Aside from the squick factor and going by taste alone?
Porridge in JAL. It was my first flight using JAL and my experience so far had been heavenly. Up to that point I had convinced myself to fly JAL whenever possible, even if it were slightly more expensive.
Looking at the inflight menu, I wasn't feeling adventurous. So, I ordered the least possibly offensive food on their menu other than water -- porridge. Hey, how can you screw up porridge?
Oh, my lost innocence.
The porridge arrived in a heated plate and a proper spoon (this was before 911). Already, it looked fancier than anything I've ordered inflight, and fancier than most hotel cuisine fair. It also came with a saucer of sake, which I already decided to forego as I'm not fond of alcoholic drinks.
I took the spoon, scooped up a portion and put it in my mouth...
And wanted to spit all over the airplane.
I think my mind must have blanked the experience out, because I can't remember how it tastes anymore exactly. All I remember was that it did not taste like any porridge I've had, nor anything I've ever had before or since. It was horrible. I remember my eyes watering, but it wasn't spicy, I think. Somehow, I'm thinking of those super-sour balls japan sells, but its not that taste, either.
I gargled with the sake and spit in the sink.
In comparison, the chicken my father was eating was to die for.
I dunno. Maybe I misread "jet fuel" as "porridge" or something.
Funny thing is my sisters vactioned a month later, also on JAL. I warned both of them: on no account should they order the porridge, or they will regret it. My elder sister, unfortunately, was never someone you could give advice to and ordered porridge anyway. According to my younger sister, she took on mouthful, covered her mouth with a napkin, and refused to speak until landing.
There is this Chinese joint across the street that sells duck and it is the nastiest smelling/tasting/greasiest thing ever, and everyone always orders it for takeout during FNM's.
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Nothing really stands out to me, but I think there might be a reason for that.
One time I was sick for two weeks straight. I believe it was some form of Influenza but I don't remember, nor am I sure we did ever find out what it was... usually with me being sick that long it's strep throat but I specifically know it wasn't this time.
Anyway, during that entire time, EVERYTHING tasted awful. Horrible. The best way I can describe the taste was something like chicken or chicken bouillon, but I love chicken so I don't know. Before anyone asks, no it wasn't a metallic taste. The taste was so horrible that I mostly refused to eat, threw up a couple times, and lost a decent amount of weight. I remember once crying because I was so hungry but just couldn't stand eating.
So yea, nothing has been nearly as bad as that. Second worst might have been some Indian Curry Duck I had a while ago, though I think it was mostly the restaurant's fault... but I still haven't ever had it again.
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Liechi berry/nut, whatever they're called. Tasted bland and sour at the same time and the texture was liking trying to eat a testicle. Just disgusting.
Liechi berry/nut, whatever they're called. Tasted bland and sour at the same time and the texture was liking trying to eat a testicle. Just disgusting.
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Lychee. I disagree, but maybe it's because it's not "ethnic" or an acquired taste for me; that notwithstanding, I still can't eat too many or I feel funny and start pouring rivers of blood from my nose...
Worked in the food industry a lot and eaten a lot of bad food.
Likewise; haven't worked in the food industry but have eaten a lot of bad food. That goes with eating in general unless you don't dine out.
Don't ever try a century egg. Easily the most disgusting thing.
Pidan or preserved egg is something I don't understand. It doesn't exactly taste like crap (with porridge or with heat) but it smells so strongly and pungently.
Today, I tried Greek yogurt for the very first time and it was sooooo nasty. It was pasty and sour and had a horrible smell.
God, where have you been and what have you been doing?! How could speak of strained yoghurt like that?!
You'll grow to love it soon enough! The honey suggestion is good. I usually eat it with that, garlic, or plain.
What's the worst food you ever had, assuming that it was properly prepared and not expired?
Offal is up there.
Some Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean (street) food is foul, but so is US street-meat hot dog or, even if it is "properly prepared", Anglo-Indian curry.
Probably a crawfish I had at a Chinese buffet. I usually love shellfish, but this one just tasted like mud and death. Kraft mac n cheese tastes like crap to me now, since I've switched to eating Annie's.
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Today, I tried Greek yogurt for the very first time and it was sooooo nasty. It was pasty and sour and had a horrible smell.
I don't know what you're talking about, that stuff's the best!
Eat it with some fruit if it's too strong. Tinned pears, plums, or peaches go well with it, same with passionfruit or mango pulp.
Liechi berry/nut, whatever they're called. Tasted bland and sour at the same time and the texture was liking trying to eat a testicle. Just disgusting.
Lychee. You must have had a bad lychee or something. Its basically a bigger grape, I'm not sure where the blandness/sourness/testicle texture comes from, unless you also think grapes have a testicle texture....and how many testicles have you eaten?!
I know most people will disagree with me, but I can't stand the taste of bacon.
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I've had pretty extensive experiences travelling overseas and trying some exotic stuff. I can't think of much that really, truly was horrible.
Probably the worst was a meal I had in Indonesia, where one of the dishes was fried chicken. That, of course, is fine. But, I bit into one piece, where the texture was all wrong. I looked down, to find I had bitten into the bottom of a chicken foot, complete with leathery skin and talons. It still wasn't outright gross, but the texture did weird me out, and I couldn't stop thinking about those feet scratching about a chicken coop.
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It is basically canned rotten herring, and while swallowing it, my body actually wanted to throw up. I ate one or two and flushed the remainders of the can through the toilet. It smells too bad to keep it anywhere else.
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I've eaten a lot of nasty foods, but probably the worst was something I wouldn't have expected to be quite so terrible. When traveling through Spain, I had a local dish in Granada. It was red peppers stuffed with lemon cod paste or something like that. The texture and flavor of it was wretched. Never again.
It is basically canned rotten herring, and while swallowing it, my body actually wanted to throw up. I ate one or two and flushed the remainders of the can through the toilet. It smells too bad to keep it anywhere else.
I love pickled herring, but that does sound pretty bad.
Has anyone tried durian fruit?
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I love pickled herring, but that does sound pretty bad.
Has anyone tried durian fruit?
I've had durian. I'd love to be able to say that I have a refined palette and that I appreciated its complex flavor and lingering aftertaste; but, why lie? It was terrible. The only "good" thing I can say about it is that it doesn't taste as bad as it smells. But it still tastes pretty damn awful; easily the worst thing I've ever had.
I went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered some soup as a side dish.
It quite literally tasted like bad tap water strained through a sack full of dirty socks. With some mushrooms tossed in. An odd mix of bland and nasty.
That whole place sucked. Everything was very very expensive and everything tasted pretty lousy.
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The other possible winner for "worst food ever" was a black string bean of some sort that came with some spicy chicken I ordered at a Chinese place. It was so hot it flat out incapacitated me for about 10 minutes. I couldn't talk and could barely breathe, all I could do was just curl up in the corner of the booth desperately gulping down diet sodas. I mean... it WAS called "spicy chicken," but I kind of figured people wouldn't put stuff in food that makes their customers feel like they're dying without some sort of warning. :|
I know most people will disagree with me, but I can't stand the taste of bacon.
I know where you're coming from, avoid pre-made stuff and just make your own. I generally avoided bacon for years. Until my wife decided she wanted to make her own. It is easy to make and delicious. She refuses to buy bacon from stores now, and while I still don't eat bacon often. Every time I do it is very good stuff.
My mother made some sort of casserole once. Can't remember what it was, but I knew from past experiences that I didn't like it. When I started eating it I started to gag. My mother replied with, "Oh give me a break. Such a faker!" I stopped eating it after that and just walked away.
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What's the worst food you ever had, assuming that it was properly prepared and not expired?
It takes like heart. But worse.
Porridge in JAL. It was my first flight using JAL and my experience so far had been heavenly. Up to that point I had convinced myself to fly JAL whenever possible, even if it were slightly more expensive.
Looking at the inflight menu, I wasn't feeling adventurous. So, I ordered the least possibly offensive food on their menu other than water -- porridge. Hey, how can you screw up porridge?
Oh, my lost innocence.
The porridge arrived in a heated plate and a proper spoon (this was before 911). Already, it looked fancier than anything I've ordered inflight, and fancier than most hotel cuisine fair. It also came with a saucer of sake, which I already decided to forego as I'm not fond of alcoholic drinks.
I took the spoon, scooped up a portion and put it in my mouth...
And wanted to spit all over the airplane.
I think my mind must have blanked the experience out, because I can't remember how it tastes anymore exactly. All I remember was that it did not taste like any porridge I've had, nor anything I've ever had before or since. It was horrible. I remember my eyes watering, but it wasn't spicy, I think. Somehow, I'm thinking of those super-sour balls japan sells, but its not that taste, either.
I gargled with the sake and spit in the sink.
In comparison, the chicken my father was eating was to die for.
I dunno. Maybe I misread "jet fuel" as "porridge" or something.
Funny thing is my sisters vactioned a month later, also on JAL. I warned both of them: on no account should they order the porridge, or they will regret it. My elder sister, unfortunately, was never someone you could give advice to and ordered porridge anyway. According to my younger sister, she took on mouthful, covered her mouth with a napkin, and refused to speak until landing.
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Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream.
Doctor, my eyes, tell me what you see. I hear their cries... just say if it's too late for me.
Doctor, my eyes...cannot see the sky. Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry?
One time I was sick for two weeks straight. I believe it was some form of Influenza but I don't remember, nor am I sure we did ever find out what it was... usually with me being sick that long it's strep throat but I specifically know it wasn't this time.
Anyway, during that entire time, EVERYTHING tasted awful. Horrible. The best way I can describe the taste was something like chicken or chicken bouillon, but I love chicken so I don't know. Before anyone asks, no it wasn't a metallic taste. The taste was so horrible that I mostly refused to eat, threw up a couple times, and lost a decent amount of weight. I remember once crying because I was so hungry but just couldn't stand eating.
So yea, nothing has been nearly as bad as that. Second worst might have been some Indian Curry Duck I had a while ago, though I think it was mostly the restaurant's fault... but I still haven't ever had it again.
Don't ever try a century egg. Easily the most disgusting thing.
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Lychee. I disagree, but maybe it's because it's not "ethnic" or an acquired taste for me; that notwithstanding, I still can't eat too many or I feel funny and start pouring rivers of blood from my nose...
Likewise; haven't worked in the food industry but have eaten a lot of bad food. That goes with eating in general unless you don't dine out.
Pidan or preserved egg is something I don't understand. It doesn't exactly taste like crap (with porridge or with heat) but it smells so strongly and pungently.
God, where have you been and what have you been doing?! How could speak of strained yoghurt like that?!
You'll grow to love it soon enough! The honey suggestion is good. I usually eat it with that, garlic, or plain.
Offal is up there.
Some Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean (street) food is foul, but so is US street-meat hot dog or, even if it is "properly prepared", Anglo-Indian curry.
I don't know what you're talking about, that stuff's the best!
Eat it with some fruit if it's too strong. Tinned pears, plums, or peaches go well with it, same with passionfruit or mango pulp.
Pizza with olives and/or anchovies on it.
Actually, just olives and/or anchovies in general.
Bleh.
HM too to Nori; I need a strong sauce to overcome the taste of the stuff.
Sacrilege!
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Is "the fat".
Coincidence?
I happen to like most food in this thread. It's making me hungry.
Lychee. You must have had a bad lychee or something. Its basically a bigger grape, I'm not sure where the blandness/sourness/testicle texture comes from, unless you also think grapes have a testicle texture....and how many testicles have you eaten?!
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I've had pretty extensive experiences travelling overseas and trying some exotic stuff. I can't think of much that really, truly was horrible.
Probably the worst was a meal I had in Indonesia, where one of the dishes was fried chicken. That, of course, is fine. But, I bit into one piece, where the texture was all wrong. I looked down, to find I had bitten into the bottom of a chicken foot, complete with leathery skin and talons. It still wasn't outright gross, but the texture did weird me out, and I couldn't stop thinking about those feet scratching about a chicken coop.
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It is basically canned rotten herring, and while swallowing it, my body actually wanted to throw up. I ate one or two and flushed the remainders of the can through the toilet. It smells too bad to keep it anywhere else.
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I love pickled herring, but that does sound pretty bad.
Has anyone tried durian fruit?
I've had durian. I'd love to be able to say that I have a refined palette and that I appreciated its complex flavor and lingering aftertaste; but, why lie? It was terrible. The only "good" thing I can say about it is that it doesn't taste as bad as it smells. But it still tastes pretty damn awful; easily the worst thing I've ever had.
but i absolutely LOVE tuna...
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It quite literally tasted like bad tap water strained through a sack full of dirty socks. With some mushrooms tossed in. An odd mix of bland and nasty.
That whole place sucked. Everything was very very expensive and everything tasted pretty lousy.
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The other possible winner for "worst food ever" was a black string bean of some sort that came with some spicy chicken I ordered at a Chinese place. It was so hot it flat out incapacitated me for about 10 minutes. I couldn't talk and could barely breathe, all I could do was just curl up in the corner of the booth desperately gulping down diet sodas. I mean... it WAS called "spicy chicken," but I kind of figured people wouldn't put stuff in food that makes their customers feel like they're dying without some sort of warning. :|
It would have been better if it was cooked... and beef.
I know where you're coming from, avoid pre-made stuff and just make your own. I generally avoided bacon for years. Until my wife decided she wanted to make her own. It is easy to make and delicious. She refuses to buy bacon from stores now, and while I still don't eat bacon often. Every time I do it is very good stuff.
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