I have never tried Spam.
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During COVID, I bought a can of spam because none of us have tried it. Itās currently in the cabinet, the label has since fallen off. I donāt know what Iām so afraid of!
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botulism? 
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Iām definitely not going to eat it now, just need to toss it!
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Youāre lucky. As a kid my only problem was how to ditch it in the garbage without getting caught.
I love oysters. I once told someone they are so good once you get past the slime. She replied āI donāt WANT to get past the slime!ā I had to give her that.
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Thereās little I hadnāt tried. How do you know you wonāt like it unless you try is my feeling. But I wonāt eat Indian food ( some spice unique to Indian food that seems like itās on every dish makes me nauseous. Not sure what it is. Maybe turmeric? ). And I wonāt eat beans ( they taste like sand to me). Or tongue ( ewwww) or oysters ( I was once involved in a case where an expert testified to how many people get sick from them and I lost all interest). I do like caviar , Octopus, escargot,
Iāve never tried a glass of milk since Iāve been weaned. Also, eggnog, ārawā sushi (Iāll eat the cooked/veggie varieties), coffee, any cheese-based pastry (like cannoli or danishes), cheesecake, cream of wheat, traditional oatmeal (I make a non-mushy version), mayo or cottage cheese that isnāt mixed into something, almost anything that is pureed, maple syrup.
For the most part, I am scared to try mushy or white food. Mushy white food is a definite no.
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If not tumeric then cumin. Itās in practically everything. Indian cuisine is my favorite non-American food.
My French family cooked tongue quite a bit. Itās disgusting to look at while cooking, but it tastes fine. I donāt like innards, liver, kidneys, tripe, but Iāve tried them all. (And I donāt think any count as popular.) Weirdly, though I hate liver straight, I love liver pate and foie gras. (Though I feel guilty eating the latter.)
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Hot chocolate or a milkshake?? Never having a glass of milk floors me! Do you have a dairy allergy??
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Lol, when I was a summer associate, a very senior partner invited me to lunch at the Wall Street Club. He ārecommendedā the raw clams. Never had those, but who was I not to take his recommendation? I figured I could swallow them like a pill, but no they were good sized cherrystones that I had to chew threw. I ate all 6 smiling all the way down, was not going to jeopardize my return offer!
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Iāve had both hot chocolate and a milkshake, but neither are white.
I have a late-in-life diagnosed dairy allergy. They tested me for every environmental allergy as a kid but never milk as I didnāt drink it (It was the stone ages and nobody thought about cheese, ice cream or dairy baked into things. Especially as I didnāt have GI issues). I had medical issues for years until it was figured out.
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No Boba tea, nothing pumpkin flavored, none of the high calorie/meal in a plastic cup, fancy coffee drinks at Starbucks or Peets.
Iām going to take the liberty of expanding on the OPās original category and include things I was forced to eat at least once as a child and will avoid at all costs.
Milkā¦canāt stand the stuff - fine if incorporated into things- but just looking at a glass of milk causes me to gag. @vwlizard - yes it is a white liquid thing!
Oatmeal - had to eat it as a kid. Canāt stand the stuff.
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Do you not like those particular spices? I know pumpkin spice is everywhere, but itās not actual squash, just food flavored with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and ginger, spices that go very well together. I think people avoid it due to the trend, but it actually tastes nice in things.
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Itās funny, those particular spices plus mace are the basis of one of my favorite German holiday cookies. I think my aversion comes from the fact that most things (Starbucks coffee, commercial cookies, etc) use ānatural flavorsā which just donāt taste right to me.
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For those craving the McRib, itās actually made from pork shoulder, which I didnāt know. No rib meat at all.
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When I was a child we traveled from the south the South Dakota to visit Grandma. Woke up to the first snow Iād ever seen and ran out in my bare feet. Grandma pulled me back in and put on shoes covered by Wonder Bread bags. Apparently had enough to cover me for the visit.
BTW, Iāll eat everything. Weirdest is rat from Vietnam. Donāt do much fast food though.
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We put the bread bags on our feet before putting on boots so our feet stayed dry but our boots didnāt slip on ice.
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I just saw somewhere that McDās is bringing snack wraps back.
One of my recent FB memoriesā¦
āThe chicken snack wrap tastes suspiciously like the McRib. All of the goodness, none of the mysteryā.
Correct. Glad that you can decipher my couple of sentences.