Table Talk

By audrey helfman

February 19, 2009 12:05 PM | Link to this

The worst food I ever tried was limberger cheese. I remember thinking that it tasted like what I imagined cement would taste like. It really is as bad as it is portrayed in cartoons!!

By Robert Falk

February 19, 2009 1:22 PM | Link to this

Boiled okra is creepy. I think I would vomit if ever forced to eat pickled pig’s feet or head cheese. I get grossed out by the chewy bits of jello which occur in regular jello when it was not adequately stirred during preparation.

By al grennell

February 19, 2009 6:23 PM | Link to this

MOVE OVER #1 (SEA CUCUMBER) - APPEARANTLY YOU HAVEN’T TRIED RAMBUTON (SIC?) - AN ASIAN SPECIALTY FRUIT WITH THE AROMA OF A BEACHED WHALE AFTER 4-5 DAYS IN THE HOT SUN AND A TEXTURE NOT UN-LIKE THAT SEA CUCUMBER. THIS FRUIT IS SO VILE THERE ARE SIGNS ALL OVER ASIA IN HOTELS THAT THE FRUIT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE ROOMS! IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY IT BE SURE TO DO SOON YOUR DECK OR PATIO (PREFERABLY ON A WINDY DAY)..

AL

By phar71

February 20, 2009 8:14 AM | Link to this

Okay, way off subject here…Have you heard any news on when Varasano’s Pizzeria is going to be opening up? I have been tracking the website and just yesterday the opening date jumped from Feb > March? http://www.varasanos.com/

By Rodney

February 20, 2009 2:20 PM | Link to this

I have something to add but it’s more of a “favorite guilty pleasure that turns out to be awful” kinda thing, and I’m certainly NOT ashamed to admit it!

Peanut butter. I love it. Most of my diet growing up consisted of peanut butter and although I don’t eat nearly as much now, I do love a good spoonful every now and then to help stave off hunger.

That said, the worst food SMELL for me is the smell from rinsing peanut butter off a spoon or knife. The hot water hits it and your nose fills with a smell that’s reminiscent of peanut butter, but has somehow been transformed by the hot water into something vile.

I can’t stand it. I’ll lick a knife clean and THEN wash it before I rinse peanut butter off it.

I guess I could admit to being a BIT shamed by my periodic taste for frozen chicken fingers. I keep a bag of Trader Joe’s ones in my freezer. But I understand your hesitance to admit such dalliances, Meridith … my friends who have seen me rail about how someone didn’t turn potatoes before they put them in the roasting pan generally think it’s crazy that I’ll eat frozen foods. But hey, nobody wants to cook all the time!

As far as cheese being the “worst” food, I couldn’t disagree more. The stinkier the better!

By reservoirDAWG

February 20, 2009 4:11 PM | Link to this

I had a jewish specialty at Dick and Harry’s when it was still open called gafelda (sp?) fish that has to be the grossest thing I’ve ever eaten.

By Storm

February 23, 2009 10:48 AM | Link to this

Chitlins or chitterlings, whatever you call them.

They are by far the NASTIEST thing on this earth. They stink!!!! Why anyone would want to eat this stuff is just beyond me!

Gross nasty EEEWWW!!!!!!

By Meridith Ford

February 23, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this

Robert falk: that Jell-O comment made me laugh out loud! Phar71: I’m waiting, too. Haven’t heard much of anything other than the date has been pushed — which isn’t unusual at all, even in a really good economy. I’ll dig around and post something if I hear.

By katieb

February 24, 2009 12:18 PM | Link to this

The worst food for me … Liver Dumpling Soup. The smell of it cooking is repulsive, the taste and texture just as repulsive. Indescribably awful. My mother used to make it when I was growing up, and I had to hold my nose to swallow it. We grew up in a “you will eat every bit of food put in front of you” house.I would gag it down. Now, she hates it, too (after all those miserable times of making us eat it)! P. S. to Al Grennell … avoid typing in all Caps … it’s very difficult for most people to read!