Should black olives ever be allowed on a pizza? What about ketchup on a hot dog? What other culinary prohibitions do you follow?
48 thoughts on “Reader Friday: Food No-Nos”
I never understood ketchup on eggs. 😎
But hot sauce on eggs is yummy
I like some Tapatio on my hash browns.
Sriracha or Valentina.
Hmm…prohibitions vs things I don’t like? Prohibitions say things like keeping Kosher to me. I never knew there was something wrong with black olives on pizza. I’m pretty much an “I’ll eat just about anything” kind of person.
Almonds and chocolate, yes. Caramel and chocolate, yes. Orange and chocolate? NO!
“Orange and chocolate? NO!” This recalls a family memory. My wonderful father got stuck eating all the icky chocolate from the chocolate assortment box around the holidays.
We kids would selfishly go for the chocolate/carmel etc. But if we bit into one of the ones that had something like the above mentioned nasty orange flavor, we’d hand it over and say “Here, Dad. You can have this one.”
Thinking back on it now, I’m sure he was thinking “Gee, thanks a lot.” LOL!
Food Prohibitions:
Peanut butter and mayo – hubby insists this is a culinary treat
Mayo on hot dogs – Hard no.
Catsup on hot dogs – yes!
Love pnut butter and mayo! Add a slice of ham and I’m in heaven…
Okay, how many ways can I say ick? I’ve never heard of this!
Ha ha, Jim!
It was something the bro and I made up when we were kiddos. And . . . he’s visiting from Atlanta as we speak, and we had that delectable treat for lunch just the other day.
(The husband passed on it . . . )
Hold the olives and anchovies on pizza or anything else.
As Ernest P. Worrell once complained, “Who put these dead minnows on my pizza pie?”
“Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore!” Dirty Harry
Who is going to argue with Dirty Harry?
Your Mileage May Vary absolutely applies to culinary preferences 🙂
Pepperoni and black olives on my pizza, please. To be fair, I’m like Terry in that I’ll eat nearly anything, with a few rare exceptions. Since I’m not a coffee drinker, no Tiramisu for me. I love oats, oatmeal etc yet weirdly, have never been able to stomach Cheerios cereal. And no anchovies on my pizzas.
Olives go with anything. Anchovies go with nothing.
My husband says ketchup (or is it catsup?) goes with anything. I disagree, but I still like him.
One food no-no for me is that anything from the animal, fish, or bird kingdom that was alive and is now on my plate must be thoroughly cooked. None of that raw fish, under-cooked, juicy red beef, or things with wings under glass for me.
That is all . . .
I’ll take you to my favorite sushi bar and change your mind!
It’ll be fun for you to try, Jim . . .
🙂
Funny! I am enjoying a Poke bowl for lunch while reading this.
Nice!
No sugar on grits.
Black olives – yes. Anchovies – no.
My husband eats ketchup on eggs. I never understood that.
Like Terry, I’ll eat anything (once, and it has to be halal).
This does remind me of the last scene in Beezus and Ramona (the book). Ramona gets into a lot of trouble for putting jelly on her mashed potatos. I could never understand why, but that didn’t stop me from loving the conflict.
My college roommate used to put jam/jelly on everything. She said it was the only way she could tolerate dorm food.
No-nos:
Spicy breakfasts
Fruit or whipped cream on waffles
Marshmallows on anything
Pineapple on pizza (It will be a crime when I’m elected king)
Oatmeal or any other food that prints as pre-chewed and make me gag
Pudding (see above)
Sweet potato casserole (see marshmallow)
Super-runny anything (eggs, cheeses)
Organ meats
Yes-yesses:
Pickled anything (within reason)
Smoked meats/fish
Anything Thai
Most things Chinese
Most sushi
Oh yeah! Pineapple on pizza. Gag!
Some good reminders, Brother Gilstrap. Others I take issue with. Here in SoCal a Mexican style breakfast is a delight, e.g., huevos rancheros, huevos con chorizo.
And I happen to love Hawaiian pizza, so I guess that makes me an outlaw the kingdom of Gilstrapia.
Even pickier then me! LOL!
Traditional North Carolina hot dogs have chili so the ketchup is there. For anyone wondering, Carolina dogs have mustard, onions, slaw, and chili.
The older you get, the fewer things you can eat. For the younger folks here, don’t be so picky for, tomorrow, your acid reflux won’t allow pizza, let alone black olives.
TRUTH!
🙂
I hate olives. When I lived in the Middle East for three years, olives were in everything. The thought of them, NOW, makes my stomach turn.
If I saw olives on a pizza I might dump over the head of the person who tried to bring it to me.
Completely understandable.
Ketchup in general is a no-go. After a horrifying Carrie-on-prom-night incident with ketchup in my youth, even the smell makes me ill.
Telekinesis and ketchup do not go together!
I saw you on television last night.
Haha. You did, Robert? Awesome! Did you watch my other two episodes?
Blood on the Books
Diamonds are Not Forever
Didn’t Nixon popularize catsup on eggs?
Some words on pizza. I have been a pizza dude for 35 years. Olives are very popular. Black olives are a mainstay in the world of vegetarian pizzas. Olives in the US are also regional. My friend from Minnesota loves green olives on his pizza. Very few places in St. Louis carry green olives. He does not care for black olives.
Pineapple. I enjoy a good ham and pineapple pizza. Called a Hawiian although it originated in Canada over 40 years ago. I was eating them decades before some yahoo in Greenland started the hate pineapple movement.
About the only thing I don’t eat is coffee anything. You can keep your mocha, thank you.
Right there with you on the Hawaiian, Alan. Canadian bacon is my meat of choice. The mix of salt and sweet is ahhhhhh….
I’m also an Hawaiian pizza fan. Love the combination of ham and pineapple over tomato sauce and pizza crust.
I’m just a little late to this hate party, but I felt a massive compulsion to chime in:
Thoughts about food taboos
Olives are one of those peculiar additions where less is more. Olive Garden olives in salads are compulsory, obviously, unless you eat with someone who thinks you like them and puts them on your plate, making an overload of something that tastes best when used sparingly. On pizza, they can be tasty unless they are overwhelming some other lovely ingredient.
Hawaiian pizza with pineapple is not the worst thing in the world. Cheap, slick, very tough pepperoni is or flavorless cheese.
Eggs go well with ketchup, but salsa is a better option.
Worst sin committed by someone I thought loved me: ketchup on spaghetti because they forgot to buy the jar of Bolognese, dumped on unceremoniously and with arrogance about why it’s all the same.
Horror story! Mrs. B makes a killer spaghetti sauce.
I’m with you on the salsa, esp. fresh pico de gallo!
It was a Mrs. B who actually did the ketchup dumping. But you can’t pick in-laws. She made up for it in other ways, but that’s a long, boring story.
I did eat ketchup on spaghetti when I was pregnant. Never before, never after, but I ‘needed’ it then.
When Mrs. B was pregnant with our first, I had to go out and get her Campbell’s Bean With Bacon soup!
I don’t like catsup on anything, but I think I’m in the minority. I don’t mind black olives on pizza but I wouldn’t order it that way.
I love catsup and salsa on almost everything. I love catsup on eggs, hashbrowns, and hot dogs. I love Hawaiian pizza with extra sauce. No olives on pizza or anything else. No beets ever. That’s about it.
Obviously, pregnancy can get you off the hook for any assaults on cuisine. My 35-y-o just told me yesterday that she still loves anything lemon. I ate several bakeries’ annual yield of lemon tarts (in France, so there’s that) for the time she was in utero. Surprise! No surprise!
I never understood ketchup on eggs. 😎
But hot sauce on eggs is yummy
I like some Tapatio on my hash browns.
Sriracha or Valentina.
Hmm…prohibitions vs things I don’t like? Prohibitions say things like keeping Kosher to me. I never knew there was something wrong with black olives on pizza. I’m pretty much an “I’ll eat just about anything” kind of person.
Almonds and chocolate, yes. Caramel and chocolate, yes. Orange and chocolate? NO!
“Orange and chocolate? NO!” This recalls a family memory. My wonderful father got stuck eating all the icky chocolate from the chocolate assortment box around the holidays.
We kids would selfishly go for the chocolate/carmel etc. But if we bit into one of the ones that had something like the above mentioned nasty orange flavor, we’d hand it over and say “Here, Dad. You can have this one.”
Thinking back on it now, I’m sure he was thinking “Gee, thanks a lot.” LOL!
Food Prohibitions:
Peanut butter and mayo – hubby insists this is a culinary treat
Mayo on hot dogs – Hard no.
Catsup on hot dogs – yes!
Love pnut butter and mayo! Add a slice of ham and I’m in heaven…
Okay, how many ways can I say ick? I’ve never heard of this!
Ha ha, Jim!
It was something the bro and I made up when we were kiddos. And . . . he’s visiting from Atlanta as we speak, and we had that delectable treat for lunch just the other day.
(The husband passed on it . . . )
Hold the olives and anchovies on pizza or anything else.
As Ernest P. Worrell once complained, “Who put these dead minnows on my pizza pie?”
“Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore!” Dirty Harry
Who is going to argue with Dirty Harry?
Your Mileage May Vary absolutely applies to culinary preferences 🙂
Pepperoni and black olives on my pizza, please. To be fair, I’m like Terry in that I’ll eat nearly anything, with a few rare exceptions. Since I’m not a coffee drinker, no Tiramisu for me. I love oats, oatmeal etc yet weirdly, have never been able to stomach Cheerios cereal. And no anchovies on my pizzas.
Olives go with anything. Anchovies go with nothing.
My husband says ketchup (or is it catsup?) goes with anything. I disagree, but I still like him.
One food no-no for me is that anything from the animal, fish, or bird kingdom that was alive and is now on my plate must be thoroughly cooked. None of that raw fish, under-cooked, juicy red beef, or things with wings under glass for me.
That is all . . .
I’ll take you to my favorite sushi bar and change your mind!
It’ll be fun for you to try, Jim . . .
🙂
Funny! I am enjoying a Poke bowl for lunch while reading this.
Nice!
No sugar on grits.
Black olives – yes. Anchovies – no.
My husband eats ketchup on eggs. I never understood that.
Like Terry, I’ll eat anything (once, and it has to be halal).
This does remind me of the last scene in Beezus and Ramona (the book). Ramona gets into a lot of trouble for putting jelly on her mashed potatos. I could never understand why, but that didn’t stop me from loving the conflict.
My college roommate used to put jam/jelly on everything. She said it was the only way she could tolerate dorm food.
No-nos:
Spicy breakfasts
Fruit or whipped cream on waffles
Marshmallows on anything
Pineapple on pizza (It will be a crime when I’m elected king)
Oatmeal or any other food that prints as pre-chewed and make me gag
Pudding (see above)
Sweet potato casserole (see marshmallow)
Super-runny anything (eggs, cheeses)
Organ meats
Yes-yesses:
Pickled anything (within reason)
Smoked meats/fish
Anything Thai
Most things Chinese
Most sushi
Oh yeah! Pineapple on pizza. Gag!
Some good reminders, Brother Gilstrap. Others I take issue with. Here in SoCal a Mexican style breakfast is a delight, e.g., huevos rancheros, huevos con chorizo.
And I happen to love Hawaiian pizza, so I guess that makes me an outlaw the kingdom of Gilstrapia.
Even pickier then me! LOL!
Traditional North Carolina hot dogs have chili so the ketchup is there. For anyone wondering, Carolina dogs have mustard, onions, slaw, and chili.
The older you get, the fewer things you can eat. For the younger folks here, don’t be so picky for, tomorrow, your acid reflux won’t allow pizza, let alone black olives.
TRUTH!
🙂
I hate olives. When I lived in the Middle East for three years, olives were in everything. The thought of them, NOW, makes my stomach turn.
If I saw olives on a pizza I might dump over the head of the person who tried to bring it to me.
Completely understandable.
Ketchup in general is a no-go. After a horrifying Carrie-on-prom-night incident with ketchup in my youth, even the smell makes me ill.
Telekinesis and ketchup do not go together!
I saw you on television last night.
Haha. You did, Robert? Awesome! Did you watch my other two episodes?
Blood on the Books
Diamonds are Not Forever
Didn’t Nixon popularize catsup on eggs?
Some words on pizza. I have been a pizza dude for 35 years. Olives are very popular. Black olives are a mainstay in the world of vegetarian pizzas. Olives in the US are also regional. My friend from Minnesota loves green olives on his pizza. Very few places in St. Louis carry green olives. He does not care for black olives.
Pineapple. I enjoy a good ham and pineapple pizza. Called a Hawiian although it originated in Canada over 40 years ago. I was eating them decades before some yahoo in Greenland started the hate pineapple movement.
About the only thing I don’t eat is coffee anything. You can keep your mocha, thank you.
Right there with you on the Hawaiian, Alan. Canadian bacon is my meat of choice. The mix of salt and sweet is ahhhhhh….
I’m also an Hawaiian pizza fan. Love the combination of ham and pineapple over tomato sauce and pizza crust.
I’m just a little late to this hate party, but I felt a massive compulsion to chime in:
Thoughts about food taboos
Olives are one of those peculiar additions where less is more. Olive Garden olives in salads are compulsory, obviously, unless you eat with someone who thinks you like them and puts them on your plate, making an overload of something that tastes best when used sparingly. On pizza, they can be tasty unless they are overwhelming some other lovely ingredient.
Hawaiian pizza with pineapple is not the worst thing in the world. Cheap, slick, very tough pepperoni is or flavorless cheese.
Eggs go well with ketchup, but salsa is a better option.
Worst sin committed by someone I thought loved me: ketchup on spaghetti because they forgot to buy the jar of Bolognese, dumped on unceremoniously and with arrogance about why it’s all the same.
Horror story! Mrs. B makes a killer spaghetti sauce.
I’m with you on the salsa, esp. fresh pico de gallo!
It was a Mrs. B who actually did the ketchup dumping. But you can’t pick in-laws. She made up for it in other ways, but that’s a long, boring story.
I did eat ketchup on spaghetti when I was pregnant. Never before, never after, but I ‘needed’ it then.
When Mrs. B was pregnant with our first, I had to go out and get her Campbell’s Bean With Bacon soup!
I don’t like catsup on anything, but I think I’m in the minority. I don’t mind black olives on pizza but I wouldn’t order it that way.
I love catsup and salsa on almost everything. I love catsup on eggs, hashbrowns, and hot dogs. I love Hawaiian pizza with extra sauce. No olives on pizza or anything else. No beets ever. That’s about it.
Obviously, pregnancy can get you off the hook for any assaults on cuisine. My 35-y-o just told me yesterday that she still loves anything lemon. I ate several bakeries’ annual yield of lemon tarts (in France, so there’s that) for the time she was in utero. Surprise! No surprise!