of the food touch my tongue. I literally put the tiny bits in the back of my throat. Mom didn't care as long as it disappeared off my plate, was not hidden in my napkin or fed to the dog.

I accidentally ate some thinking it was a different quiche (we had leftover of two kinds) and it was so repulsive I got the dry heaves. I know I have an intolerance but I don't know how people eat it.

eat it was as a very thin sliver on salmon.

cheese. It was the ONLY thing we had for Friday dinner for 18 years.

It’s actually preserved cod soaked in lye, rehydrated and cooked. Has the consistency of gelatin.

I tried a bit of it, it was kind of like an overly salty whitefish, but not too bad.

I think we decided it must have been fake lutefisk, it was too good!

I love cauliflower raw or cooked . I don't know what they did with to make that crust. It was a two pack of frozen. Ate a couple bites and tossed the rest. Went to the freezer to get the other one and disposed of it also.

When I was a kid, I loved liver & onions.
My parents would take us out to eat and when the waitress asked me what I wanted, I'd order liver on onions with a slice of lemon.
The waitress would look at my parents thinking maybe they were making me get that.
My parents would say "He really does want that. He loves it."
And, it's your #1 as worst ever.
I lost my taste for it when I learned what the liver does!

song "Brick House" because it tasted and looked like a brick.AND it had these rubber band things in it. I would either hid under the mashed potatoes or get a paper towel and collect it off the plate. Of course I would leave a couple of pieces so it didn't look too rubber things in it.

She added bacon which was good but she forced us to eat at least part of the liver. She was a health nut and it was believed liver was good for you.

instead of noodles at home. Love it.

what it came from. I think they called it beef. probably a 30 year old dairy cow.

My Mom was a terrible cook too, with everything cooked to mush or half burnt. My folks were originally from South Carolina. She did make good fried chicken in a deep fryer.

I learned how to cook after I left home. I don't eat much beef any more, but I love liver and onions that's cooked just till its tender, and not red. And not breaded! Same for chicken livers. Fresh okra is wonderful when its just lightly sauteed in real butter, and still a little bit crunchy. Again, not breaded, not slimey at all. I also put it in blackeyed peas. Yellow squash is excellent fried with onions, or made into squash fritters lightly browned. Salmon is only good if you remove the skin after cooking (cats love it!). Too fishy otherwise. Excellent baked, broiled, or sauteed with onions, peppers, and lemon juice. I also love grits, buttered, with lots of pepper, a side of sausage patties, and fresh, sliced tomatoes.

I guess this makes me sound like a mostly southern cook. At least I don't cook everything in lard!

Nasty stuff that won't get past my lips: My mom used to boil turnips and collard greens, and put vinegar on the greens. Holy crap it was awful! Catfish--even the smell makes me want to barf. I also can't drink black coffee either. I love the stuff when its heavily doctored.

Dinner tonight: Baked ham, egg noodles with broccoli, onions, and sharp Cheddar. Dessert is a pear cobbler--of course, with coffee!

Certain foods. I love the dinner you are preparing for dinner tonight. That I would eat with no problem

Well, the soup... margrista (not spelled correctly)... had little hearts, and kidneys in it. Hahaha, ewww!
I managed to eat them bc it was my cousin. Never again!

Though I actually really liked liverwurst.

is a tough call.

Not sure but decades later when she'd moved elsewhere and we had another Greek Easter meal she made the same soup without that stuff. I think asked, and had no compunction about avoiding them this time! 😄

The entire purpose of every recipe is to make it NOT taste like brussel sprouts

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Horrifying 😱

meat. As a kid, I thought of Lamb Chops. and spit out what I had in my mouth.Style will not eat gyros.

If you've never experienced it, consider yourself lucky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

My mom used to broil it. She didn't even fry it with onions. The texture was to gag for. I also hate catfish. It's slimy and oily and fishy.

Lord knows what was in the fish sticks we had had every single Friday. All year long.

I still wretch whenever I catch a whiff of liver cooking, even chicken livers.

came with them---the dreaded liver. I never had chicken liver. but my cats love it.

It was a Jamaican restaurant. The goat curry was highly regarded by the reviewer, so I thought I'd try it.

I chewed a tiny bit and didn't touch the rest. Despite the curry, it tasted like well goat.

Aside from that I will second any organ meat.

was so greasy. I spit it out. I also will not eat organ meats or meat from baby animals, including veal and lamb.

that was enough

Onions I like. Served with liver is a waste of a good onion.

Among the worst would be those frozen burritos. I've had them a couple of times...

The parking lot was full. The dining area, not so much. I ordered the lasagna. It was horrific. I could not eat it. Nobody was worried about it. "We'll just charge you for the salad!"

A few months later the place was rolled up for running an illegal gambling operation. Then it all made sense.

cook the bacon in the same black skillet cooking the liver and get some grease action goin'. You'll luv it...Mmmm Mmm Goooood Eatin'

Everyone knows bacon makes everything yummy

Mine sure wasn't.

I was stationed in Japan for 2 years. It took me a little while to get brave enough to try 🍱 sushi. Once I did, I was immediately hooked, except for uni.

I had it only once. It felt furry/fuzzy in my mouth, and tasted really vile. The descriptions of it sound great - “a rich, custard-like and buttery texture, with a flavor that is often described as sweet, savory, and distinctly ocean-like.” Not so the stuff I had. It was so terrible that I have always wondered if the uni I was served was going bad. I’ve never been curious or courageous enough to try again.

Liver, with or without onions, seems to most of us, to be the culinary equivalent of the universally despised Kars For Kids ad.