Worst Food Megapoll: THE NOMINATIONS
 

The people* have spoken! The clear winner is WORST FOOD MEGAPOLLLLLL. So let's see some nominations.

Let's keep away from truly uncommon stuff like, say, grubworms. Yes, I know people eat them in some parts of the world but if you personally have not eaten it then please don't nominate it.

I'll start by throwing out a few:

• Cauliflower
• Peeps
• Low Carb Bread

To clarify, are we talking the foods themselves, or condiments as well? I'm thinking the former, so stuff like mayonnaise shouldn't be on the list.

• Bacon (we need to flush out the bacon-haters so we can have a new round of mocking)
• Brussels Sprouts
• Brazil Nuts
• Sushi
• Anchovies (this is a bit iffy, as they may only get used as an accessory, at least as a common food)
• Beef (Beet) Jerky

I think the sweet spot is to find foods that some folks are going to hate with the passion of a thousand suns, and others will crawl across ten miles of bad road for. The point being, we need bad cliches.

Creamed corn in a can. Or any kind, for that matter.

Mmmm I dunno, if you really really REALLY hate mayo put it in the list. But only if you hate it so much you can go on for a paragraph for how nasty it is.

That's a bit broad of a category. Details!

Absolutely. :science:

It's a good point. Broad things like sushi and bread probably shouldn't be on a poll. It'll only encourage people to argue in the threads.

Speaking of broad...

broad beans
durian
egg nest soup
Prairie oysters
mint
tofurkey
salt & vinegar chips
Clamato juice
geoducks
Blue cheese

:D

Nah I just want more material.

Fair enough. I half-want to include both "sushi" and a specific kind or two in the poll, in the hopes that they will come up against each other.

Did we have an argument about nori a while ago somewhere? I forget.

Oh, maybe have imitation crab on the list? I don't know if we'd have folks in favor of that.

Dinty Moore Beef Stew
Spaghettios

I could expound on my hatred for the things I've listed (along with creamed corn) but I start to gag just by thinking of how they taste.

Heyyyyy I see what you did there. :fist:

MIRACLE WHIP! :mad:

Also nominating:
Asparagus
Liver
Fried Green Tomatoes (shudder)
Okra
Pizza
Giraffe

Seconding:
Beets
Lima Beans
Brussels Sprouts

licorice
3 bean salad
Thousand Island dressing
Cheetos
Coffeemate (an edible oil product)
pickled eggs

It may be edible but I'm not entirely sure it qualifies as "food". I'll go ahead and put it in, though, but I want you to wax poetic when it comes up for its vote!!

Oh, and canned cream corn.

OK, we've got about 40 items so far. I'd like 64 at a minimum but more would be great!

Canned peas
White Castle hamburgers
Trout
Beef liver
Sweetbreads (i.e. organs)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (seriously, it's the worst fried chicken)

And I want to jump on the brussel sprouts bandwagon, but I just went out to dinner w. Mrs. Giraffe last weekend and ordered a big fat steak which came w. brussel sprouts that were roasted w. some panchetta and they were actually pretty freaking good. Of course, a lot of that was the panchetta... And if you don't roast them, they're horrible. Just horrible.

Broccoli.

Aye aye, Cap'n.

MOAR FUD:


tater tots
Vegemite
Marmite
gefilte fish
milk chocolate (you heard me)
Cadbury Creme Eggs

Acorn squash. That shit looks like earwax and tastes like something that should never be in my mouth.

Oh, and raisins! They serve no purpose on this earth other than to piss me off when I mistake them for chocolate chips in a cookie. :mad:

Non-German potato salad
Jello
Tuna salad with celery (Why take something yummy and make it horrible by adding celery?)

Pickles!

Oh, and fudge. Fudge is gross.

:facepalm:

Are you nominating lemons? :dubious:

:hijack: Oh and I would like to take this opportunity to take the following quote completely out of context:

On behalf of my lovely wife, I will nominate

mushrooms
oysters
clams
snails (escargot)

MOAR

Duck. Not the expensive kind you pay way too much for in a ritzy restaurant, but the kind you blow out of the sky with a shotgun and scoop out the slimy bits and pull all the feathers off and smoke in your grandpas smoker.

That shit tastes like mud.

Cuz that's what that little fucker was eating.

Mud.

.

Potted meat.

I'll list that as "wild duck".

Apparently you didn't watch Anthony Bourdain last week when he went to the Ozarks...he addressed that very subject...

In a seasonal reference, please add Marshmallow Peeps to the list.

instant pudding
bologna
sloppy joes

Raisins
Butterscotch
Licorice
Pineapple
Coconut
Sauerkraut
Coleslaw
Those Halloween candies in the black and orange wax paper wrappers
Circus Peanuts
Candy corn
Grapefruit
Zucchini
Plums
Lettuce
Cherries

That's all I could think of off the top of my head. I may come back later.

Ooh, I second sauerkraut.
Also, kim chee.

You want me to starve, don't you? :mad:

(actually, I second grapefruit and licorice. BLEH!)



Coffee
Lutefisk
PB&J
fried eggs (any egg, really, but I guess I'll be specific)
haggis (I like it, but I know I'm in the minority here)
lobster (you heard me!)
tirimasu

grocery store tomatoes (only because they're sooo much worse than actual tomatoes)

Tomatoes. Period.

Yes. Yes, I do.

I thought about putting lobster, but I decided that I'd get lynched or something. And I didn't even consider coffee. I'll second it! (You know why tiramisu is icky, right? Because of the coffee flavor.)

McDonald's Fish Sandwich
cottage cheese
Twinkies
Ding Dongs
jello
Boston clam chowder
New England clam chowder
Red Hot Cinnamon Hearts
spaghetti squash
government cheese
olives
lamb
brown rice
whole wheat bread
nam pla - Vietnamese fish sauce
green bean casserole
tuna casserole
wieners
tapioca
rice pudding
margarine


By the way, I don't necessarily hate any of the foods I've nominated. :)

Margarine isn't a food. It's plastic or something.

Lutefisk
egg salad sandwiches
100 year old eggs
balut
your mother's cunt

kombucha
kalamata olives

That more than makes up for your hate of my favourite foods. :D (And hells yes, that's why I hate it. That, and the fact that for some reason, it's often prepared to look like cheesecake. That's just not right.)

Ooh, 'nother nomination: pickled pigs feet. Can't imagine who actually eats that shit (it's the feet fer chrissakes!), but I remembered seeing it a lot down in NC.


Oh, and pickles too. I pretty much just hate everything pickly.

Word.

Shut your mouth. :mad:

Clam juice. I'm a fan of most seafood, but clam juice is gross.

If lobster isn't already in the list somewhere, it should get on there. Also, I agree that tomatoes period should be on the list. As evidenced, it will lead to more arguing.

That's funny. I swear you'd say creamed corn in a can.