'A donut that had been fried in oil used to fry fish': 25+ Foul foods that diners will never touch again

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Feb 21, 2024 5:00 PM EST

From seafood to surströmming, these people will never forget their encounters with these foul foods. 

Everyone seems to have at least one or two foods that they'll never ever eat. For some, this stems from getting sick soon after eating that food---even if it wasn't the one that made them ill in the first place. Other people simply took their first bite of a dish and vowed to never taste that food again. Either way, they're sharing their stories with everyone else so that we all know what to avoid. 

A very common food item that people were averse to was clams or oysters. Those are such popular appetizers, but they can also easily sicken an entire party if they're not prepared or stored correctly. Just one incident of bad clams can spoil it for that person for life. 

Check out all of the very varied foods people said will never cross their lips again. Then, take a peek at some seriously silly cakes made by well-meaning amateurs and a few baffled professionals. 

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    What have you eaten that was such a terrible experience, you'll never eat it again? 'Avocados... feel and taste exactly like the gray paste the dentist uses to clean my teeth'
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    What have you eaten that was such a terrible experience, you'll never eat it again?
    via u/Channon-Yarrow
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    VacantlyOccupied · I ate an olive right off the tree like it was a cherry or berry not knowing that they must be cured to be edible.
    via u/VacantlyOccupied
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    Corvus-Nepenthe. A donut that had been fried in oil previously used to fry fish. I'm off donuts for life.
    via u/Corvus-Nepenthe
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    deathconthree Balut. Tastes okay, kind of like strong egg, chicken and it comes with some fermented notes, and the embryo part tastes like boiled chicken. I tried it twice, one of them was also vinegary. It reminded me of a funky chicken soup.
    via u/deathconthree
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    The textures though... Nope, utterly vile. I can safely say that I tried it and I will never try it again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you again for taking advantage of my kind and trusting nature!
    via u/deathconthree
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    CGLADISH It was one of my dad's favorite dishes but, thankfully wasn't genetic. liver & onions. neither of these components work for me (maybe if the onions are cooked down to nothing.)
    via u/CGLADISH
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    Famous-Opposite8958. A layered concoction that included miracle whip, deviled ham and other hideous tasting and textured things served to me at a Midwest garden party.
    via u/Famous-Opposite8958
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    Grebnaws I ordered mackerel sushi once in a Midwest strip mall Japanese style restaurant and it looked and tasted like a big grey garden slug. I could taste it in my mouth for days. Horrible. It did not make me sick however.
    via u/Grebnaws
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    Every time I've had food poisoning it's always been from something that is normally a safe or unsuspecting food.
    via u/Grebnaws
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    Pack_Excellent Oysters. They tasted awful and a few hours later has the worst GI distress of my life. Tried them a couple years later, and they still tasted awful and I had an even worse experience than the first time... Turns out, I'm allergic to oysters.
    via u/Pack_Excellent
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    Unable_Answer_179. Lutefisk. It's kind of a thing in Scandinavian families in Minnesota. If the smell doesn't get you the texture will.
    via u/Unable_Answer_179
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    Glass1Man 1. Gas station eel sushi 2. Gas station egg salad sandwich
    via u/Glass1Man
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    New_Influence_1402. Baby octopus
    via u/New_Influence_1402
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    Salt-Mix4222 Sea urchin sushi. (Uni). Love sushi but def not a fan of that one. ↑ 134 ↓ BubbhaJebus . Reply I love it. But it has to be absolutely fresh or it turns bitter.
    via u/Salt-Mix4222
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    G We Effective_Inside2962. Boiled okra. ↓ 168 loptopandbingo. Reply Always fried, never boiled
    via u/Effective_Inside2962
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    BookCzar Surströmming (fermented fish).
    via u/BookCzar
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    fennel- my mom made a fennel salad with balsamic vinegar when i was a kid, and since I love balsamic vinegar salads i thought yummy! WRONG BECAUSE WHY DOES THIS SALAD TASTE LIKE LICORICE?? Scarred for life with that one
    via r/AskReddit
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    AgitatedAd9756. Durian. IYKYK. 59 ↓ SparkDBowles Reply Tastes good. Smells like literal
    via u/AgitatedAd9756
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    altaccount_39 Blue cheese I was being adventurous by trying something new, I could not finish the burger even with it scrapped off never again will I touch anything that has blue cheese on it.
    via u/altaccount_39
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    Commercial-Potato820. Cooked jellyfish. No flavour and super crunchy
    via u/Commercial-Potato820
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    Overthinker-dreamer. Cheese and onion roll. Was given one as a kid and I though it was a sausage roll. Was very disappointed, but was eating it anyway because it was my lunch. Then was sick. Never eaten one since.
    via u/Overthinker-dreamer
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    Virtual Syrup262. Avocados, they feel and taste exactly like the gray paste the dentist use to clean my teeth
    via u/Virtual Syrup262
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    Pure_Mammoth_1233. Escargot. I was in Europe and mistranslated the menu. I ate about half of it. It tasted better than I expected. Lots of garlic and butter. But I could not get past the fact that I was eating snails.
    via u/Pure_Mammoth_1233
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    archedhighbrow. Chitterlings at the state fair.
    via u/archedhighbrow
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    Maps LegitimateBlonde Geoduck. Somehow both squidgy AND crunchy. It was awful
    via u/LegitimateBlonde
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    Big-Routine222 A Durian. The fruit smells so bad it's banned on airplanes and in hotels. It's like biting into a pair of gym socks that have been used for a soccer game, left inside a slightly hot locker for a week, then dusted with slimy bits of celery. The actual worst thing.
    via u/Big-Routine222
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    Solid-Wrongdoer3162. Lamb. It's been years since the Unfortunate Incident at the Kebab Palace but the stomach never forgets.
    via u/Solid-Wrongdoer3162
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    splitminds Ugh, bone marrow. It was like eating ever so slight warmed Crisco.
    via u/splitminds
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    Juryofyourspears Cilantro. GTFO with that soapy nonsense.
    via u/Juryofyourspears
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    tarot_tarot_bo_barot. Beets. Please do not tell me how much I would love them if they were only roasted, or in borscht, or in your super special beet salad. Beets taste like hot tires smell.
    via u/tarot_tarot_bo_barot
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    K santoshthedragon. Vegemite...like what in the world were y'all thinking
    via u/santoshthedragon
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    Tempeh. Like Tofu, but fermented. Absolutely intolerable to me
    via r/AskReddit
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    PlumbersArePeopleToo Twinkies. I couldn't even finish one of them, they're nasty.
    via u/PlumbersArePeopleToo
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    Koreangonebad Pacqui One Chip Challenge
    via u/Koreangonebad

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