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Folks Online Can’t Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks
When it comes to taste, we all have different palates and enjoy different foods and drinks. Some of us just love to try some new cuisines that offer us some never-before-seen dishes, while others enjoy more casual things. This is why there's no accounting for taste. But have you ever found yourself in a place where you tried something and didn’t like it a lot but continued to pretend to enjoy it? If so, you’re not alone. Reddit user @u/ExtremeCumMaster asked others online to share what is in their opinion that one food that everyone says tastes so great when in reality they just pretend to like it. The question “What food do you swear people only pretend to like?” received more than 37k responses that revealed some interesting and yet relatable answers.
While some people were interested in why others like to eat some less known foods that have a perhaps nasty-looking texture or smell and pretend to enjoy it, other users were naming things that they didn’t like at first but with time their opinion changed. How many of you also didn’t eat blue cheese or licorice because of its weird taste? Some Redditors not only mentioned foods but some drinks too, most of them being alcoholic beverages such as beer or vodka. One user also mentioned spicy food, knowing how some people love to eat extremely spicy dishes that make their mouth feel as if it's “literally on fire”.
What is one food or drink that you think others pretend to like when in reality they despise it? Don’t forget to share your answer in the comments section!
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Extremely spicy foods
I get liking a little bit of spice. But I don't see how it's enjoyable when your mouth is literally on fire.
Stevia...there's absolutely no way someone enjoys that aftertaste. It's a weird cult that I'm not willing to join and such a dominant flavor.
Even in the smallest amounts it makes me retch. And that aftertaste lingers for what seems like forever.
Extremely hoppy IPAs (if drinks can be included in the discussion).
I enjoy bitterness in my beer, and I know there are some good IPAs out there, but it's gotten to the point that breweries seem to be competing with one another to see who can make the bitterest, most unappealing beers imaginable. They taste like earwax.
I've always said it was an "Emperor's New Clothes" situation. He's still naked, and IPAs still suck donkey balls
I like a lot of stuff people are s******g on here, but I am in my 30s so I think tastes change as you get older.
Love me some cheese that smells of feet, anchovies on pizza and coffee strong enough that I see through time.
I used to go crazy for gummies, especially the sour ones. Now I find sweet things a bit, meh, I can take or leave it. But you'll have to prize a stinky cheeseboard out of my cold dead hands.
Grapefruit. People will be like "I love grapefruit" and then proceed to dump enough sugar on it to lose a foot.
I love pink grapefruit (I eat it like an orange, and if you also peel the skin off the individual sections you will remove the majority of the bitterness), but I stopped eating it after reading about how it can have very negative reactions with medications.
Grapefruit is really good. I even enjoy grapefruit juice. And yes, without sugar.
i eat it plain. i also ate plain lemons when i was young, and eat warheads without making a face, so dont trust my judgement.
I hated it until I was pregnant and then I was craving it. But not regular grapefruit. Just pink grapefruit. It tends to make you more thirsty, though. I still love it now.
Everyday I take a "green juice" that includes grapefruit and I loveeeee it; it drives me crazy when I am going to make it, and realize that I dont have any.
I love a mixed bowl of grapefruit segments, Asda used to do a cheap mixed tin and I would often buy it as it made a brilliant snack. Never added sugar to it, just made sure to have a glass of water nearby incase the white grapefruit was particularly sour.
OK - hear me out...have you ever peeled a grapefruit and eaten it? I think the flavor is better with the skin on and not when you are digging it out of a peel. I mean, I love grapefruit, just not how it is served in the picture above.
grapefruit is amazing. remove the skin on the individual slices and most of the bitterness is gone (it's a bit of work but totally worth it), also if you put the tiniest amount of salt on it the grapefruit will taste incredibly juicy and sweet, the bitterness and salt fully vanish as the taste buds get tricked.
I take a couple medications and I must stay away from ingesting grapefruit! The fruit can make the medication build up in my system to lethal amounts! Not that I mind, grapefruit tastes like a*s without a butt load of sugar 😂
It's not the taste for me, it is that my stomach hates it and I vomit after eating it.
I love all citrus fruits (they grow in abundance around here) but I cannot tolerate grapefruit. It is bitter and makes me very ill later. Strange.
I cried when my parents sold my childhood home because now I can't get grapefruits off their tree when I visit. No sugar needed, hands down the freshest, most delicious breakfast ever.
I don't like squeezed grapefruit juice but once in a while, but fresh grapefruit is delicious! My father takes it with a shitton of brown sugar on it, but I like it just the way it is
I like White grapefruit, with it's clean crisp flavor, I however hate Pink grapefruit with it's sticky lingering taste. Can't find white grapefruit anywhere anymore.
Dont eat the peel/skin. Just the fruit. Literally the flesh is the onlything that tastes good. I peel mine completely.
Put a little salt on it instead - not joking here it's good. Like cheddar cheese on warm apple pie doesn't sound good either but it really is.
I love grapefruit. Never tried it with sugar. Don’t think I ever will.
We had a glut of Grapefruit this year, but I never needed to add sugar to them, nor eat them out of their skin leaving more than half of the goodness behind.
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I love grapefruit, no sugar. If you peel them like an orange and remove the pith--awesome.
I love grapefruit, I eat it like an orange, or I did. Sadly do to meds no longer can eat it.
Ahh, but I like my grapefruit to taste like plain, sour delicious grapefruit!
Actually, just put a small amount of salt on it. It takes away the bitterness, so it actually tastes sweet only.
I'm a supertaster, so without the sweetener, grapefruit is too bitter to eat. Also, being 9n a statin means no grapefruit, which sucks.
I like grapefruit but because of my thyroid pills I'm not really allowed to eat it
The only reason I don't pour napalm on grapefruit farms and set it all on fire is because it's highly illegal.
Grapefruit disrupts a lot of medications' effectiveness, so check with your doctor and pharmacist, because you may need to avoid it. One example would be thyroid medications.
No sugar! Just peel and section like an orange.All you people who dont like grapefruit, more for me!
That is what we did in the 70’s for some reason but now I like them as is.
Depends on the grapefruit. Some are very sweet, some sour & some are sort of bitter. Try different varieties. You might find one you like 😁
Used to love it. Then allergies kicked in. That was 30 years ago. I have like 1 strawberry a year
I've Never Heard About Pitting Sugar On Grapefruits. Why?? Does It Help Lower The Sourness Or Acicidy??
I eat grapefruit plain all the time. I partially like it for the texture.
I love grapefruit! Sans sugar of course. Like why ruin a perfectly good grapefruit lol
“To lose a foot” 😄 Although admittedly I like grapefruit just fine without sugar.
Just need a good and ripe one. Grocery stores don't know what they are, like mangos
I like eating it by pulling all the segments apart and eating them individually. No sugar. Remove all the translucent skin around each segment to make it less bitter.
I do love grapefruit, but now I'm on medications and I'm not allowed to eat them anymore.
There's a grapefruit hybrid called ugli fruit. Tried it, loved it, can't find it anymore. 😭
You don't put sugar on grapefruit, you add a bit of salt to bring out the sugars it's made from....sugar keeps it too tart. Yuckie.
"But then it ate toooo much sugar, so they hadda amputate! Now it's a gross worm horse! "
I eat it as it is, refreshing. Or sometimes I put a little maple syrup, very little and microwave it. Used to broil it. Sadly, you cannot have it if you take some meds.
Sadly I can't eat most citrus due to medication interactions. I used to like grapefruit juice (not so much the actual fruit though).
I love grapefruit and have never added sugar. I also like “Beverly” from Coca Cola, which has grapefruit zest and is notoriously disliked, so I know my taste is different.
My husband loves grapefruit but can't have it because it messes with his meds
A good, sweet ruby red is wonderful all on its own, if you can avoid the membranes. However, since it's so hard to know if you're going to get a good, sweet ruby red, and not one that tastes like actual vomit, I don't take the chance very often.
I eat grapefruit without sugar. It's fine. Then again, Italians are used to sour and bitter drinks. Our Orange juice is as sour as grapefruit juice (and red in color). I can't drink the one in the USA. Way too sweet.
We had a grapefruit tree when I was a kid and we'd give away all the grapefruit because none of us liked it. People would take crates of them and come back for more. I don't get their appeal, but I'm the guy who likes hoppy IPAs.
I do love me some grapefruit juice, unsweetened, but if I'm eating like photographed above, yea: I'm throwing some sugar on it.
I remember yellow grapefruit that people did that with cause it was bitter... ya, I'm old... but not the red or ruby grapefruit... that one is awesome and sweet
In Europa I never had a tasty grapefruit..then I ate one in Panama - delicious!
Putting salt on grapefruit actually makes it less sour while keeping the great flavor, (although it’s not much healthier than sugar)
Extremely healthier than sugar... there's nothing wrong with adding table salt to natural food. If you have a salt intake problem, it's due to eating PROCESSED foods.
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Oysters. Revolting.
I was recently in Biloxi, MS for vacation and the oysters there were divine. Fresh harvested and chargrilled and enjoyed on the beach. I would go back tomorrow for more of those oysters.
Tripe, the smell of it makes me gag. My dad loves it because his dad loved it.
THE BUCK STOPS HERE TRIPE.
I'm white af but I was adopted at birth into a Mexican family. I grew up eating tripe (sometimes called "tripas" in Spanish). Menudo wouldn't be menudo without tripe. :) I can understand not liking it if you haven't been exposed to it properly. But please don't allude to it as "trash" or "dog food only"; there are many people that like it, and those are cruel labels for a food that other cultures eat and enjoy.
Turkish delight, never quite did understand why that little s**t betrayed his family for some perfume flavored rubber in the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.
Cilantro.
Yes, I have been informed that I must have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. But you cannot convince me that the rest of you cilantro-collaborators aren't just pretending.
Edit: everyone saying "It tastes like soap to me, but I learned to like it" just proves my point. It's the culinary equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome.
It is a wonderful herb for those of us to whom it does not taste like soap. Salsa/pico wouldn't be the same without it
Any of those keto substitute foods. Use your imagination as much as you’d like but lettuce wraps will never be as good as a real sandwich with bread
Peeps... wtf they're terrible! The whole experience is just... terrible.
Cat food. I mean come on, my cat can't like eating that every day. I think she's just being polite.
Circus Peanuts.
There's no way people are actually out there enjoying those things, but enough people pretend to keep them in business.
Kombucha
My wife and I were outside doing something or other and was drinking this, and takes a drink and says to me 'Wanna taste my kombucha?" Well I had never heard of this stuff before. So with a look of shock, I ask her " Out here in front of everyone baby? I didnt think you were into that kind of thing. But if you really want me to, ok."
Chitterlings. My mom-in-law made some at my house, and it smelled like a grown man s***ted all over my home and walls.
Chitterlings are one of the vestiges of the history of enslavement in this country. In Southern Death Camps where enslaved people were held captive, they had to make do with what the Human Traffickers holding them gave them to eat. Often, after feeding the owners, the enslaved people took what was left to feed their own families. Such was the case with chitterlings, which, for those who don't know, are the intestines of a pig. To survive, the enslaved people often took what their owners wouldn't eat, and prepared and seasoned it in such a way as to make it palatable so their own families wouldn't starve on the meager food they were provided. In time, some of those dishes became delicacies. I personally don't eat chitterlings, but my many family members who came from the South still do.
Stunt foods on Instagram.
Pizza cones, Barria meat Ramen, and of course when they freaking drown a burger, and I mean waterboard it with melted cheese.
Also, those overstuffed sandwiches that have half a dozen different types of meat. What's the point? I can't fit the damn thing in my mouth, and the individual tastes gets lost in the maelstrom of meat.
Overnight oats. It's what I imagine prison food to be like; sloppy and cold.
Edit: no topping makes this not true.
Slugs
Edit: I am soo sorry! I meant snails! Not slugs
Edit the second: I see we have a highly defended culinary niche and I am willing to surrender! Please have mercy!
Do not eat slugs! Seemingly some of them are deadly! Oddly enough I am having so much fun reading through your responses and stories xD
Snails need to be 'cleaned' before eating. I quote "Rinse them in cool water and prick out the meat with the tip of a knife. To remove the last of the slime, rinse the snails in a bowl of vinegar water (1/2 cup of vinegar per gallon of water). Repeat this process several times with fresh water and vinegar until the mucus is gone." serve with garlic butter and yum.
Hákarl.
I can’t imagine someone coming in from a long day of work and tucking into a plate of fishy smelling, ammonia flavored chewy shark chunks that make you smell like a bait camp for the rest of the evening.
It seems like survival food - you will stay alive if you eat it, but it’s not appealing … to me.
If you’re Icelandic - please help me understand why this is a thing.
Once upon a time I swore that salted licorice was the most vile thing ever to have graced our fair planet. However about a year ago my wife made me try some and much to my surprise, I liked it!.
Chicken feet
I love chicken foot soup. It not only tastes good, but reminds me of family dinners in the winters when the power was out and it was cooked in summer kitchen. Ah!!!!!
Any cookie with raisins in it. Those are an insult to chocolate chip cookies.
I think the reason raisin cookies are hated it because they look like chocolate so you feel betrayed when you realise. Personally I like raisin cookies made of oats
Vegemite
LISTEN UP NON AUSTRALIANS, ITS NOT NUTTELA. So many people who try it say its horrible cause they've spread it on like Nutella. Just toast a shitty piece of white bread, slather it with butter/margarine and spread like 5 grams on top, thats it. PERFECTION. Eat it like that and you can be a happy little vegemite too.
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I've not heard of half of these and way too lazy to look them up :)
Durian? Don't mind the taste.... But the smell!! Like Satan's armpits....
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Yum! I’ve made really good ones from scratch too. But why bother when you can open a can?
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If you like it, and it's fairly healthy - who cares if everyone else on the planet hates it?
Truth! Some of these people with these extreme dislikes are in the minority. Except for the dog meat. That's pure evil.
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Try drip coffee with better beans. I have a friend who grows and sells coffee. Ever since I drank black coffee at his orchard, I've never added cream or sugar.
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Guacamole. Ick. Nasty green color, slimy, weird texture, almost no taste
Whoever is feeding you this "guacamole" is doing it wrong. It can be heavenly if done right.
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Until recently I would have said Waldorf salad, but my mom has made it two weeks in a row and it’s one of my new favourite things.
Okay fine - you’re right, they’re actually not very good.
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I would vote for Frisee. What a horrible little bitter, dirt flavored leaf. All the cooking shows I watched where they rave over a Frisee salad have me convinced to try it. Didn't even have to chew it to taste the bitter. And I like bitter most times.
Quick question: Anyone here ever tried porridge with boiled frogs? The texture... -_-
If you've never tried nattō, be sure not to. Sticky, disgusting fermented Japanese beans, yuck!
Caramilks. They even had to implement a search for some golden key to get more sales. Anyone think there's an actual metal key, and try breaking all the Caramilks at the store thinking you could just feel for it? I'm guessing it's not a real key. Idk.
I hate Italian sausage. All I can taste is the fennel. So if I eat something with Italian sausage, my brain hyperfixates on the flavour of fennel.
You all need a good famine and see what it feels like. Pampered species.
Life is too short to care about what someone thinks about what you eat. Opposingly, it's also too late to care about what others eat. Just enjoy what you do! (Except people's pets...even if their pet is something that's normally a food item where you are.)
Bananas. Yech! Can't stand them. The taste, the texture, the smell. All gross. I can't even be in the same room as someone eating them. It's weird as, aside from bananas, I will pretty much eat anything. Plus, like everyone in the world seems to love them. I swear people often look at me like I said I like to eat babies or something when I tell them I hate bananas.
I have made comments and asked questions but never hear anything back, why?
I don't like the taste of alcohol any it's weird but they all have a weird aftertaste thing that's the same it's hard to explain kinda like how you can feel cranberry juice on your tounge after But then again I am a fan of pineapple on pizza so I'm probably a psychopath lol
Nah. Took me 7 years to even try to drink a full glass of alcohol after I hit the legal age. I still can only drink theore fruity ones so I can't really taste the alcohol.
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Omg yes it taste suck but it's the texture that gets me it yuk
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I ate cooked chicken heart when I was in Tokyo. was really surprised at how good it tasted!
I used to eat that when I was a teenager; my dad would buy a whole pack of them and I would fry them up. Miam.
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I've not heard of half of these and way too lazy to look them up :)
Durian? Don't mind the taste.... But the smell!! Like Satan's armpits....
Load More Replies... Yum! I’ve made really good ones from scratch too. But why bother when you can open a can?
Load More Replies... If you like it, and it's fairly healthy - who cares if everyone else on the planet hates it?
Truth! Some of these people with these extreme dislikes are in the minority. Except for the dog meat. That's pure evil.
Load More Replies... Try drip coffee with better beans. I have a friend who grows and sells coffee. Ever since I drank black coffee at his orchard, I've never added cream or sugar.
Load More Replies... Guacamole. Ick. Nasty green color, slimy, weird texture, almost no taste
Whoever is feeding you this "guacamole" is doing it wrong. It can be heavenly if done right.
Load More Replies... Until recently I would have said Waldorf salad, but my mom has made it two weeks in a row and it’s one of my new favourite things.
Okay fine - you’re right, they’re actually not very good.
Load More Replies... I would vote for Frisee. What a horrible little bitter, dirt flavored leaf. All the cooking shows I watched where they rave over a Frisee salad have me convinced to try it. Didn't even have to chew it to taste the bitter. And I like bitter most times.
Quick question: Anyone here ever tried porridge with boiled frogs? The texture... -_-
If you've never tried nattō, be sure not to. Sticky, disgusting fermented Japanese beans, yuck!
Caramilks. They even had to implement a search for some golden key to get more sales. Anyone think there's an actual metal key, and try breaking all the Caramilks at the store thinking you could just feel for it? I'm guessing it's not a real key. Idk.
I hate Italian sausage. All I can taste is the fennel. So if I eat something with Italian sausage, my brain hyperfixates on the flavour of fennel.
You all need a good famine and see what it feels like. Pampered species.
Life is too short to care about what someone thinks about what you eat. Opposingly, it's also too late to care about what others eat. Just enjoy what you do! (Except people's pets...even if their pet is something that's normally a food item where you are.)
Bananas. Yech! Can't stand them. The taste, the texture, the smell. All gross. I can't even be in the same room as someone eating them. It's weird as, aside from bananas, I will pretty much eat anything. Plus, like everyone in the world seems to love them. I swear people often look at me like I said I like to eat babies or something when I tell them I hate bananas.
I have made comments and asked questions but never hear anything back, why?
I don't like the taste of alcohol any it's weird but they all have a weird aftertaste thing that's the same it's hard to explain kinda like how you can feel cranberry juice on your tounge after But then again I am a fan of pineapple on pizza so I'm probably a psychopath lol
Nah. Took me 7 years to even try to drink a full glass of alcohol after I hit the legal age. I still can only drink theore fruity ones so I can't really taste the alcohol.
Load More Replies... Omg yes it taste suck but it's the texture that gets me it yuk
Load More Replies... I ate cooked chicken heart when I was in Tokyo. was really surprised at how good it tasted!
I used to eat that when I was a teenager; my dad would buy a whole pack of them and I would fry them up. Miam.
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