-Removed-My first mouthful of garlic [it was garlic butter] was a life-changing moment. It was in Nevers in France when I was on a Sport For All twin-city exchange visit in 1977 and staying with a French family. That very moment was ALSO the first time I had a mouthful of snail. There'd been a certain degree of girding my teenage loins to do this but, of course, it was a heavenly culinary moment.
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foods i put in and immediately spit out of my mouth
limburger
caviar (the cheap stuff)
gefilte fish
eel
scotch bonnet
foods i have put in my mouth and while prepared for the worst, actually enjoyed
oysters
octopus
squid
raw hamburger w/raw egg
I once went out with my family… and at the restaurant I decided to act all sophisticated (because my family are actually barbarians) and decided on the tuna sashimi as starter.
Sushi wasn’t a big thing in the Netherlands back then and I’d never eaten it before.
So, while everyone is having soup or garlic bread, I’m sat there with my raw fish. I imagined the green creamy sauce was advocado or something, smeared it all over the tuna, rolled it up and stuck it in my pie hole.
I swear to God, it was like my brain blew out my nose. Such a sharp pain I’m surpised I didn’t soil myself.
So, as the barbarians are asking me if I was alright, I’m trying to smile and act like nothing’s wrong…
When we left my mum walked up to me and said: “Ya have tae be careful wae that wasabi lad, just a wee drop noo and again is plenty enough.”
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When we left my mum walked up to me and said: “Ya have tae be careful wae that wasabi lad, just a wee drop noo and again is plenty enough.”
-Removed-In culinary terms, I had a sheltered childhood. I don't think I'd eaten curry prior to going to university. And I may have been as old as 14 years old when I first had chinese food. Crispy deep-fried chicken balls were certainly great, but suddenly crunching down on crispy deep-fried pineapple chunks seemed truly awful, borderline traumatic. To this day, I'll eat a pizza with pineapple on it if I'm handed it, but I'd never order one.
-Removed-What one mouthful culinary experiences (good or bad) have you had?
Broccoli. It was rubbery, bitter, and smelled bad. They served it once a week in our school lunches. One taste and I nearly puked. Sneaking it into my folded napkin and tossing both into the garbage became a skill perfected by the time I was 9. 😏
My first encounter was just like yours. Luckily, my next one was fresh-picked broccoli, minimally steamed. I love broccoli but not the old rubbery kind, and not broccolini either, that's like eating grass. And before you jump on that, tried grass too - it's just like broccolini.
Grandpa offered me a witchetty grub once. It had been nicely roasted in a bushfire and was surprisingly good.
Being of french ancestry, I tried some escargot.
One time.
That was more than enough for me.
What in the hell is wrong with those ancestors of mine?
What were they even thinking?
It was like chewing on a small rubber ball smeared with butter and garlic.
Maybe it wasn't prepared correctly, but I'm not interested in trying it again!
And that makes me wonder about egg dishes.
You have to know that at one time a bunch of cavemen were sitting around looking at a chicken, and one of them had to say, "I think I'll eat the next thing that pops out of that birds' butt." I suspect some form of pre-historic alcohol was involved. Probably scotch. 🙂
Now I'm in Wyoming, and I'm not going to try "Rocky Mountain Oysters" either!
The most difficult-to-eat food I can ever remember is papeda which is a kind of wallpaper paste like sticky tasteless porridge made from sago. Hugely difficult to break down with my teeth and swallow. Caused me to wretch when it got stuck in my throat. Had to try to wash it down with some water that had been used to boil fish. The product of a charming culture, though.