The 20 Top Foods I Hate

There's probably more, but right off the top of my head I've come up with 20 foods I just can't stand to eat. Does your list look like mine? Probably not.

On second thought, I KNOW there are more than 20 foods I don't like, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I've been known to be a "picky" eater, but it's not my fault. I've always been that way. My mother tells me I wouldn't even eat when I was still at the hospital right after I was born.

Sometimes dislike for food is more of a texture thing than it is about taste. Tapioca pudding and creamed corn are two foods that make me gag just by saying their name out loud.

For some foods it's all about the smell like in the case of cooked broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage. How is it that foods that taste so yummy before they are cooked can become so completely disgusting to the smell and taste after having a little heat applied to them?

Then there are those foods that are so completely disgusting, you wonder why they weren't destroyed in the Great Flood, or exiled to some distant planet years ago.

Here's my top 20 foods that probably should not even think about entering my mouth.

1) Cooked Spinach.....it's okay raw, but becomes totally disgusting upon being cooked
2)Cooked Broccoli....see #1
3)Cooked Cauliflower....see #1
4)Cooked Carrots.......see #1
5)Mushrooms..fried, sauteed, on pizza, in spaghetti sauce.....it's a big fat NO!
6)Creamed Corn.....something that looks like something that came back up the next day
7)Peas...creamed, frozen, canned....I ate my last pea years ago..
8)Lima Beans..they are so BIG! like a big fat beatle bug!
9) Prunes.....it's been decades since I've had a prune on my lips and I'm still recovering
10)Cucumbers...they just seem pointless, not much flavor, and for SURE not in vinegar

11)Tomatoes..sliced, diced, peeled,  cubed, stewed, fresh off the vine...it's all wrong. These things were never intended to eat by themselves, only to make ketchup, salsa, and pasta sauce, all of which should be smooth and creamy not chunky.
12) Avocados..see #10
13)Chicken Liver......if it tasted like the gizzard we would be in business
14)Tapioca Pudding......what is it about lumpy pudding that triggers the gag reflex?
15) Green Olives...my first and last green olive occurred about six months ago when they were inadvertently placed on my pizza at a local establishment. I've just now started eating pizza again.
16)Pineapple Upside Down Cake..this would be just fine if it did not contain pineapple. Cake is not supposed to crunch, and for that matter cake should never contain fruit.
17)Stuffing/Dressing....are we SURE the Pilgrims offered this to the natives?
18) Fruit Pie (Apple excepted)....if I'm going to eat something as unhealthy as pie, why would I even try to justify it by putting fruit in it?
19) Sweet Pickles/ Relish....the fact is, sweet pickles aren't sweet. Chocolate is sweet, and who was the first person who somehow thought chopping up pickles and who knows what else would be a good idea?
20) Casseroles...because of the combination of foods, these tend to produce nothing but chaos and confusion inside my mouth, consequently they are to be avoided at all cost. All casserole cookbooks should be burned.

Not making the top 20 but receiving honorable mention would be oysters, sushi, tuna salad or egg salad that contains pickles and/or onions, kidney beans, artichokes, and pretty much any vegetable in a can that is not green beans or corn.