History Main / StockYuck

* Pineapple gets a lot of flak from pizza purists. By their standards, the moisture of it dampens the crust, and the sweetness overtakes the other flavours of the mozzarella and other toppings.

** Taka Kamitani from ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'' hates broccoli, which isn't surprising since he's only a toddler.

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', every character has a [[DoesNotLikeSpam least favorite food]] as part of the cooking mechanic; green bell peppers are Colette's. [[spoiler:When she starts eating them without complaint, it's a sign that something is seriously wrong.]]

* Raisins are a common one, especially when used ''in lieu'' of chocolate chips. Their wrinkly, shriveled appearance and their cloyingly sticky texture coupled with their at-times unpleasantly sweet taste definitely contribute to their soiled reputation in medialand.

** "American chocolate tastes like vomit"[[note]] This is due to the addition of butyric acid, which was used to prevent spoilage in the days before modern refrigeration. It's found in other places like parmesan cheese, but yes, also in vomit. [[/note]] is a fairly common topic of discussion in culinary circles, particularly the Hershey's brand. Few non-Americans are actively obliged to eat American chocolate, so it's not a stock yuck yet, but it does help explain its limited success when exported.

* Tea is often this for American characters. Americans don't drink quite as much (hot) tea as many other countries and are more associated with coffee. Younger characters may also be put off by the bitterness of tea.

** Creator/DaveBarry, in several of his writings, claims that the French do not actually eat snails, but get a huge laugh from tricking tourists into eating them.

* Minor villain Grandma Stuffem from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is an EvilChef who tries to fatten up children to the point they can't move with an army of sentient food. Most of her minions are some form or another of just about everything listed above in this section, especially organ meats or mixed-meat dishes, which all the kids except for [[BigEater Numbuh 2]] find utterly revolting - and even he can't handle the sheer quantity she tries to stuff them with.

** "American chocolate tastes like vomit"[[note]] This is due to the addition of butyric acid, which was used to prevent spoilage in the days before modern refrigeration. It's found in other places like parmesan cheese, but yes, also in vomit. [[/note]] is a fairly common topic of discussion in culinary circles. Few non-Americans are actively obliged to eat American chocolate, so it's not a stock yuck yet, but it does help explain its limited success when exported.

** "American chocolate tastes like vomit"[[note]] This is due to the addition of butyric acid, which was used to prevent spoilage in the days before modern refrigeration. It's found in other places, but yes, also in vomit. [[/note]] is a fairly common topic of discussion in culinary circles. Few non-Americans are actively obliged to eat American chocolate, so it's not a stock yuck yet, but it does help explain its limited success when exported.

* While certainly not considered gross, Vanilla ice cream is talked about as being the most boring flavour so often that "vanilla" has become slang for "plain" or "generic".

** Barley Sugar. Was a common candy right up to the 80's, but had a reputation as an "old people's candy" even then. This troper liked them in his youth, but was well aware of the "Oldies favourite" reputation.

* Pickled cucumbers (known as gherkins outside North America) can be divisive, usually when it comes to hamburgers. Many, especially children, don't appreciate their stark, sour taste contrasting the rest of the burger's more savoury flavor.
** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/excuse-me-he-asked-for-no-pickles The "Excuse me, he asked for no pickles" meme,]] where a bossy character embarrasses a shy character by complaining to restaurant staff about the presence of pickles in an ordered hamburger.
** Pearl of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' is staunchly against gherkins, thinking they ruin perfectly good burgers because they have a bitter taste and add a disliked texture to them. This was part of a Splatfest about whether gherkins should be in burgers or not: Team Gherk-OUT had a player popularity of 55%.

* The Asian delicacy of red bean paste gets this from younger generations who are more accustomed to modern, Western-inspired sweets and foreigners who think the taste is too mineral-like.

** Tapioca pudding in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is disliked by both kids and adults and is only liked by senior citizens. In one episode the Kids Next Door steal a huge tanker truck full of tapioca pudding from some teens (who actually were seniors under the effects of an anti-aging cream) because the kids assumed they were planning to do something evil with it. The kids then can't figure out what to do with all that tapioca pudding and end up just letting the seniors have it back after they find out it was just being delivered to the senior citizen center to be eaten. The elderly villain Grandfather from ''WesternAnimaton/OperationZero'' also loves the stuff and wants to enslave the world to work in his tapioca pudding factories, which the adult villains think is weird.