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{{quote|"These were the most [[A Worldwide Punomenon|tasteful]] wedding invitations I could find. ''(licks one envelope)'' Mmm... whipped cream flavor... ''(licks another)'' Mmm... mango passion fruit... ''(licks another)'' Mm-- Eeyuck! Spinach! How did that get in there!?"|'''Queen Rotunda''', ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]''}}

 

 

The foods which generate [[Foreign Queasine]] falls into this trope by default.

Strangely enough, there's a ''[[Justified Trope|reason]]'' certain foods, such as liver and leafy greens, tend to show up on a lot of kid's "Most Hated" lists--they actually taste different to children, and generally, they taste worse. Children are more receptive to bitter compounds in foods than adults (likely an evolutionary measure to prevent us from dying of plant poisoning while young), and tend to be put off by the bitter taste. Also, about 25% of people are "supertasters", having a higher concentration of taste buds than others; they tend to be repulsed by sprouts, spinach, coffee, alcohol, grapefruit, green tea, olives, soy, chili, soft drinks and tonic water. 50% are medium tasters, who have "normal" likes and dislikes; 25% are non-tasters, who don't mind anything. Another reason children grow up hating vegetables is that parents often overcook them, losing much of the taste, texture and nutrients in the process.

 

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* For that matter, it seems like most of the meat from any given carcass (be it beef, pork, chicken or anything else) that is readily consumed is the skeletal muscle while most of the organs and other body parts are usually met with disgust. Mostly due to reminding people that it was once a living animal. However, depending on the culture and the resourcefulness of the chef, all of these parts can be used in something rather then letting it go to waste. Oxtail Soup is a good example.

** [[Bill Cosby]] has a bit where he expresses distaste for various animal parts, including chitterlings (pig intestines; "That's part of the lower tract. Ain't no food down there!"), tripe (sheep's stomach), sweetbreads (calves' or lambs' testicles), and brains ("I can't bite down on nothing nobody's been thinking with.").

** In the first ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie, Michaelangelo, on the phone with the pizzeria, is saying: "...no anchovies, and I mean ''no'' anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in ''big trouble'', okay?"

** Inverted in the ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' episode "Nighty Nightmare," where Garfield complains because a pizza ''doesn't'' have anchovies on it.

 

== Multi-ingredient dishes ==

** [[Samurai Jack|"What is... haggis?"]] [[Highlander (Film)|"Sheep's stomach stuffed with meat and barley!"]]

** Also used in one of the ''[[Outlander (Literature)|Outlander]]'' books. The (very British) John Grey writes home about it with some alarm.

** When [[Johnny Bravo]] went to Scotland, he defended his haggis valiantly against the Loch Ness Monster...until a ''[[Braveheart]]'' parody told him what was in it, at which point he gladly handed it over to Nessie.

** Inverted by Florence of ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]''. [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00608.htm She thinks microwaveable haggis is a good idea.] Then again, she is an uplifted wolf, so her genetics my be colouring her tastes in food.

** In the more recent Scooby Doo movies, Haggis is the one food that Scooby and Shaggy won't eat in any quantity. This, from a dog with a palette for sandwiches taller than he is, and a man who eats what are essentially milkbones.

** Omochao says something about promising to eat all of his/her carrots in ''Sonic Adventure 2'' (Battle) if held long enough.

** In the ''[[Harvest Moon (Video Game)|Harvest Moon]]'' series, most children (and even a few adults) respond disfavorably to being given carrots.

** Even giant Zentraedi children hate them in ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. Although these particular carrots are rainbow-colored and the size of preteens, so whether or not they have a point is up for debate.

** A little girl in [[Tampopo]] has one with a hole in it strung with a piece of a string and a sign that says "Do not feed me sweets". A man getting over a toothache gives her his ice cream.

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