Anise and fennel here too. (black licorice taste - YUCK)

Guess you gals would hate my cooking!

I'm with you all on the anise, fennel, anything licorice tasting. Bleck!! A lot!
I also find cilantro disgusting, can't stand it at all.
don't like curry or saffron either.

Wow I'm a picky girl.

Originally Posted by techwife:
OREGANO!! BLEH!!

So I take it you don't eat pizza?

Anise, ginger and cloves. Ive never had curry or saffron.

Another anise here. Anything licorice-like to me is just gross. But fennel, when roasted, doesn't taste as licorice-y to me, so thats ok.

ew i forgot i hate ginger too.

Gary: I love pizza, but it gets RUINED with too much OREGANO way too often...BLEH!! I put it in things to give it color and it always ruins my cooking, so now I use parsley for color. You know, like on buttery noodles and such. Otherwise it's like the dark side of pizza...not the burnt crust....the 'dark side'...

I also LOVE rosemary and thyme...but only fresh from my garden.

Bay Leaves. Might as well add an old sweaty sock to your food!

Tiki

Originally Posted by Kamily828:
Anise, ginger and cloves. Ive never had curry or saffron.

Never had curry. You don't know what you're missing.

Curry that you get in powder form in America that says "Curry" on the jar, is just a mixture of spices like turmeric and coriander. A lot of americans hear "curry" when referring to a dish and instantly think of the powder in a jar - but "curry" everywhere else just means a mix of spices that season a dish, not necessarily the ones in the american curry jar. I have curry powder in my spice cabinet but rarely use it, although I do like it.

My #1 spice on the all-time-hate list is cilantro. I agree that cilantro and rosemary permeate food and make it taste like soap. I'm a bit more used to rosemary than cilantro, though. You should see me when I eat salsa - eating around the bigger green leaves so I don't get a mouthful of that junk. Bleh!

I'm with all you cilantro haters. The smell of it makes me nauseaous and if you've ever had a Vietnamese Sub, there's tons on them usually. Beware!!!