Oh this is a good question....

I would have to say Sea Urchin.  Honestly, when it is fresh it is really beautiful in flavor but the texture is something I can not seem to get over.

Another... Oysters.  I looooove seafood and I loooove teeny tiny Olympia Oysters but only when they are smoked.  Raw oysters make me gag... it's the slime.  And Fried style are just too big a mouthful... it's just too much going on in my mouth in not so good a way.

Roma Tomatoes.  I loooove tomatoes, but for some reason Roma's have a mealier texture over others.  Also, as they get riper the mealy texture can worsen and they will get drier.  Plus they have a weird fishy taste to me... well the mealy ones do anyway.  I will go with an heirloom or a hot house tomato over romas everytime.

SPAM.... it feels like gristle and fat.  My Dad used to say that it was made from the Lips & A-holes of whatever animals they used to make it.  It's tastes like that could very well be the recipe.  UCK!

GUILTY!!!

I can't stand Okra, it's too slimy. Because it's a big part of BF's cultural cuisine (Caribbean) I eat it when its served, but I'm secretly gagging on the inside.

There's not many things that I won't eat, but congee is another. Things that are slimy, I have a hard time with. Ironically, seafood (oysters included) doesn't bother me at all.

I cannot put jellyfish in my mouth. No matter how hard I try and how hard some Chinese colleagues try to convince me of it's worth, it makes me yak.

Slimy foods such as okra, oysters, raw shrimp, grated raw yam/potato (japanese dish), fruit pies that have too much sauce especially when it's cold and it forms into a jelly like texture, meat terrines.  

Watermelon, tomatoes, bird's nest.

um, well raw tomato

or anything with raw mayonaise like potato salad or a sandwich, or anything creamy in that way like whipped cream, custards, etc

It is a very long list, but here are the ones that come to mind quickly:

custard

cottage cheese

mussels

tofu

feta cheese

smoked salmon

Haven't eaten a noodle since I was 8 years old. No spaghetti, no rotini, no ravioli, and no jello. Gelatin freaks me out!

Kiwi, liver, all seafood

Bananas.  They're very slimy.

There are very few things I don't like due to any reason, but the one thing that I really don't like the texture of is raw oysters.  Just a little too slimy...

Raw Mushrooms...they're very wierd.  Milkshakes, or any melted dairy product, yet I can eat yogourt.  I'm very strange.  And raw tomatoes, way to slimy. And of course cottage cheese, for obvious reasons!!!

I cannot eat anything that jiggles, like Jello, Aspics, or gelly molds ... just can't do it ... it could look very appitizing but when it jiggles ... its done ... oh and Marshmellow salad ... i love marshmellows, I love salad but not together !!!!

Tapioca ugh, reminds me of frog eggs. Anything slimy such as oysters and mussels, cottage cheese, any meat with the blood still running, any kind of pepper (green, yellow, red, bell etc they all taste bitter) popcorn-the smell alone can make me feel sick. And gooseberries.

The psychiatric community is reading all these hangups licking their lips thinking "man are there ever some &%#@ up people out there, I wonder if I can take out a banner ad advertising that we can cure food hangups through therapy "

i can not eat slimy things, any slimy thing.

and raw food.

Liver, caviar, tongue, meatloaf & cooked broccoli.

Banana's. Even as a baby Mom said she couldn't get me to eat them. The smell is wonderful, banana bread is one of my favourite, but absolute no-no to the fresh ones. Yukkers!

bananas, rice pudding, runny oatmeal. Yuk.

I'm the same way with slimy, jiggly stuff...

-even the thought of jello makes me shudder

-green bananas (ick!)

-oysters

-marshmallows that haven't been roasted

-pudding in a plastic cup

-and I absolutely LOVE sushi, but only the maki - i can't eat sashimi.  Its a shame, really.

I'm the same way with slimy, jiggly stuff...

-even the thought of jello makes me shudder

-green bananas (ick!)

-oysters

-marshmallows that haven't been roasted

-pudding in a plastic cup

-and I absolutely LOVE sushi, but only the maki - i can't eat sashimi.  Its a shame, really.

Onions...I avoid many foods that have too many ingredients thrown in together just in case there's an onion in there.  If I bite down on one I literally gag.  

I can't stand liver, the texture is almost astringent.  it dries my tongue! weird!

mushrooms-flavor is nice, texture is gross.

coconut-milk is fine, flaked is not good. Even covered in chocolate...still couldn't eat it.

sea food, used to get to me, but i'm getting over it now.

i still don't like bitter flavors either.  No wine, beer, coffee or very dark chocolate for me. :(

The two items that come to mind are calamari, and bubble tea. Calamari has a squeeky chewy texture grosses me out, like chewing on wet wool. With Bubble Tea its like sucking up bugers in a straw.

Sea Urchin Sushi

Peas....it's something about the way the 'pop' when you bite into them that freaks me out.

When I was a kid I used to gag on sweet potato because of the texture. It doesn't bother me at all now though.

Pears because of the grainy texture.

-Cod tongues (yuck!), a delicacy in Newfoundland cuisine, but the strong fishy taste combined with a (sort of) organ flavour as if one had bitten into liver instead...   hmmmm... you get the idea.  

-parsnips:  I can't get 'em into my mouth, never mind down my throat!  I've only ever had them boiled and mashed like turnips, but the strong smell, combined with the mushy texture just curls my toes.  

Porridge--it has that porridgy feeling.  This encompasses ALL the hot cereals like Cream of Wheat (guh!), Red River cereal; any other that you care to name will not be on my spoon.  Oddly enough, I adore risotto which apparently has a similar texture to porridge.  

Bananas--that's not so much a texture thing as a smell thing.  No, you're right, it's a texture thing.  

Custard--it moves in that particular way that just seems menacing.  Mousse is just on the edge of okay but it might move menacingly too.  

Large peas--small peas are fine but those large peas? ick.  I think there are still some left on my plate from when I was 8 and I was supposed to eat them before I went to bed.  

Brown lentils--they are oddly drying in my mouth.  Red lentils are fine but those flat brown lentils are just icky.

Bubble tea!! That's just horrifying! Small, gelatinous blobs of tapioca (that's a whole 'nother rant!) pop into your mouth.  I bet they move menacingly too.  

Gum.  Do I really need to say anything about this most disgusting thing?  

Mushrooms, Cottage Cheese, Tapioca Pudding, Oysters (can't stand the smell either), Bananas, Cream of Wheat... I think that's about it.

I'm with Kate - liver has to be the worst! The thought of it makes my spine quiver.

I can't think of anything I don't like because of it's texture but Cranberry Sauce and any kind of tea leave my mouth feeling like it is coated.

I would have to say yogurt with chunks of slimy fruit in it..not good!  And toast with jam that isn't toasted enough...bread is fine but if it's toast it needs to be brown.  And it freaks me out when the food on my plate is touching, if the butter from the veggies run into the meat area or the juice from the meat runs into the potatoes..ugh just sick!

Actually, seafood doesn't bother me, i like the texture, the taste, etc. But one thing does get to me: sand! I hate eating fresh oysters or parsley and crunching down on sand! Horrible!

Eating chicken and getting a bone, a lump of fat or cartilage also triggers the gag reflex!

Also, cottage cheese. If it's in a recipe and its blended, ok, but like plain cottage cheese with fruits... ew! I can swallow it, but i won't enjoy it!

Any raw fish, squishy texture  

Mozza balls in soup are too squishy.  And bubble tea, I forgot about that one until someone above mentioned it.  You're right, it's way too mucus-like.  And cold smoked salmon.  I love the jerky stuff, and I don't mind a thin slick on a thick cracker with cream cheese, but when you get piles of salmon on a plate at a fancy restaurant, it's just too much gross.

I'm not too bad with most things, but thanks for the bubble tea tip, not even going to attempt to go there. I've got a big problem with fresh mushrooms raw, and then again in anything unless they have been fried. They look like slugs, and I am petrified of slugs, so why would I eat something that looks like them. I also have a problem with the feeler looking calamari. I love the rings, chewy little tire tubes, but the tentacle ones, yah, not gonna eat them. And tounge. Can't eat anything that might taste me back!

Eggs. They wiggle and jiggle and the smell of hard boil eggs makes me turn green.

Raw mushrooms and raw totatoes for me. I love them both cooked but raw makes me gag. And that little bit of fat or cartilage from chicken really triggers the gag reflex. It's sort of beyond my control, if it ends up in my mouth I just have to spit it out. Not pretty at the dinner table.

Peach and Nectarine skin. Like biting on textile.

milk, ground meat.  chicken skin, fat, mist of can goods brrrrr

sweet potatoe and squash.  like the taste but the texture makes my skin crawl.

I can't take raw bananas or sun dried tomatoes - they are like dried boogers

I can eat just about anything but for some reason I can't stand raw tomatoes.

As for tofu - don't even go there!

Banana's....... the only way that I could even think about eating them is either muffins or frozen... but I can't just peel and eat one... too squishy for me

and raw tomatoes, i love almost everything else tomato, but I can't just eat one like an apple.

Anything with raw garlic, onion, cooked liver, parsnips, raw tomatoes, raw clams, oysters, susi there are a lot of foods I do not like and won't eat tecture included...

Raw tomatoes are the worst.  Raw onion, garlic, I agree with almost all comments on yukky foods.

Raw tomatoes are the worst.  Raw onion, garlic, I agree with almost all comments on yukky foods.

Shrimp!

Unable to eat tounge let alone look at it, squid sweet breads, fat from any meat or cartilage or any deep fried food

June 10, 2008 0:55 a.m.

I cannot get over how some of you people cannot spell the names of simple foods. It is horrifying.

Mozza balls ? Toungue ? Marshmellows ?

tapioca pudding and creme of wheat cereal - I've always hated the feel of them in my mouth.  Oh and I absolutely hate the taste of milk unless it's ice cold (almost to the where there's bits of ice in it)

Barley - as in... beef barley soup.  Feels like bugs in my mouth. Yuck!

Kiwi.....it's crunchy and it makes the inside of my ears itch.

well i love the food, i love each texture, essence, flavor.. i only hate the cow liver.. the texture is a little weird.. and  flavor is agh.. i have 17 years old.. and i say.. "taste all types of food before saying no"

Cooked carrots, hidden raisens (like in a salad when you think you just bit a cocroach), raw celery (the strings in between my teeth make me cringe).  Golden (not so) Delicious apples - feel like apple flavoured sand in my mouth.  Wilted greens of any kind - warm shredded lettuce on a hot burger - gag!

Freshly-squeezed orange juice is acceptable only when passed through a strainer.

Juice marketers who have landed on "extra pulp" as a selling strategy are vile. They should all find themselves with pulp lodged between their teeth, slimily coating the roofs of their mouths or congealed in lumps that pass slowly and retch-inducing-ly down the backs of their throats. Then they would know. O yes. Then they would know....

Let's not get started on that stringy, phlegmy mess that constitutes the bulk of the orange itself. This is why juicers and strainers were invented: to ELIMINATE  THE PULP. We don't put it back in!

Thank you.

cooked peas.

love them raw and fresh right out of the pod, but cook them up and the texture just turns to mush in your mouth. the flavour also changes them something awful.

this seems to be the only food i hated as a child, and still hate today.

Pears!  No matter how ripe they are they're still gritty.  It's like eating a mouthful of mud.  I absolutely can't stand them, which is unfortunate because I love the flavour.

I also avoid oysters and clams because I find them to be too chewy.  I was told that the oysters were chewy because they weren't done right so I tried them again fresh in PEI.  Everyone else said that these oysters were the best, and freshest they'd ever had, but I still thought it was like eating garlic rubber, haha!

Thanks to an extra-ordinarily restrictive diet in my first few years of life, I can no longer tolerate cottage cheese, skim milk (coloured water), powdered milk (why?) or bananas (even the smell will set off the nausea trigger).  I don't see what the big deal is regarding tongue; if you scrape the outer layer off and put enough salt on it, it tastes just fine.

Due to another medical problem, I also had to eat liver on a regular basis, though to this day I am fearful of trying calve's liver; my mother's version could sole a shoe.  I ate chicken livers with cooked onions every week, topped with enough ketchup so you really couldn't notice the flavour.  Thankyou Mr. Heinz!  I'd still eat them.

I cannot tolerate clams or oysters; slimy erasers are what they remind me of, though I have never eaten those so I don't know why I have that comparison in mind.

I ate cream of mushroom soup as often as possible for the first seven years of my life and then my stomach just wouldn't tolerate mushrooms anymore.  To this day, I can't do it.  I get that strange porous texture in my mouth and I know what will come next.  Eggplant is the same.

Rice pudding and tapioca are like maggots in a bowl.

I love my scrambled eggs, but cannot eat them any other way; the runniness turns my stomach and hard boiled or soft-boiled just doesn't cut it; there's something about the smell.

In spite of what I've written, I am truly not a fussy eater; I have allergies but was taught to eat what was put in front of me unless it would actually make me sick.  I'm very willing to try new things, and go back and try things I've hated all my life to see if my tastebuds have matured.

Alas, most often, things remain the same.

Red wine is a migraine in a glass, as well.

bananas, liver (including pate), okra (scary slimy!), caviar

I love raisins but if I eat them in anything baked: muffins, bread, cakes, I just gag...the texture of them in anything baked makes me crazy.  The only other food that does that to me are cherries, again, baked - I love them whole with the pit - cook them and it's awful.

i have stayed away from eggplant not just because of the texture because of taste,don't get me wrong i will eat almost everything that is placed infront of me,but eggplant is just yuck  

i don't like the texture of squash.

but i'm actually really interested in how to make that orange jello bowl that this article has a picture of. where can i get that recipe?

Cooked mushroom, too slimy.  Tapioca and rice pudding, like eating larvae.  Bubble tea, never heard of it, but from the sounds of it, I would probably vomit from it!  Canned peas- who ever invented those?  Gross!  I ate them as a kid and will NEVER make my kids eat them!  Sunny side up eggs, no way!  And absolutely no raw clams or oysters.  

Oh, and by the way, everybody on here is so funny! I just got my laugh of the day! The orange juice pulp, bubble tea burgers, chicken gag reflex, haha! Thanks guys.

The worst is the bottom of the bubble tea cup; like snot up a straw..........runs a close second to chicken feet at Dim Sum; all knuckles and toes. Not Good!

Tomatoes and bananas. There's something about mushy and watery textured food I don't really enjoy.

I like a bit of crunch, and firmness.

RAISINS!

the protein shakes that you have to chew because they have oatmeal in them.

Tomatoes & Bananas!

Raw Sea Bass & any piece of fat on cooked meat.

I agree with Roma tomatoes, or any mealy tomato for that matter. Cucumbers, melon and any meat terrine or pate. Also rice pudding and bread pudding.

Anyting that is rubbery i.e.

calamari

cow's tongue

And okra is just too slimy gross

Headcheese weirds me out - I worked in a deli in college and the heights to which I saw that stuff bounce.  I also can't eat beef heart.

Lumpy beige foods:  tapioca, rice pudding, oatmeal. Yuck!

This is one awesome article with such a wide array of responses. For my taste in texture, i cant stand:

1. Raw coconut meat. strands or shaved. the sort of, grittiness it has gets to me (love coconut milk)

2. Liver of any kind. The strange "brittle" chewiness it has gets to me.

3. Any other internal organs. The thought more than texture just doesnt go well with me.

To this day, I love my mothers ox tongue stew, but if I were to see the tongue raw in the package it just sends shivers down my spine.

I love seafood, however, I cannot eat oysters. They are gross and the texture reminds me of (to be polite)something bioloical.

Fish bones - get one and I am totally done - can't take another bite

This question brings to mind church suppers as a child and I can still taste the various flavours of jello containing different vegetables and even occasionally meat.......yes, I said meat.  I am not sure who ever thought that jello should ever be mixed with anything other than the occasional strawberry but it still makes me gag just thinking about it!!!!!

BUBBLE TEA!!!!!   It is definately like sucking up round boogers through a straw.  Giant balls of tapioca that will just not chew up.  You end up tossing them around in your mouth til you finally spit them out.  

Dwayne, that reminds me of headcheese.......Nothing to do with cheese at all; just a mass of gelatin with bits of meat floating around in it.......And yes, it really is made from a pig's head!!!  Quite disgusting.......

liver....if not done properly it tastes like you're chewing plastic.  That way it makes me physically ill and yet I can eat it as chopped liver.  Go figure.

Is it just me or does reading all of these make you feel less alone? I'm so happy that I'm not the only one who can't eat raw tomatoes! Ick. Marmalade is also all wrong. And overcooked aparagus that's all stringy and mushy.

In Greece I asked at a restaurant for a Greek salad (or is it just a salad there, since you're in Greece?) without the tomatoes. The waiter looked at me in surprise and said "you want it without the tomatoes? But this is not a salad!". I didn't have the nerve to tell him that I could do without the olives as well!

Any of those marshmallow salads disgust me. Seems like my great aunts alway bring them to potlucks. Isn't Ambrosia supposed to be the Food of the Gods? Well, why would they wanna eat spongy citrus-flavored fluff? The texture is an automatic gag-inducer.

Wow, good question. I would have to say Fish of any kind, Organ meat ( liver most of all ) and Brussels Sprouts. All three of those bring back bad childhood memories.

Water chestnuts, mashed potatoes and raw mushrooms

bananas - any ripeness, any kind - flavor:good, texture: ugh

Celery - it's taken me 36 years to give it a real second try.

bananas I hate bananas

Celery, it's taken me 36 years to give it a second chance.

Cannot stand oysters

I find some yogarts have a funny texture

I absolutely concur with Nicole about the Ambrosia "junk" too :)  Yuck - marshmallows are barely tolerable in hot chocolate; but mixed with sour cream?  Ugh - who came up with that?

Tapioca pudding - reminds me of fish eggs.  Barley, reminds me of maggots - not that I've ever eaten maggots.  As far as meat goes - that would have to be ham, or bologna.  I have a hard time even touching either one.

Anything "pasty" and without tasty flavour like lima beans, tea biscuits, dry, plain mashed potatoes, overcooked canned peas..... ugh! 'Foodie' and I agree on this one I think. On the other hand, that same texture with flavour like peanut butter or chile con carne is great.

ORANGES!!!

Anything that jiggles or is slimy & squishy. Jello, Aspics, tapioca pudding, oysters Oh & lets not forget organ meats! Gross!

canned peas!!!!

Peanut butter

How about hearts of palm?? Not only are they strangely layered and undecided between slimy and mushy, but they also taste pretty disgusting to me.

And really fatty and eggy sauces like hollandaise...Way too silky, you know there's something behind that smoothness...

Another thing: thousand-year eggs, a chines "delicacy" that chemically transforms whole, shelled eggs into a deep purple see-through jello look-alike... used to be made with mare urine, or so i've heard...

I can't stand anything that's been ground, like hamburger.  Not fond of cottage cheese or liver either.

Sushi! =S

celery

Okra.  Hands-down.  Have you seen the original "Invasion of The Body Snatchers"?   I'm sure the creatures in that film were inspired by disgusting, slimy okra.  As a kid I'd cringe as my other ate them.  Even now I shuddered just thinking about them.

Beef Stroganoff.  The idea of ruining perfectly good stew with sour cream grosses me out.  My family loves when I make it but it reminds me of the taste of vomit.

I love calimari but hate squid soup.  There are few things that need a blind fold to eat but this is one of them.

avocado. ew. enough said.

What the heck is bubble tea !!!!

Sloppy cereals (e.g. porridge).  

The stringy bits in eggs make me gag if I detect one in my mouth.  I will crack the eggs, then fork out the "egg-strings" before I beat the eggs to make an omelet.  

Pudding-y desserts. Custard I can stand okay if it's on something of another texture such as cake.  

I probably would hate bubble tea, and I don't want to even try it to confirm!

Very ripe persimmon leaves a sandy, gritty coating inside my mouth.  It was frigtening eating it as a child.

So far I haven't met a texture I don't like (except jube jubes and other similar gummy candies, but those hardly count as food) and I've eaten many "gross" things.

As for tastes I just can't stand:

Bananas... I can eat banana bread or other things with bananas, but to eat a whole banana on it's own is just terrible. I don't even mind the texture, there's just something about whole bananas.. I've even tried a frozen chocolate covered one. Still terrible.

Raw tomatoes. Much like bananas, I just don't like the "on it's own" form. Tomatoes in other things are pretty good. But I just can't eat a lone tomato.

Celery. Why is celery so bad? It looks like it should be fantastic, all crunchy and juicy and green... Why celery? Why most you taste the way you do?

Cilantro. You just disgust me cilantro.

ihatecilantro.com