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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.
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.
Kale. You fookin’ liars!
I always add extra oil to the pan when cooking kale ... makes it easier to scrape into the trash bin 😎
Does this cut out that strong bitter flavour? That is my issue as I normally love fresh greens, but Kale as a salad was a nono.Yik!
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Really? I've yet to encounter palatable kale. I agree on the Brussels sprouts though; when they're done right, they're super yummy and not bitter.
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Saw on the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) that ducks and swans love kale - raw or cooked. Bought some to treat my little friends and it sat there in a pile in the garden for weeks - even the rats turned it down, so eventually shovelled it into the compost.
Sorry, I laughed at this , I had visions of you with a carrier bag full approaching all wild life :D
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I once read somewhere that you can't trust people who say they like kale. 😂
In the Netherlands we (used to) eat kale only when it's cut after one night of freezing. The frost changes the taste. We mix the kale with mashed potatoes and on top a sausage and sauce. Delicious. It used to poor peoples food, not the fancy health food it is now.
Kale tastes like a leaf you pulled off some random plant and probably shouldn't be eating. Pret used to do Kale crisps, they had the taste and texture of dried kitchen sponge.
I love kale mixed in with my smoothies. But kale chips smell like hot trash.
I'm always looking forward to kale season. It's really popular here in Germany.
Yeah me too. I fear our American friends do not know what a proper Grünkohl with Mettwurst and Kasseler is like
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In Germany it is strictly a winter vegetable, harvested after first frost. It then gets blanched, chopped and cooked with onions, potatoes, bacon and sausage. ida77449b3...278c03.jpg 
I so agree. I was told that if you cook it in the oven in a low heat with a little oil and salt it's delicious! It's NOT!!! Rather lick my own a**e than eat that again!!!
Love kale (I love all dark leafy greens). One of my favorite soups is Caldo Verde (a Portuguese greens soup with sausage). It's a family favorite.
Kale is really healthy for you, and it's great if you saute it until it gets crispy, in bacon grease
I think maybe most of the people who think kale tastes bad, have only tasted it in the trendy health foodie kind of way (green smoothies, roasted, kale chips) , and haven't tasted in the more traditional ways, like 'boerenkoolstamppot'. That's the traditional Dutch way to eat it, it's mashed potatoes mixed with boiled kale and gravy, with sausage. Kale tastes wonderful that way.
I laughed way too hard at this. Just let it marinade for a bit in the flavors you choose and it's quite delicious.
In Ireland we call it curly kale and have it mashed in with patatoes and loooads of butter 🤤
Put it in the freezer for 30 minutes before cooking changes everything.
I love kale. I used mixed greens and cabbage with it or just plain. I put it in smoothies with fruit sorry you don't like it buta lot of folks do.
Cook it up with other things you like. Onion, mushroom, some bacon, a little lemon, parmesan (the good stuff, not the stuff that sits on a counter), and add some walnuts or sliced almonds on top, maybe with a dash of your favorite hot sauce? So good. And everything can cook in the bacon fat! (And don't forget the salt, pepper, msg, and paprika!)
This picture looks more like spinach to me, unless there's a non-curly kale I haven't heard of.
Once again, here in Brazil...lol We love it! Usually sliced in very thin strips, heated in olive oil and smashed garlic until it goes softer. It's a perfect side dish to our "feijoada" (Br black beans + dozen tipes of meat)
The only thing kale is usable for is decorating salad bars and edible arrangements.
Late fall kale is sweet and delicious. Give the cold weather a chance to mellow it.
It took me few attempts, but I love it. Mix into mash spuds and it's delicious.
For me, it depends on how you prepare it. Baked with yeast and salt, yum.
I used to make this kale salad with walnuts and Parmesan and yes it is delicious, but so much damn work to separate it from the tough stems, wash it then massage it until palatable… Now I just get arugula which is thought I hated before but turns out I love❤️
Oh! I know! What about eating insects? I tried chocolate covered crickets, ants but some people eat grubs!!!
Loooooved kale! Love to cook it in balsamic vinegar and chop up some garlic and onions. Mad delicious!
Kale (and most other dark green leafies, for that matter) are fairly good raw (like in a salad or on a sammich), but cooked, they look, smell, and taste (don't ask) like the high school varsity quarterback's lucky jock strap that hasn't been washed in 5 years.
I had this awesome kale side dish at a restaurant in Virginia Beach one time (I didn't order it, it just came with what I did order.) It had a hint of coconut and was beyond delicious. I've never been able to repeat it or find it anywhere else so I've enjoyed kale exactly once.
I was waiting for this entrance XD It's a traditional winter dish in Northern Germany (kale grows in winter and frost kills some of the bitterness). Stewed with bacon and your regional variety of appropriate Wurst and served with Potatoes. I never liked it as a kid, but I have grown to love it and the tradition around it (Grünkohlwanderung!). One time during kale season some friends of mine that weren't from Lower Saxony complaint about a dish the university cafeteria had served the previous day (when I wasn't there) and I just asked: "Grünkohl mit Bregenwurst?". And then I felt a bit evil and asked if they knew what Bregen means 😈. Brain. It is Low German for Brain.
Totally right and let’s not forget the Brussels sprouts scam. Great marketing for both, though
Kale is amazing!!! Cooked, raw, in smoothies... You are missing out my friend
The dark leaf Tuscan kale, yes, others no. Soups stir-fry stews, coleslaw yum
We tried, I grew it in the garden. We don't like it. I could still eat it if I saute it with garlic, mushrooms, and onions. But all the other recipes were wasted on us.
I hate that stuff. It's bitter and tough no matter how you prepare it.
I won't eat raw kale, but I bake it and put sesame seeds on it (no salt, just seeds) and it's amazing
I like it, if you crisp it in the oven it tastes like the crispy seaweed you get at a chinese restaurant
Kale is SO good. When I was a kid, we used to have it in our garden, and I would go there and just pick one leaf, wash it and eat it raw. So good!
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.
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.
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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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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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