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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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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is the fun in not being able to taste anything but heat. Then suffering butt heat.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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OmBoyGanesh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even in the smallest amounts it makes me retch. And that aftertaste lingers for what seems like forever.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Gold leaf - need I say more?

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#4

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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ArodTheHorrible
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always said it was an "Emperor's New Clothes" situation. He's still naked, and IPAs still suck donkey balls

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#5

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks all artficial sweeteners

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#6

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Paper straws.

Unintended food.

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#9

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Grapefruit. People will be like "I love grapefruit" and then proceed to dump enough sugar on it to lose a foot.

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#10

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Oysters. Revolting.

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GirlFriday
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Tripe, the smell of it makes me gag. My dad loves it because his dad loved it.

THE BUCK STOPS HERE TRIPE.

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Lakota Wolf
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had some for the first time recently, it's actually pretty good

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#14

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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

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#15

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Peeps... wtf they're terrible! The whole experience is just... terrible.

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#16

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Cat food. I mean come on, my cat can't like eating that every day. I think she's just being polite.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Circus Peanuts.

There's no way people are actually out there enjoying those things, but enough people pretend to keep them in business.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Kombucha

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Chucky Cheezburger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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."

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Benita Valdez
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried it once. I get that it's fermented but is it supposed to taste like it's gone bad? Honestly not sure

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3 Owls In A Coat
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also yes, that sour almost-gone-bad taste is actually a natural taste of fermentation for many foods & definitely a little weird for western tastes, myself definitely included :) (assuming that hopefully what you were drinking wasn’t actually bad!)

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Lorrie Rothstein
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've tried diffrent flavored kombuchas but they all taste bad. I'm not buying them anymore

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CP
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't like the taste, but what bothers me more is all the magical properties people claim it has.

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Lu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember when kombucha was the craze and then we all realized it tastes horrible

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Seedy Vine
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How come all the kombucha lovers I know turn up their noses at my "only-half-the-sugar" desserts? I mean, they can drink that horrible battery acid and not flinch, so why the double standard?

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StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First time I tried it it was so vile. Really tasted fermented. Felt kinda naughty drinking a fermented drink at work XD

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Polly Hart
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was tricked into taking a bite of a scobie once. I f*****g hate kombucha!

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the type and flavor. A lot of them taste like vinegar to me, but there's a few that aren't bad.

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Deeelite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I drink at least three a week - its like a punch to the face and wakes me up better than coffee

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SageHare37
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've found kombucha's relative jun to be much more appealing. Kombucha is fermented black tea and sugar, jun is fermented green tea and honey. I do think fermented tea drinks are an acquired taste though.

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Cassi Lyris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Make my own sometimes. It's quite nice, but heavy on the sugar side. Once in awhile treat.

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Neir Lucan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People like to imagine that it's healthy. It's not any healthier than juice or whatever. Drink it if you like the taste.

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Elaine Morinelli
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now THIS is some Emperor's New Clothes b******t. What is the deal with it? Ewww

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Alex Olinger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I make kombucha for my husband. He loves it. I like it, but not as much as he does

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Marie Claire Lafreniere
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made the mistake of buying one cause the can was lovely and bright and pink. I retched. Never again.

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Moreta Lynx
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Equal measures of ginger kombucha, verners and vodka! F**k yes. Add to that ginger we'd slice thin and brine in apple cider vinegar. Amazing. Better than any vodka me you've ever tasted!!

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the shrimp whisperer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🎶🎵THE KOMBUCHA MUSHROOM PEOPLE SITTING AROUND ALL DAY!!! WHO CAN BELIEVE YOU, WHO CAN BELIEVE YOU, LET YOUR MOTHER PRAAAY ... 🎶🎵

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Athena
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How didi just know I'd see kombucha. I've always said "you're a liar if you claim to enjoy these rather than buy it solely for aesthetic"

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Duncan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kombucha, madw from tea with lots of sugar and a fungi. Fermentation and a fungi working together in harmony. Fermented food often taste good. So does Kombucha.

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Cybele Spanjaard
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just fermented natural 'yeast mushroomy plant'. It was more fashionable in the 80s when so many people fed their 'plant' daily as you do with ginger beer ( that is GOOD stuff)and drank the liquid until something else came along to try out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kombucha is for gut health, not flavor. But if you're gonna drink it for health and want a somewhat better experience, get the brand Wild Tonic in Blueberry Basil. Pretty good!

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Sarah K
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love ginger flavored kombucha!!! And it's so good for your gut

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Alice Liddell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I make my own kombucha and it's actually pretty good. My 9 year old niece loves it and she hates store bought. It really depends on who makes it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago i worked in resteraunt that served iced tea. We would throw out the tea when it got to that stage.

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Mark Secker
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tried it and only liked a few - mostly the ginger ones most of the others... not so much at all

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Natassja Moore
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tried that a few months ago. Will never fall into that c**p again. Yucky yucky.

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Marilyn Russell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad was making this before it was cool. I make my own fermented drinks and foods now too.

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Fergus Corgi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first time I tried it, I almost spit it out on the floor. I like a lot of food & drinks that others don't but I have never had a kombucha that I enjoyed.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tried it once. Didn't like it but I didn't want it to go to waste and someone told me it had a tiny bit of alcohol. Held my nose and chugged it. Not enough of a buzz, just enough to make the circumstances bearable. But never again.

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A. Williams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The GT Kombucha brand has two amazing flavors, mystic mango and tangerine dream. All others I've tried are terrible lol

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kombucha tastes like fermented butt however I still drink it because it soothes my stressed out stomach.

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Toy Slaughter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like Kombucha... But I was also addicted to drinking vinegar as a teen. It's really hard for me to not turn a bottle up every now and then. I try to stay away from buying white vinegar tho because that's the one that's irresistible to me.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are unsure if you'll like kombucha and don't want to pay the prices for it, go to McDonald's, buy an unsweetened tea, leave it in a hot car for 3 days, then give it a drink. If you like that, kombucha might be up your alley.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one of the drinks I have when I do my 10-day fast. I like them. I buy different flavors.

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Hayley Futter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some is nice and my substitute to soda, but gaaaaawd some are just a crime against humanity.

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Luna Crow
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kombucha will never not taste like the time I accidentally drank my vinegar foot wash..

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Stephanie Trump
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And while the health benefits aren’t really verified by science, there are many known health risks, so it’s not even worth it.

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Michelle C
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like it, personally, and it’s an excellent alternative to soda!

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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Marc Booker
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Overnight oats. It's what I imagine prison food to be like; sloppy and cold.

Edit: no topping makes this not true.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Lutefisk

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks 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!.

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Chicken feet

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GirlFriday
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!!!!!

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Any cookie with raisins in it. Those are an insult to chocolate chip cookies.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Vegemite

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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