Question of the Day #111

What's something terrible you ate just to be polite?

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Have you ever eaten something awful on a date just because it was expensive? Ever choked down a relative's "special" dish just to make them happy? (Bonus points if you cleaned your plate!) Tell us about something terrible you ate just to be polite!

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Mushrooms leave a bad taste in the mouth.

Jeramy B · Voice Actor!

“Mushrooms. Always mushrooms. Always always always always always mushrooms. I hate them. Hate mushrooms, hate mushrooms. Hate them or kombucha. I mean, you don't really eat it. But kombucha. I don't…”

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Mom's tuna casserole is a turn-off.

Elijah Rice · Aspiring Writer

“I really hope she doesn't ever see this, but I don't think she will. But my mom's tuna casserole. That stuff is nasty. I mean, I used to be just like, "Oh yeah, It's great." Now, I'm just like, "I'm…”

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Squash: From the plate to the trash

Crystal · Alabama

“Something I ate terrible just to be polite was squash. Do not put squash on my plate! Because I'm gonna look at you, and I'm gonna look at the squash, and I'm just gonna look at you like you know...…”

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Dad's mac and cheese is the worst.

Bartimus Prime · Gay Fish

“I remember one year my dad, who's an awful, awful cook, like literally so bad. I remember one year he made this Mac and cheese that he like inexplicably took to our holiday. Like, why do you take old…”

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Soups and stews are for the sick.

Alexis B · Lover of sports/naps/DIY

“Pretty much any time someone makes us soup or a stew. I'm just not a soup/stew kind of person. I associate it with being home sick. And if it's not chicken noodle the odds that it has something I…”

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Artichokes are... gruesome?

FIFIBel · Actress, from London,

“What is something terrible you ate just to be polite? Well, I've got to say it was Artichokes. Oh my goodness. I couldn't, I couldn't get them down I literally and it was dipping them in some... the…”

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Sometimes you eat mom's home cooking just to be polite.

Anthony M · Louisville, KY

“Something terrible I ate just to be polite: I think I had, um, one of my friends, their mom made one of their, um, cultural dishes and it didn't smell great. Didn't look good. And, uh, I didn't want…”

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Eating passion fruit out of politeness wasn't nice.

Kayleygsings ! · I’m an actor

“So I think the thing that I've eaten the most awful thing that I've eaten was when my auntie gave me a passion fruit, and I tried it even though it looked disgusting. And I was right. It was…”

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