Friday Question #11
By kilax, January 18, 2008 5:50 am
What is the most awful thing you have ever eaten (whether it be food or non-food, intentional or not intentional, completely eaten or just tasted)?
A few years ago, Steven and I decided we wanted to experience “new” vegetables. We thought, “Brussels sprouts always get a bad rep! We’ll try those!”
So we went and bought them. We took them home. We washed them. We cooked them. We sat down to eat them with our meal.
I bit into one… and it had a white worm in it. I don’t think I have ever gagged so much in my life.
Then we realized there were LOTS of white worms. How do you NOT notice white worms when you are cooking something?!
Yuck! We have never eaten them again!
Themocracy
Raisin bran at a low-rent restaurant in Florida… with a roach crawling out of it in my bowl! I think I had 1 bite before I saw it.
I still eat raisin bran, but only when I know its source and am pretty sure I won’t also get a bite of living protein…
Ok ew. I had oatmeal like that too (a pouch of apple cinnamon from quaker)… now I’m paranoid and tripple check oatmeal every time. I stopped eating peaches when i was a kid and saw my mom slice into one and a big green worm came out of it. Blah. Just a fact of nature, I suppose.
Cavier. I hate fish – I hate the smell, I hate the taste. One time at a party there was a tray with assorted cheeses and cavier. Unbeknownst to be, a little cavier was on a piece of cheese that I had picked up and popped into my mouth. It was so vile. Blech!
i am one of the freaks that love brussel sprouts but i’ve never had worms in mine. ew! that’d turn me off anything, honestly.
i don’t like jam. i know. i’m a weirdo. i just don’t like the taste and consistency. maybe someday i will like it.
There was a rat tail in some soup I got from a restaurant once….to this day, Minestrone is not my friend!
I tried brussel sprouts a few years ago and really liked them. They’re much better cut in half and either stir-fried or broiled with garlic and olive oil. I don’t like them any other way, especially with worms. 🙂
I would gladly eat wormy Brussels sprouts over a serving of natto…
http://www.blogography.com/archives/2004/12/fridayq_strange.html
E – A roach?! How did that even get in there? I wonder if it was in the box… or if there was a nest of them in the box or something.
Kyra – your oatmeal story reminds me of another awful cereal story… let’s just say I learned the same lesson as you!
Gina (Mannyed) – lol! I do have to say, I never tried cavier! I wonder if that is vegetarian… I mean, I eat chicken eggs…
sizzle – Jam? I am somewhat surprised! But I have some other things I don’t like for the texture and consistency as well 😉
Hilly – no way!!! That is like something you would see in a movie!
ajooja – yum, anything is good stir-fried! Maybe I would try them again … just check them first!
Dave2 – Yuck yuck yuck. The photo on your site does justice to your statement above.
Ew Ew Ew Ew Ew.
Did I mention Ew?
kapgar – yeah, I can’t imagine it is any worse than the comments here!