urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:mayfly182 mayfly182 mayfly182 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:mayfly182:10876 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z <div class='appwidget appwidget-qotd' id='LJWidget_29'> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div style='border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px;'><p>The fall harvest is showing up in markets now, including many of the green vegetables children find so disgusting and yet are forced to eat. What is the most disgusting thing you’ve eaten, either by choice or against your will?</p><p style='font-size: 0.8em;'>Submitted By <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_bloodcurdling' lj:user='bloodcurdling' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bloodcurdling.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://bloodcurdling.livejournal.com/'><b>bloodcurdling</b></a></span><br /></p><br /><p><input type="button" value="Answer" onclick="document.location.href='http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml?qotd=580'" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/latestqotd.bml?qid=580">View 500 Answers</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div><!-- end .appwidget-qotd --> <br />I can't remember why I tasted it, but tinned asparagus. Worst idea for preserving something EVER. Sitting around in water for months makes it go slimy and watery and stringy, and there are sulphur compounds in asparagus (which are what make some people's pee smell funny after eating it) and I think they reacted with the metal of the tin to produce a really offputting smell. Not so much 'something I've eaten' as 'something I've briefly tasted then quickly spat out'.<br />Very nearly as bad are tinned mushrooms, they also go horribly slimy. Tinned strawberries, also really yuck. Squishy watery things with an unpleasant metallic taste from the tin.