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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.
What is the fun in not being able to taste anything but heat. Then suffering butt heat.
That's just it, some people have a high tolerance and can taste the food. I have friends from Africa who were raised eating things I can't even let touch the tip of my tongue.
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It has to do with the tolerance you have. If you have a low tolerance like me then you will spend half the meal chugging water down your throat and not enjoy it at all. If you’re like my father then you will enjoy eating chilli.
Water doesn’t do much to get rid of the burning sensation. Yoghurt and milk are much better, and you will not have to binge on it
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I like spicy foods, but not if the heat overwhelms the other flavors. What's the point?
If you have low tolerance, spicy food is unpleasant. Once you develope tolerance, the flavor returns.
Pepper belly here. Here's the thing: past the heat is a unique flavor to every single pepper. My personal favorite are habaneros. They have a distinct sweet flavor past that burn. I love habanero honey, jellies, ice creams, and potato chips. I have a cache of different Buldokk ramens in my cupboard. It does take a high pain tolerance, but I assure you, they all taste different.
Adaption and being used to stuff. The hotness of spicy foods does not affect the same senses as taste does, but some tastes, are only in reach in extremely hot chilis, for example. So, you prepare yourself to be able to take it, which is paying the price, while experiencing the broad variety of flavours is the prize you get to collect later. So ... what? Not worth it to you - don't do so. Worth it? Do it.
Heat without flavor is a no go for me, but I can take small slices of fresh habanero pepper and add it to what I'm eating to make things extra spicy. Spicy foods reduce inflammation and release endorphins. Also, you do have to build up a tolerance to it. I once had a friend testing a chili recipe for a cook-off, I noted that it needed cumin, more salt and maybe some chipotle to make it more flavorful. He was asking if it was spicy, and it was not. Not at all...
I used to enjoy spicy food. But then I developed fibromyalgia, and it affecrs even the nerves in my mouth! Even jalapeños are too much for me now, most times. Which sucks because there's plenty of good food that I have to ask people to not make spicy...or just can't eat because of it :(
I don't experience heat but flavour. The reaction you have depends on how allergic to a chilli you are. I'm not allergic so enjoy a small heat sensation and flavour. If you have a tingle on your lip just from touching a spoon that stirred spicy food...very allergic!
If you habitually eat hot spiced foods, you build up a tolerance and you need to add more zing to get the endorphin and dopamine release that you get. Too hot is too hot, yes, but I like the average heat that you get in places in parts of Mexico or India.
It is possible to train your tongue/taste over a perion of It is possible to train your tongue/taste to get used to it. I was totally against all hot spices but living with people who eat spicy food on a regular basis. I needed to learn to adapt and I have.. Maybe not a 100% but getting there and actually started to enjoy some of it
Although I like some spice in my food some preparations are over the top
I think that people who eat like that have cauterized their taste buds and extremely spicy foods are all they can taste.
My taste buds shut down and it's...this weird effect that happens with me when I eat something too spicy. First, the heat gets there, then everything goes numb, then super bitter. If I have anything after that point, it hurts like hell
It's an acquired taste. And I always say 'food isn't good unless it hurts.'
I go through a bottle of Tabasco a week. Don't put it into tea, coffee or desserts, but otherwise it improves anything (soups, salads, etc). In my experience some tabasco and lemon improve the taste considerably. The trick is to keep it hot and spicy but tasty, not just hot.
How do I like my chilli? Think baby's first chilli, and not a Texan baby
Hot is not for me either. Most Fast Foods seem to think we want hot chilli too. I get irritated when many food supplies are also full of heat from the same source. Why are we NOT all super hot spicy food lovers? Over kill.
For some reason, after I got dentures, I can no longer stand spicy food.
That's because those people ate so much extremely spicey food that their taste buds are incapable of tasting normal food anymore.
For those of us that have built a tolerance, it's not extremely spicy to me. It's slightly spicy.
It's a matter of tolerance. Or, alternatively, being a macho idiot who just does it to show off... But really the tolerance grows with use until you just don't get the kick from usual amounts; I'm one of those "excuse me where is your hot sauce? No the hotter hot sauce?" - people, but I do have limits as well. I do not enjoy pain.
Yes, I hate when I accidentally do that to myself and ruin a dish with too many hot pepper flakes. It’s very sad. But I eat it anyway because I was raised not to waste food.
I absolutely love spicy food and my family thinks I’m crazy for it to some degree, as I am happy with extremely spicy food also! More for me!
The more.spicy and or hot stuff you eat, the more you can take. anyone else like the hot wings (full blast) from pizza hut? Those things rock!
People have different amounts of receptors for "tasting" heat. I can still taste food with a good habanero sauce and enjoy the heat. Your extreme is not the same as another person's. Your experiences are not the same as those of others. Funny how that works.
The thing is, what is considered "extremely spicy" differs greatly from person to person. I'm from Southeast Asia and while I enjoy spicy things, in my country, my spice tolerance is average at best and maybe even slightly low. But sometimes what is spicy to other people I wouldn't even register at spicy at all. (Two incidents come to mind: we were having sausages and tomato sauce at my dorm when I was a student. It was apparently "too spicy" for a few other people. I thought it tasted like ketchup. Another time was when I was sent a spicy snack from a friend in a different country, but my whole family thought it was bland, including my brother who in my family is known for not being able to handle spiciness.)
To the people saying it's about tolerance, that's not what they are saying. I've seen people eat something they obviously thought was very very spicy, keep eating it, and then order it again the next time they go to a restaurant.
My last two weeks at work on the boat I was working with new cooks I hadn't met yet. So the ones I worked with all summer had such a thing against flavour that I ate burgers from the cafeteria for passengers instead of the one for employees. The cooks I'll be with all winter? Absolutely love spicy food and everything had chili spice on it. Looks like sandwiches again for me for every two weeks I'm eating.
Had a thing against flavour or had a thing against spicy food? Non-spicy food can taste very good, just like spicy food. But if they were just bad cooks and can't make non-spicy food good, they probably wouldn't manage to make spicy food good either. Anyway, I think there should be both options served, like every other day spicy food and vice versa. That way no one would have to eat sandwiches every day, until other cooks arrive.
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Believe it or not, I wasn't much of a spicy food eater until a friend forced me to eat spicy noodles with scorpion pepper chili sauce as a topping. Can't say I enjoyed that very much but at least my spice tolerance has increased somewhat now. Still, I wouldn't want to not taste my food because my tongue has been numbed by the heat so I'll still forgo Mala Mala dishes as shown above unless they tone down the spice level XP
It's the rush of endorphins that's addictive. I like heat too, but as others have said, not if it interferes with the flavor.
Literally a wrong use of "literally". Also it taste good and you just have low tolerance.
My husband likes spicy/hot food; I don't. I have accidentally eaten some and the feeling just confirmed I will never enjoy "food" that hurts to eat.
Used to not like spicy food but spent some time in Thailand. What used to over power me is now quite mild. I do enjoy the extra flavour it adds once you get used to it.
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I think it's a personal thing. I have a hard time finding really spicy foods- with flavor. If it's just Hot- it's not hot to me. Most say salsa is spicy- and I laugh- but again- it's personal- we are not all made the same!
Or, worse still, your a*s is on fire for days on end because you got a tad too brazen with your ability to eat spicy food.
I like being able to enjoy and savour my food and all of the complex flavours and spices. When a food is spicy just for the sake of being "spicy" I can no longer taste and enjoy my food.
I always thought I liked spicy food, but then I visited a restaurant in Istanbul where they'd bring you a huge tray of small bowls with various dishes. I picked something I thought looked like minced meat with bell peppers. I chewed the first spoonful, swallowed, and felt my throat burn. How bad could it be? Next spoonful, I swallowed without chewing, and by that time tears were running down my cheeks. There's spicy, and then there's way too spicy.
I'm not a fan of spicy hot foods as it just burns my mouth so theres no flavor. However...I do love Louisiana hot sauce... I can actually taste and it's so good.
It's not just that it's hot, it literally makes everything taste the same.
My Biology professor said there are no taste buds for heat. What you are feeling is contact with pain receptors, and if you enjoy that pain you feel you are a masochist.
Consuming spicy food is an acquired taste. A person who enjoys spice will spat out meals devoid of it.
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.
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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