I'm not a picky eater, but there ARE some foods I just won't eat.

No, this isn't a recipe--it's a list (in no particular order) of foods I don't like.

Eggs (other than deviled, once a year or so).  I hate eggs.  Baked into a cake=fine; fried with runny yolks that can be popped with toast points=NOT COOL.

Beets.  They taste like dirt.

Any type of organ meat.  (Do I really need to explain this one?)  I would like to add that this includes fried shad roe.  I realize it's not an organ, but it comes from the inside of a creature.  My grandmother tricked me into trying some once.

Ground beef that's pink.  When I order a steak at a restaurant, I want them to slap the cow on it's ass and run it through a hot kitchen.  When it comes to ground beef, if it's the slightest bit pink and has that "not-well-done" ground beef flavor and texture, you can forget it.

Kale and collard greens.  Yuck.  Yuck.  Double yuck.  (Yes, I promise I'm from the South.  Once again, it's not all about fried chicken and cornbread.)  When you cook them properly (boiling them until they're not much more than mush) they turn a horrible shade of dark green and they taste bad.  I can't explain it.  They're just bad.

Lamb.  Lamb has a flavor--I can't put my finger on it, but those of you who like it know what I'm talking about.  It has a flavor all its own, and there's no way to describe it.  Whatever you want to call it, I hate that flavor.  And it smells twice as bad as it tastes.  Plus, lambs are really sweet and cute and shouldn't be killed.  They should be allowed to grow up and be sheared.   I would like to note that there is one exception--gyros.  You can *almost* taste the lamb, but if it has enough tzatziki sauce on it, then that's okay.  On a sort of unrelated note, it's pronounced YEAR-oh.  It's not a JIE (rhymes with "pie")-row or a GUY-row or a GEE-row.  It's YEAR-oh.  Sorry, but that really bothers me--especially the JIE-row. 

Veal.  I can't even type this without almost tearing up.  Have any of you ever wondered how veal calves are produced?

Tomato soup.  Whether it's from a can or from scratch, tomato soup is just nasty.  What a perfectly horrible way to ruin a delicious grilled cheese sandwich.

Skim milk.  It's like water with white food coloring.

Margarine.  Water + oil = disgusting.  BUTTER IS TASTY!  Even the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese box recommends using real butter!

Pre-minced garlic in a jar.  It's gross.  End of story.  It really doesn't take that long to mince fresh garlic, and the flavor is so much better than the jarred stuff.

Pepsi.  It's like overly-sweet, flat Coke. 

Electric bread machines.  I realize this isn't a food, but it produces food, so I think it needs to be in this list.  For me, most of the fun in making bread is actually making it.  Dumping a bunch of ingredients in a machine and pushing a button is CHEATING.  It's like going camping and sleeping in the lodge at the main entrance to the campground.  If you're gonna do it, do it right.