Unappetizing food words...

[bonterra]

The two at the top of my list are:

Congealed, as in congealed salad.

Pineapple Lime Congealed Salad

http://southernfood.about.com/od/fruitsalads/r/bl30519i.htm

and

Macerated, as in macerated strawberries.

I don't know, neither of those food descriptors sound appealing to me.

Anybody have any other examples?

[ippon]

head cheese

[monty613]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nutmeat

[slowtyper]

Not really a description, but I get shivers down my spine whenever I hear someone talk about "mouth-feel". For some reason when I hear that term I think of what it would feel like if bugs were wriggling around in my mouth.

[jayt90]

Wine geeks have some nasty descriptors for $50 bottles:

cat's pee
wet dog
sweaty saddle
barnyard straw

They are mostly complimentary, meaning bad/good, and give me more of this.

[AudiDude]

head cheese

Well. this has been my number one choice since...forever. There are a few different meanings that come to mind when I hear this. None of them good...

[natalka]

gizzards

[Badman]

anything "stuffed"

[duckdown]

gizzards

I'd probably go with this

[Sauerkraut]

head cheese

My Grandfather, who raised a family during the depression, ate head cheese...and giblets, tripe, blood pudding. He never lost a taste for it, even after he became wealthy later in life. I remember as a kid going to visit him, and my grandmother would put out roast beef & turkey, all the trimmings. And he would sit down and eat the giblets.

[porphyra]

My Grandfather, who raised a family during the depression, ate head cheese...and giblets, tripe, blood pudding. He never lost a taste for it, even after he became wealthy later in life. I remember as a kid going to visit him, and my grandmother would put out roast beef & turkey, all the trimmings. And he would sit down and eat the giblets.

Because those things taste delicious. People have become far too disconnected and squeamish. We have lost appreciation for these lesser cuts and organs.

What makes me ugh is "boiled" + "meat" together in a sentence.

[raymondly]

MMm blood pudding with some eggs and fried potatoes for breakfast is awesome.

Borscht - sounds like it should be coming out instead of going in.... delicious though

[ippon]

My Grandfather, who raised a family during the depression, ate head cheese...and giblets, tripe, blood pudding. He never lost a taste for it, even after he became wealthy later in life. I remember as a kid going to visit him, and my grandmother would put out roast beef & turkey, all the trimmings. And he would sit down and eat the giblets.

and i LOVE all of those things. but head cheese still sounds very unappetizing.

[Sauerkraut]

awesome, delicious. They're all very descriptive...and also very subjective.

I won't debate if the food is good or bad, but "blood pudding" to me is not an appetizing phrase. Unless you're planning a dinner party with a Twilight anthology theme

[bonterra]

Borscht - sounds like it should be coming out instead of going in.... delicious though

Lol!! Holubtsi and Kapusta are two other words that bring to mind the same thought.

[bonterra]

and i LOVE all of those things. but head cheese still sounds very unappetizing.

Sulta is a prettier word. That's what my mother always told me she was eating, I had no clue it was the same thing as head cheese.

[bonterra]

Thanks to all for the replies, hilarious!!

[stealth]

The two at the top of my list are:

Congealed, as in congealed salad.

Pineapple Lime Congealed Salad

http://southernfood.about.com/od/fruitsalads/r/bl30519i.htm

and

Macerated, as in macerated strawberries.

I don't know, neither of those food descriptors sound appealing to me.

Anybody have any other examples?
Funny, every time I hear "congee" , congealed is what immediately comes to mind.

Another one that's maybe too juvenile, but hey, it's RFD...is balls. Chicken balls. Fish balls. Rum balls. Balls of anything is a put off for me.

I also dislike when chefs refer to the meat part of a meal as "protein"....as in "and for the protein, we will be serving turkey". Sounds too scientific...and reminds me of other non food proteins.

[bonterra]

Funny, every time I hear "congee" , congealed is what immediately comes to mind.

Another one that's maybe too juvenile, but hey, it's RFD...is balls. Chicken balls. Fish balls. Rum balls. Balls of anything is a put off for me.

I also dislike when chefs refer to the meat part of a meal as "protein"....as in "and for the protein, we will be serving turkey". Sounds too scientific...and reminds me of other non food proteins.

Hahaha!! Yes!!

Tendon is another unattractive food word. Tendon ball even less so. May be delicious, I've never tried it, but doesn't sound so good.

[ShoNuff2]

2 rather obscure dishes with "delightful" sounding names:
Spotted *****
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_ *****
**** on as Shingle
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=****%20on%20a%20shingle

[matdwyer]

There is no way you can beat "nut butter"

[bonterra]

2 rather obscure dishes with "delightful" sounding names:
Spotted *****
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_ *****
**** on as Shingle
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=****%20on%20a%20shingle

Another British specialty, "Mushy Peas" doesn't sound so "delightful"!

The shingle thing reminds me of "rations", not so appetizing either.

[bonterra]

Another British specialty, "Mushy Peas" doesn't sound so "delightful"!



And usually, on the can of mushy peas, it says something about "marrowfat", almost as unappetizing as "head cheese".

[Keelie]

Pork hocks... pickled pork hocks, seriously, that sounds so nasty.

[Xpwmata]

'Bone Marrow'

I'm also adverse to anything that ends with 'pot pie' for some reason.

[jasonkwan86]

chicken internals

[DiceMan]

The word "lard" has negative connotations for me. Also, for some reason, "rhubarb" always sounded a bit wierd to me.

[bonterra]

chicken internals

Sign seen above one of the meat coolers in a grocery store: "Assorted Guts". Wish I'd had a camera for that one.

[ShoNuff2]

Another British specialty, "Mushy Peas" doesn't sound so "delightful"!

The shingle thing reminds me of "rations", not so appetizing either.

Yeah, the sounds of mushy peas never sat right with me.
Staying with the Brit theme, I'd have to add in Toad in the Hole and Marmite. I'd even add Bangers and Mash into the mix.

[GWK]

clotted cream..sounds like a heart-attack will occur after eating

[ShoNuff2]

clotted cream..sounds like a heart-attack will occur after eating


My Grandfather, who raised a family during the depression, ate head cheese...and giblets, tripe, blood pudding. He never lost a taste for it, even after he became wealthy later in life. I remember as a kid going to visit him, and my grandmother would put out roast beef & turkey, all the trimmings. And he would sit down and eat the giblets.

Add them together and we can have blood clot pudding. ya mon

[DiceMan]

Pork Butt is another (actually pork shoulder).

[hordosr]

escargot
bangers
cherry pie

[duckdown]

Add them together and we can have blood clot pudding. ya mon

lol

[Jimboski]

Add them together and we can have blood clot pudding. ya mon

I laughed from that, Thanked your post haha.

[ippon]

got a couple more.

meat floss/pork floss
grass jelly

[bonterra]

Offal

Weetabix

[bonterra]

Add them together and we can have blood clot pudding. ya mon

I think this one is the very most unappetizing so far. Yuck. But funny.

[kingrukus]

mcdonalds

[bonterra]

livermush

scrapple

[ShoNuff2]

shoofly pie

[0xffff]

giblets
liverwurst
pate
cholent
kibbeh
kebbeh
wat

[jacksorbetta]

Anything with "pickled" (jarred), "feet" or "jellied".

Pickled pork snouts
Pickled eggs
*I do like actual pickles though*

I'll get flamed for this one, but I dislike all chicken items, except eggs. Simply lost the taste for it 15 years ago, and cannot eat any variety of it. I'm not the only one though: one of the ladies I work with dislikes it too. But she's worse than me, since she also hates beef.

[Manatus]

"glutinous" anything.

[bonterra]

Wine geeks have some nasty descriptors for $50 bottles:

cat's pee
wet dog
sweaty saddle
barnyard straw

They are mostly complimentary, meaning bad/good, and give me more of this.

From the latest Vintages catalogue:

Paraffin wax
Wet stones

[ippon]

gastronomy

gastro-pub

[bonterra]

gastronomy

gastro-pub

gastrique

Coulis

[slowtyper]

Did I say macerated yet?

[ippon]

stinky tofu