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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:51 AM Jun 2019

What's the worst thing you've ever had in your mouth?

It doesn't have to be food, but it could be.

Mine would be gear oil. The smell alone is enough to make you gag.
Foodwise, I would have to say an oyster. Come to think of it, I would rather have gear oil than an oyster!

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What's the worst thing you've ever had in your mouth? (Original Post) ProudLib72 Jun 2019 OP
Gasoline SHRED Jun 2019 #1
Not supposed to siphon people's gas, Shred! mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #2
Damn SHRED Jun 2019 #3
Vomit, laced with Cuervo and Jack-In-The-Box (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #4
I've been there a few times. Just never with Jack in the Box ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #7
I haven't hurled a lot of times from drinking (which is odd since I'm a raging alcoholic) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #10
One St Patrick's Day, when I was just a little underage and my friends were not ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #127
Winner. White or gold, two-fer tacos. Uhgh JDC Jun 2019 #89
Sounds better than Southern comfort and a White Castle fish sandwich lunasun Jun 2019 #104
You wouldn't make it in the Pacific Northwest customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #5
I only tried an oyster once ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #6
A story about oysters Marthe48 Jun 2019 #65
"Snot on a shell" But delicious. When I worked downtown NYC, we... TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 #9
I lived up there for my first 40 years dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #11
I love Brady's Oyster house. Doreen Jun 2019 #24
I've managed to live in the PNW for 12 years without ever touching an oyster.... :) nt trev Jun 2019 #133
I think I have you beat. drm604 Jun 2019 #8
That is nasty! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #12
I spit it out. drm604 Jun 2019 #16
Oh thank God it wasn't the alternative! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #17
You won't believe this, but me and some friends were in a dive bar one time, and... Midnight Writer Jun 2019 #117
My foot. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #13
While I'm glad that you are trimming your toenails, there are other ways of doing it ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #129
I don't think it has ever happened but I have had nightmares about glass in my mouth. gordianot Jun 2019 #18
I have had that nightmare frequently as well. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #67
Years ago when I was still drinking.... quickesst Jun 2019 #19
Unleaded gasoline. MrScorpio Jun 2019 #20
Jello. It is truly the most god-awful food equivalent ever. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #21
Some hot sauce that damn near made me pass out. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #22
Liver. Doreen Jun 2019 #23
I can't think of his name. eShirl Jun 2019 #25
. LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #37
It took you all 25 posts? gratuitous Jun 2019 #51
Same here. AnnieBW Jun 2019 #87
Touche! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #68
You know I was going to go there too but I decided against it tymorial Jun 2019 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #131
Jerky Cartoonist Jun 2019 #26
That's the stuff of nightmares. ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #38
Not to worry about it Cartoonist Jun 2019 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Stuart G Jun 2019 #85
It was college. My experimental phase. He seemed nice. Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #27
Vegemite, tho grossest thing on gods green earth. Nt The Figment Jun 2019 #28
Marmite is better Pachamama Jun 2019 #29
It's strange stuff for sure, but sometimes I get a hankering for some ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #39
Yes--it's very reminiscent of that iron-supplement tablet I bit into.... lastlib Jun 2019 #139
Uni Lunabell Jun 2019 #30
I've never had it, but I've watched (and smelled) fish roe being cooked ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #40
I only had uni once, and NEVER AGAIN! 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #88
oysters or gear oil? rampartc Jun 2019 #31
Balut yes, nasty. Especially with that purple stuff I don't remember the name of. yonder Jun 2019 #62
Balut is one thing I would never go near ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #97
There was a post a day or so ago: yonder Jun 2019 #126
Concentrated sulfuric acid jpak Jun 2019 #32
off/bad Uni , I had it in my mouth for seconds and I can tast is now after ten years . stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #33
BAD childhood meal of pork + apple so bad, we will NEVER EVER EVER put apple w/ pork again. pansypoo53219 Jun 2019 #34
Flour bugs Freddie Jun 2019 #35
Barf! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #41
Which is why there is no such thing as a vegan Cartoonist Jun 2019 #48
Bugs and rodent droppings! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #49
The FDA calls it "allowable... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #90
I recall muttering "Trump won" that night in November 2016 TheCowsCameHome Jun 2019 #36
Battery Acid Scoopster Jun 2019 #42
Creamed yellow squash. Aristus Jun 2019 #43
Wisdom teeth Shrek Jun 2019 #44
I don't know about that. I had mind pulled in my early 20s ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #50
I know what I'd say if I was Melania Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #45
I was at a Korean restaurant yesterday and they had man doo on the menu Major Nikon Jun 2019 #47
That made me giggle! FM123 Jun 2019 #61
A wasp... Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #52
Dog treats...I accidently started eating one and my other half asked what I was doing and... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #53
Out of bored curiosity I ate a Charlee Bear dog treat. Adsos Letter Jun 2019 #66
Took my dog to training classes ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #74
I have seen people at the televised dog shows take treats out of their mouths and... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #92
A biscuit wouldn't be horrible, but a stinky meat based treat?! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #93
I forgot I peed in a styrofoam coffee cup and later on took a sip njhoneybadger Jun 2019 #54
What was it like? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #58
Salty and bitter njhoneybadger Jun 2019 #94
I will have to write to the WH to confirm this report with the "president" ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #95
Water buffalo penis, in Xian. rsdsharp Jun 2019 #55
A large syringe, jammed into the roof of my mouth, about 20 years ago. Paladin Jun 2019 #56
When I was a kid, I grabbed a snorkel from a nail on our back porch. Jane Austin Jun 2019 #57
When my sister was little, she voluntarily stuffed her mouth with rolly pollies ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #59
A piece of glass. FM123 Jun 2019 #60
Milk of magnesia is high on my list. Grammy23 Jun 2019 #63
Brake fluid MichMan Jun 2019 #64
Didn't you have a tube connected to it? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #79
It was a tossup between sea urchin sushi and veal sweetbreads. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #69
I accidentally put psoriasis cream on my toothbrush Skittles Jun 2019 #70
Apparently, I'm the only one who thinks a mouthful of fart gas is the worst thing ever. Kaleva Jun 2019 #71
Ummm ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #82
Beef Bourgogne when the sauce just doesn't have that correct consistently. defacto7 Jun 2019 #72
Lamb chops with chunky mint sauce or mint sauce that is too runny! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #83
OMG, I just plotzed. defacto7 Jun 2019 #143
Lutefisk. NNadir Jun 2019 #73
I think I could take that over the pickled herring I tried ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #80
Scotch whiskey and bourbon CTyankee Jun 2019 #75
Durian fruit. Wretched stuff. CentralMass Jun 2019 #76
Chewing tobacco redstateblues Jun 2019 #78
Liquid potassium. Frustratedlady Jun 2019 #81
Yup, horrible stuff n/t TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #159
Changing little boy's diaper.... dawg day Jun 2019 #84
Cancer on the tongue. Surgeon had to cut on it 3 times.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #86
Chitterlings, or "chitlins," to give it the proper Southern pronunciation Glorfindel Jun 2019 #91
Oh man, I went out to eat with some people when I was in Lithuania ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #98
Diaper rash cream sorcrow Jun 2019 #96
Bong water...or maybe geoduck... GReedDiamond Jun 2019 #99
Who dared you to drink bong water? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #100
I had poured the dirty bong water into a glass... GReedDiamond Jun 2019 #102
Worst thing I ever put in my mouth when I was stoned ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #103
"Now weed is legal and has evolved into a snobbish subculture"... GReedDiamond Jun 2019 #106
Exactly ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #107
Beer can, aluminum foil pipe... GReedDiamond Jun 2019 #113
Beats dealing with a crook in a park who carries a gun. Midnight Writer Jun 2019 #120
Orange juice right after I brushed my teeth. Mint and orange is a bad combination. n/t brewens Jun 2019 #101
The name trump MLAA Jun 2019 #105
Yep, even as a curse it is befouling.... RockRaven Jun 2019 #119
🥵🤢🤬🤮💩 MLAA Jun 2019 #122
Rainbow trout VarryOn Jun 2019 #108
Really? I gag at most fish, but I don't think I've even tried trout ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #109
I would not call them oily per se... but... RockRaven Jun 2019 #123
I dislike any kind of strong fishy taste ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #125
Fun to catch! VarryOn Jun 2019 #128
I think I caught a crappie out a lake once ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #134
Catfish can be fun to catch... VarryOn Jun 2019 #136
Although they are boney, I really like trout. I grew up catching them CentralMass Jun 2019 #124
Blue cheese dressing Bayard Jun 2019 #110
Yep, bleu cheese and feta both. yonder Jun 2019 #138
The words, "Trump won." EOM TruckFump Jun 2019 #111
Amniotic fluid mixed with foal poop csziggy Jun 2019 #112
OK - You Win!!! nt GReedDiamond Jun 2019 #114
Yay! Bayard Jun 2019 #144
It's just part of having a farm csziggy Jun 2019 #145
Mayonnaise, no question. Even Castor Oil is easier for me to swallow. n/t Hoyt Jun 2019 #115
What is the deal with mayo anyway? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #116
For me, I just don't like light colored saucescondiments. I can't explain it, but I have tried Hoyt Jun 2019 #121
Count me in with the no mayo group. I just don't get it. yonder Jun 2019 #140
Ecuadorian Indian Chicha COLGATE4 Jun 2019 #118
rocky mountain oysters lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #130
Well, you were nutty for trying them! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #135
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #132
An iron-supplement tablet my sister gave me when I was 12..... lastlib Jun 2019 #137
Ayahuasca shanny Jun 2019 #141
My dog's tongue. Kablooie Jun 2019 #142
But it was YOUR dog's tongue, not the tongue of some stranger's dog ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #147
Malta or aquarium water TuxedoKat Jun 2019 #146
I tried one called Malta Hatuey. Codeine Jun 2019 #154
HaHa TuxedoKat Jun 2019 #164
green persimmons yellowdogintexas Jun 2019 #148
That was a dirty trick your mom played on you ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #149
no argument from me there. I have told it many times too. nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2019 #150
An angry hornet -n/t Freelancer Jun 2019 #151
A piece of anchovy contaminating the piece of pizza I bit into. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #152
In college I worked for awhile at an all you can eat pizza place ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #157
SHUDDER!!!! Literally cringeing! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #160
I accidentally got a mouthful of my piss once. Harker Jun 2019 #153
Okra. It's a vegetable that finishes in your mouth Codeine Jun 2019 #155
Skydrol hydraulic fluid bluecollar2 Jun 2019 #156
It's amazing what you can get in your mouth, isn't it? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #158
Too true bluecollar2 Jun 2019 #161
Yuck enid602 Jun 2019 #162
Silica gel ball or a bug dustyscamp Jun 2019 #163
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. I haven't hurled a lot of times from drinking (which is odd since I'm a raging alcoholic)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:29 AM
Jun 2019

Err, then again, maybe it's not odd ...

Anyways, I damn sure remember the very small handful of tequila times ... it's particularly bad coming back up ... way worse than beer ...

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. One St Patrick's Day, when I was just a little underage and my friends were not
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:34 AM
Jun 2019

we decided to go down to the bar. Since I didn't think I was going to be able to drink, I downed seven shots of tequila as fast as possible. Turned out the bar was so crowded that no one checked ID and I continued drinking. Geez, that was a rough night!

Response to ProudLib72 (Reply #14)

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
104. Sounds better than Southern comfort and a White Castle fish sandwich
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:34 PM
Jun 2019

The slider went down fine why oh why did I add a fish sandwich ? Oh yeah the whiskey......

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
5. You wouldn't make it in the Pacific Northwest
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:05 AM
Jun 2019

At the Oysterfest in Shelton, WA, we got to slurp them raw after the shucking contest. I loved them, and my in-laws at the time had their own oysterlands, we had breaded pan-fried oysters for every Christmas breakfast.

But, I understand where you're coming from, my mom (who is not a native Northwesterner) still refers to them as pus bags.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. I only tried an oyster once
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:25 AM
Jun 2019

It was in a restaurant, and I think I spit it out into a napkin. Pus bags indeed!

Marthe48

(16,692 posts)
65. A story about oysters
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:32 PM
Jun 2019

My uncle came over one afternoon to say hi to my Mom, but she wasn't home. My younger brother was home, too, and one of us mentioned that there were raw oysters in the fridge. Uncle Louie asked us if we ever ate raw oysters. Being around 10 or 12, no we hadn't. We had chili sauce too, so we got the oysters out and Uncle Louie showed us how to eat them raw. He told us to toss them to the back of our throats and swallow. I managed one. I watched them eat several, standing over the kitchen sink, dipping them into the chili sauce and tossing them into their mouths. I have never eaten another raw oyster, but I do like them fried or scalloped.

Worst thing I've ever had in my mouth was sour milk I didn't know was sour.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
9. "Snot on a shell" But delicious. When I worked downtown NYC, we...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:28 AM
Jun 2019

were just a couple of blocks from the Fulton Fish Market, and there was an oyster bar I tended to take new hires to.

They poked, prodded and sniffed, but like good employees they eventually sucked one down.

Then another

And a few more dozen were ordered.

Besides the half shell, though, Oysters Rockefeller is most definitely food of the gods.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. I lived up there for my first 40 years
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:30 AM
Jun 2019

and gagged on oysters. My mom used to fry them in saltine cracker crumbs, I could not get past the slippery texture.
fortunately, the rest of the family loved them so much, they did not mind my passing my share along.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
12. That is nasty!
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:31 AM
Jun 2019

I'm assuming you drank the roach, but how did you know it was a roach unless...

I may not want to know the answer.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
16. I spit it out.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:36 AM
Jun 2019

I felt something squishy in my mouth, spit into the coffee, and nearly freaked when I saw it.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
17. Oh thank God it wasn't the alternative!
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:39 AM
Jun 2019

I once had a centipede land on my cheek in the middle of the night. This was in NM, and the house had wooden beams that, evidently, centipedes were using as highways. Looked for it everywhere. Then I found it curled under my pillow. I couldn't help but think about what would have happened if it had landed a couple inches over. It would have gone in my mouth.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
117. You won't believe this, but me and some friends were in a dive bar one time, and...
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:10 AM
Jun 2019

a couple of these fools decided to have a gross out contest. Bet 20 bucks on it.

Ski found a cockroach, picked it up, talked to it a while, and then ate it.


Eddie then led us to this bar's bathroom. He walked to the urinal so nasty it looked like somebody crapped in there. He reached in and grabbed the urinal cake. Held it up and showed it to us. And then he bit off a chunk.

Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #13)

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
18. I don't think it has ever happened but I have had nightmares about glass in my mouth.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:49 AM
Jun 2019

Very unpleasant to the point of a phobia. I have no idea where this comes from?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
67. I have had that nightmare frequently as well.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:52 PM
Jun 2019

I keep trying to spit it out, but I can never get rid of it all.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
19. Years ago when I was still drinking....
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 02:07 AM
Jun 2019

.... I took a swig of Tuborg Gold beer. Everything I've had in my mouth since may not have been pleasant, but it was better than that shit!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
21. Jello. It is truly the most god-awful food equivalent ever.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 02:32 AM
Jun 2019

Recycled snot. I have never understood why that "food product" has ever been popular. I never ever made jello for my kids while they were growing up. I know, the most deprived boys in the United States ever.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
22. Some hot sauce that damn near made me pass out.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 02:56 AM
Jun 2019

Too many years have passed to remember what it was.

In my drinking days, at parties we would play devil-dare and mix Bloody Marys and heat them up with Tabasco 'till hardly anyone could drink them.

There's a bunch of dentist's tools that bring back bad memories. And when I got older, the absolute worst was when they're fitting dentures using those damned molds...

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
23. Liver.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:18 AM
Jun 2019

Oh yeah, a story, well kind of. Remember the New York steak scene in Mommy Dearest? Well, put liver in its place and that is what my dad did.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
77. You know I was going to go there too but I decided against it
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:28 PM
Jun 2019

However I'm with you though unfortunately I do remember his name

Response to eShirl (Reply #25)

Cartoonist

(7,298 posts)
26. Jerky
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:51 AM
Jun 2019

I like jerky, but this was special. I was watching TV with no other lights on. I would take a piece out and eat it without looking at it. One piece was unusually soft and didn't taste right. I took it out of my mouth and turned on the light. It and other pieces in the bag were covered in a white mold or fungus.

I didn't get sick, but I did call the hospital to ask if I was going to die.

Response to Cartoonist (Reply #26)

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
39. It's strange stuff for sure, but sometimes I get a hankering for some
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:33 AM
Jun 2019

spread thin on buttered toast.

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
139. Yes--it's very reminiscent of that iron-supplement tablet I bit into....
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:24 AM
Jun 2019

I do not know how those Aussies can stand to eat it, let alone enjoy it!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
40. I've never had it, but I've watched (and smelled) fish roe being cooked
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:35 AM
Jun 2019

I would never dare put that in my mouth!

rampartc

(5,265 posts)
31. oysters or gear oil?
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:35 AM
Jun 2019

bp has made sure they taste about the same.

have you ever had balut? or my ex wife? about the same.

yonder

(9,631 posts)
62. Balut yes, nasty. Especially with that purple stuff I don't remember the name of.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:48 PM
Jun 2019

I think it was octopus blood or something. Balut with purple stuff. bleccchh

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
97. Balut is one thing I would never go near
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:59 PM
Jun 2019

I would rather drink a gallon of gear oil and fifty oysters than have one. I don't understand how it is considered a delicacy.

yonder

(9,631 posts)
126. There was a post a day or so ago:
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:47 AM
Jun 2019

about the song "Black is Black"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181228515

It brought back memories of my time in the Philippines so I made a comment about not being able to get away from hearing that song. That song, street vendors yelling "balut, balut" and the sound of Honda 250 and 305's roaring up and down Main Street all day and all night is bringing it all back.

Yep, balut. Once was too many times.

pansypoo53219

(20,908 posts)
34. BAD childhood meal of pork + apple so bad, we will NEVER EVER EVER put apple w/ pork again.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:57 AM
Jun 2019

newspaper recipe in my mom's hands was disgusting. i took over cooking as soon as i could. she does not have cooking genes. i do.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
35. Flour bugs
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 07:20 AM
Jun 2019

I used to like Special K with strawberries. It’s freeze-dried strawberries that get soft in the milk and you get strawberry seeds on the bottom of the bowl. Except one time the strawberry seeds were moving - I had eaten a bowl of cereal infested with flour bugs. The box had previously been opened. Will never eat Special K with strawberries again 🤮

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
41. Barf!
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:42 AM
Jun 2019

You know that sort of thing must have happened on a daily basis a hundred years ago. Think about what food was like before the FDA. Even now, they have guidelines for how much bug material can be in our foodstuffs and still be considered "safe".

Scoopster

(423 posts)
42. Battery Acid
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:27 AM
Jun 2019

Had been working on a fire alarm panel that was acting up & that was the reason. Accidentally put my hand in my mouth after replacing the battery... UGH!

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
43. Creamed yellow squash.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:27 AM
Jun 2019

My mother tried weird cooking experiments when I was a kid. Not all of them worked out, and that was one of them.

Every time I get nostalgic for the Southern foods I grew up on, I ignore that awful failure...

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
50. I don't know about that. I had mind pulled in my early 20s
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:47 PM
Jun 2019

They were impacted, so the dentist had to use a scalpel to cut the gum and a chisel to smash the teeth into little bits, which he then removed. I had nine shots of novocaine, and I still felt ever second of it. Then my cheeks swelled up so that I looked like a chipmunk for the next week.

FM123

(10,050 posts)
61. That made me giggle!
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:30 PM
Jun 2019

When I go to a Korean restaurant, man du (dumplings) is like my favorite thing to order!

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
52. A wasp...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:53 PM
Jun 2019

When I in jr high I was running in the mountains of CO, breathing hard, tried to eat the wasp. Wasp didn't take kindly to that and stung me inside my mouth and I was somewhat allergic at that age so my mouth was swollen.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
53. Dog treats...I accidently started eating one and my other half asked what I was doing and...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:54 PM
Jun 2019

mentioned that what I was eating was a dog treat...I spit it out immediately and washed/washed/washed my mouth out!! The dog treats were in a similar bag of human treats that I had gotten too, and totally got them mixed up!

Ruff ruff!!

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
66. Out of bored curiosity I ate a Charlee Bear dog treat.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:35 PM
Jun 2019

Our clothes dryer stopped working, and my wife and I used a local laundromat while we waited for the new one to be delivered.

Standing in the laundromat, waiting for things to dry, I reached into my sweatshirt pocket and discovered a few Charlee Bears left over from a previous dog walk. Charlee Bears=little dry, oyster cracker-shaped treats, with a piece of dried liver tucked inside. Tossed it into my mouth and started chomping away vigorously...

Little bone-dry oyster cracker-like treats, with the strongest liver flavor I've encountered anywhere.

And nothing to drink to help rectify the situation.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
74. Took my dog to training classes
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:02 PM
Jun 2019

The trainer stuffed his mouth with doggie treats and would take one out to reward a dog. After training was done, he would just eat the leftovers. I mean, he had those treats in his mouth for five minutes at a time. They were the little bite sized squishy kind that really stink.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
92. I have seen people at the televised dog shows take treats out of their mouths and...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:36 PM
Jun 2019

...give them to the dogs after they strut their stuff for the judges. Gross.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
93. A biscuit wouldn't be horrible, but a stinky meat based treat?!
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:42 PM
Jun 2019

I'm sure you've seen them. They are about the size of an Altoid, and they stink to high heavens. I almost puke just opening the bag. And this guy put a heaping handful in his mouth.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
55. Water buffalo penis, in Xian.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:05 PM
Jun 2019

Looks like shredded cabbage, but has the consistency of rubber bands. I refuse to describe the taste.

The stewed eels were pretty good, though.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
56. A large syringe, jammed into the roof of my mouth, about 20 years ago.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:09 PM
Jun 2019

Preliminary to some work on my gums. I'm not a wimp when it comes to medical or dental procedures, but the pain from that shot haunts me to this very day. And it's been a huge incentive for keeping my gums in good shape.

Jane Austin

(9,199 posts)
57. When I was a kid, I grabbed a snorkel from a nail on our back porch.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:14 PM
Jun 2019

I jumped in the pool, took a deep breath through the snorkel and got a mouthful of June Bugs, which had taken up residence in the snorkel.

Bleh!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
59. When my sister was little, she voluntarily stuffed her mouth with rolly pollies
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jun 2019

Dozens and dozens of them. My parents noticed her cheeks were full, so they made her open up... Big surprise!

FM123

(10,050 posts)
60. A piece of glass.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:27 PM
Jun 2019

Many years ago when I was in my twenties I ordered a frozen fruity umbrella drink at a dive bar and felt something weird and hard in my mouth when I took a gulp, thank God I spit it out instead of trying to chew it up or swallow it...

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
63. Milk of magnesia is high on my list.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:06 PM
Jun 2019

It was in my childhood — a very, very long time ago. And yet. And yet, I still remember the metallic taste at the back of my tongue to this day. Just thinking of it brings back that taste experience.

Liver is another runner up. Tastes like I imagine dirt tastes. My mother once insisted I eat one bite. I chewed and chewed and the cud just got bigger and bigger. Finally I lied that it was eaten but it was tucked in my cheek. I left the table, ran straight to the sewer and threw the cud in. For years after that I thought about that thoroughly chewed bite of liver and if it was still there. That’s how a kid’s mind works, I guess.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
79. Didn't you have a tube connected to it?
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:36 PM
Jun 2019

I use empty bottles, but I get a 5/16" plastic tube, cut a little hole in the bottle cap, stick the tube through, and put a zip tie around it to keep it in place. Then you can connect the other end of the tube to the bleed nipple. Or, I suppose, you could use it as a straw!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
69. It was a tossup between sea urchin sushi and veal sweetbreads.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:58 PM
Jun 2019

The texture of both was just disgusting, but I actually think the sea urchin tasted worse. I did not swallow either one. I honestly think I would have vomited if I had.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
72. Beef Bourgogne when the sauce just doesn't have that correct consistently.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 07:21 PM
Jun 2019

Disgusting.

Or Crepe Susette made with a standard 8 year brandy, OMG.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
80. I think I could take that over the pickled herring I tried
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:38 PM
Jun 2019

But I'm not going to ruin lefsa with it!

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
75. Scotch whiskey and bourbon
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:23 PM
Jun 2019

I could not get that stuff down. My parents used to drink scotch and soda back in the 50s. The smell was terrible and the taste worse.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
86. Cancer on the tongue. Surgeon had to cut on it 3 times..
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:50 PM
Jun 2019

After the last surgery, it has been gone for 12 years. I am so grateful

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
91. Chitterlings, or "chitlins," to give it the proper Southern pronunciation
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:34 PM
Jun 2019

Boiled up in a big iron washpot outside as a special treat. I was about 7 years old. I swallowed one bite. It stayed down about 10 seconds. Never again, as God is my witness.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
98. Oh man, I went out to eat with some people when I was in Lithuania
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:03 PM
Jun 2019

We went to a nice Georgian restaurant (country, not state,) and they ordered it. The stuff came out heaped high on a gigantic plate. OMG that was disgusting! Some people love it I guess. Menudo is super popular in NM and CO. I find it strange that people across the globe ever thought to eat the same nasty thing.

sorcrow

(410 posts)
96. Diaper rash cream
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:59 PM
Jun 2019

As a new overtired dad, I grabbed the first tube of stuff by the sink to brush my teeth. Yuck.
On the other hand, I love oysters, uni, sweatbreads, and liver.
Regards,
Crow

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
102. I had poured the dirty bong water into a glass...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:24 PM
Jun 2019

...refilled the bong with clean water, forgot about the glass of bong water, and, most likely being, as they say, "stoned," sometime later just picked up the glass and took a swig.

Fortunately, I did not swallow the bong water, and still never have since.

I guess you could say I have evolved.

ON EDIT: I just want to reiterate that the geoduck was WAY worse than the bong water.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
103. Worst thing I ever put in my mouth when I was stoned
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:31 PM
Jun 2019

was improperly made chocolate chip cookies that still tasted delicious.


Those were the good old days. Now weed is legal and has evolved into a snobbish subculture.

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
106. "Now weed is legal and has evolved into a snobbish subculture"...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:41 PM
Jun 2019

...I'm 60+ y.o., been there/done (______) back in '72...but when I go into a dispensary with all of the exotic options to good ol' Bud, I have no clue - haven't kept up with the "kids" and their oils, vapes, edibles, etc.

Get off my lawn, I mean grass!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
107. Exactly
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:45 PM
Jun 2019

I'm afraid of entering a dispensary because I will look like an amateur and be laughed at. What would they say if I asked them about different tastes as sucked through a beer can I poked holes in? (Remember doing that to make a pipe?)

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
113. Beer can, aluminum foil pipe...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:58 PM
Jun 2019

...paper towel tube wrapped in foil...plus somebody passed me an apple that was made into a pipe...there was always a way.

Nowadays, I actually strictly obey the rules of my doctor's recommendation. I treat it just like regular prescription meds. Never drive high, never medicate in public - then again, I don't get out as much as I used to.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
120. Beats dealing with a crook in a park who carries a gun.
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:21 AM
Jun 2019

Back in the Sixties, pot dealers were really cool hippie types. Who would have you in. Who would give you a taste. Let you listen to some tunes. Then if wanted, you could buy a bag. And if you didn't, my guy would always twist one and tell me to keep it behind my ear for later.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
109. Really? I gag at most fish, but I don't think I've even tried trout
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:49 PM
Jun 2019

I've caught a lot of them, and I've seen them cooked. Are they like salmon, all oily? I can't take salmon anymore.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
123. I would not call them oily per se... but...
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:34 AM
Jun 2019

... if you do not like most fish, you would likely not like rainbow trout... At least that is my guess (not knowing precisely why most fish make you gag), with the caveat that I am not the most experienced fish connoisseur.

In my experience, rainbow trout is a bit fishy, dry-ish, with a fine-grained flakiness.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
125. I dislike any kind of strong fishy taste
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:46 AM
Jun 2019

I can do most white fish like cod and halibut. Years ago I convinced myself I liked salmon. Then I wised up and admitted to myself that I actually hate the stuff. Probably the worst fish I've had has been sole. That was really fishy.

One time I managed a youth hostel on Cape Cod. A Russian man stayed for a couple days. One evening he brought in some eels to cook and eat. I don't know if you are supposed to create as much rancid eel smoke from cooking those things! The kitchen smelled nasty for a long time after that. The funny thing is, I found out where he had purchased those eels. He had gone into the bait shop and bought them. NOT their intended purpose!

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
128. Fun to catch!
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:50 AM
Jun 2019

It's moderately oily and not a white, flakey fish. Sort of tastes like salmon (which I dont like either) but textures arent comparable.

I've had trout grilled, broiled, baked and fried....bone and deboned...skinnned and not skinned. I've really wanted to like it. Just not happening.

I'll go fish for it, clean it, then give it away...always easy to do.

The opposite...crappie! Fried. I dare say it's the second favorite thing I've eaten!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
134. I think I caught a crappie out a lake once
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:02 AM
Jun 2019

On a fly rod. Used to go out in my parents' kayak and fish, fish, fish. I only ever caught a crappie (at least some sort of little pan fish) and a smallish catfish. Can you imagine a catfish on a fly?!?!

I'm just catch and release. The only fish I caught that I even thought about eating were striped bass. But that was in the Long Island sound, so I wasn't too keen on ingesting something nasty.

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
136. Catfish can be fun to catch...
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:09 AM
Jun 2019

and can be fun eat. But, only from clean water. They can take on the taste of the water in which they live.

0n a fly rod, I'd be they feel like a whale!

All this talk is making me crave some craopie!

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
110. Blue cheese dressing
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:50 PM
Jun 2019

Tastes like vomit to me.

My husband drank mineral spirits I had poured into a water bottle this past winter. I had to get on the phone to poison control.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
112. Amniotic fluid mixed with foal poop
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:56 PM
Jun 2019

I had a mare who went into labor a month early. She was also lame and the only way she could stand was to sit up like a dog and rock back and forth. Often mares in labor will stand to let the foal shift but when this mare wanted to do that, the foal's head and shoulders were part way out - if she tried to sit up like she usually did, she would probably have broken the foal's back or legs.

So my husband held the mare down while I helped pull the foal out. That is the only foal I ever had to help during the process in thirty years of breeding horses.

The foal was born alive but obviously had been in distress - the amniotic fluid was brown and nasty smelling and there were bits of foal poop (tarry lumps) mixed in. By the time the foal was out, I was covered in it and it got into my mouth.

After all of that, the foal had contracted tendons - her bones had grown more than her tendons and she could not straighten her legs completely or stand without help. One remedy for this is to give a dose of tetracycline which relaxes the tendons - usually this lets the foal stand which sort of stretches them and they will adjust. This foal had an anaphylactic reaction to the drug and we almost lost her.

So instead for the first couple of months my husband and I had to wrap splints onto her legs every day so she could stand. She got so used to it that when we got out the bandaging material, she trot right over to us and lie down with her head in my lap.

She did good - she is now twenty years old and we still own her. We couldn't sell her after all the love we had poured into her. We bred her a few times and her last foal is still here on the farm sometimes - I gave him to a young friend of mine since she did most of the ground work on him.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
145. It's just part of having a farm
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:15 PM
Jun 2019

But I guess I could have used a stronger word than "poop" - thirty years ago when I attended a needlework seminar, most of the class were older ladies and everyone was oh, so polite.

One woman made a mistake in her stitching and in a low voice said, "Oh, shit!" Everyone was totally shocked - this woman looked as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth and she had just used an extremely rude word!

She realize we were all staring at her and apologized, but then said, "I was raised on a dairy farm and more than once ended up with cow manure in my mouth. I always figured if I've had the real thing come in, the word can come out!"

The class was

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
116. What is the deal with mayo anyway?
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:09 AM
Jun 2019

It's a huge joke over on The Root. I hate the stuff, too. I can eat it, but I would never voluntarily put it on a sandwich.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
121. For me, I just don't like light colored saucescondiments. I can't explain it, but I have tried
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:25 AM
Jun 2019

for decades to overcome my distaste for the stuff.

It has even caused new relationships to deteriorate quickly. I remember a wonderful young lady fixing me a what as likely a delightful shrimp diner with a light colored curry/mayonnaise sauce. I could not swallow the first bite, although I knew it would ruin our second date. Nothing I could do.

Fortunately, I’m so old now I can claim my doctor has determined I am allergic.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
118. Ecuadorian Indian Chicha
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:14 AM
Jun 2019

Made from corn (chewed to a pulp by the toothless elders and then fermented). Tastes worse than it sounds. Vile.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
135. Well, you were nutty for trying them!
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:06 AM
Jun 2019

I was watching one of those "picking" on Netflix. These guys were out NV and WY looking through old barns for buried "treasure." Anyway, they went into a restaurant and one of them ordered rocky mountain oysters. Some of them were breaded, but some of them were completely raw. Neither of the guys would eat the raw ones, but a local came in and downed them. Oh that was so disgusting!

Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
137. An iron-supplement tablet my sister gave me when I was 12.....
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:14 AM
Jun 2019

Instead of swallowing it, I bit into it. Ohh.My.GAWD!! Fifty years later, I can STILL taste that nasty shit!!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
147. But it was YOUR dog's tongue, not the tongue of some stranger's dog
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jun 2019

It's always risky trying to kiss my dog's head because she jumps up to meet me. She breaks glasses and gives fat lips.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
146. Malta or aquarium water
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 12:47 PM
Jun 2019

Malta Corona? from Puerto Rico - tastes like carbonated Molasses! Yuck!!! The aquarium water when trying to siphon water out of an aquarium to clean it.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
164. HaHa
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 09:26 AM
Jun 2019

Should rename it Malta Pitooey. That was my unsaid reaction at drinking the other Malta too!!!

yellowdogintexas

(22,119 posts)
148. green persimmons
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 03:02 PM
Jun 2019

Imagine about a tablespoon of alum in your mouth and you have a green persimmon. Every kid I knew growing up had been tricked by some adult or teenage boy into tasting a green persimmon. Awful.

runners up:

The pig version of Mountain Oysters. Boars have very large testicles and they are sliced for cooking; they resemble a fairly thin boneless pork chop. My mother tricked me into tasting them, telling me they were pork chops. I ate a couple of bites and announced that they must be freezer burned. My dad absolutely cracked up.

When you live around pig farmers you end up with some very strange meat products.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
149. That was a dirty trick your mom played on you
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jun 2019

I guess she thought you were going to love them. Then she would tell you what they actually were.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
157. In college I worked for awhile at an all you can eat pizza place
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 07:31 PM
Jun 2019

My friend was the manager. We would open, and dozens of people would come rushing in. Then my friend would ask some of them what kind of pizza they would like. There was one dude who wanted anchovies, lots and lots of anchovies. My friend covered the pizza in them and then poured the brine they were in on top.

The dude loved it.

Harker

(13,880 posts)
153. I accidentally got a mouthful of my piss once.
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 02:00 PM
Jun 2019

I no longer drink water from gallon jugs, nor do I pee in them.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
155. Okra. It's a vegetable that finishes in your mouth
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 06:45 PM
Jun 2019

without so much as a polite warning or a tap on the head. Utterly vile.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
156. Skydrol hydraulic fluid
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 07:28 PM
Jun 2019

Burns like hell for days...

Glad I didn't swallow any.

Never volunteered to work hydraulics again.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
158. It's amazing what you can get in your mouth, isn't it?
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 07:35 PM
Jun 2019

You say something like, "I just got gear oil in my mouth" or "I just got hydraulic fluid in my mouth," and people don't understand how that's even possible.

People: You get into all sorts of weird positions when working on machinery!

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
161. Too true
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 07:57 PM
Jun 2019

As an aircraft mechanic for over 35 years I've found myself in some interesting situations...

Your question made me think awhile...

Nastiest?

Certainly not Skydrol, jet fuel, grease, or anything in that genre...on the other hand i've worked galley changes, lavatory tank changed. Cabin reconfigurations etc. And no matter how hard you try you're going to end up "...coming into contact..." with substances that are unpleasant...

But for sheer unpleasantness/worst Skydrol wins hands down. It burns your eyes, in vapor form it burns your lungs and dont get me started on what it does if you forget to wash your hands before you pee...

I got that crap in my mouth when I was lying under a hydraulic line as I was disconnecting it to gain access to the rear spar in a 767 wheel well. The system was supposed to be unpressurized and drained.

It was...but just a few residual drops remained...

Broke the fitting loose, pulled the lines apart and somehow got two or three drops.

Mechanical work has rewards but when it sucks...
It REALLY sucks...



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