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Vote: What food item do you hate the most?

Skillet Chicken Livers with pickled ramps, wild greens, strawberries, brown butter, verjus . (Beckysteinphotography.com)
Skillet Chicken Livers with pickled ramps, wild greens, strawberries, brown butter, verjus . (Beckysteinphotography.com)
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By Carolyn Desalu

I’m usually game to try a dish, even once. One time, however, my boyfriend’s mother had cooked something that was so foul that I started to gag as soon I walked through the door. My boyfriend was directly behind me, so I ran right into him as I turned to run out for fresh air. After a few minutes, I tried again. Same result. On the third try, I managed to remain indoors—with a handkerchief covering my nose. After, my boyfriend explained that his mother was cooking a southern delicacy known as chitterlings.

If it smelled like that in the pot, there was no way I was going to try to eat it, I thought. So I didn't.