Foods that smell good

[Ika]

What are some foods that smell great but taste terrible? Both solid and liquid, and should be edible.

Note: This is all based on opinions. No bashing.

I'll start with two:

Black coffee <- any additives usually make it taste really good
Red wine

 

[Lola]

beer.
I appricate beer in all ways, i love the way it smells from the grains and hops that make it...to the final product.
Mango
it smells good, but i hate the way it tastes.

 

[Amused]

That's a toughy. I know many that smell bad but taste good, but I can't think of any that smell good and taste bad.

 

[acemcmac]

Candy corn

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

dog food.

 

[confused1234]

fast food

 

[mugs]

Coffee was my first thought.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: confused1234
fast food

 

[Brentx]

Vanilla extract. That stuff smells so good when cooking, but tastes uber bitter.

 

[Ika]

Some types of cheeses (god knows which ones). Cheeses smell ever so good, but some of them will trigger your gag reflex.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Coffee, pure Vanilla, pure Chocolate.

You knw what smells BAD (like vomit, literally) and tastes like vomit??
PAPAYA. that stuff is the worse fruit in the world.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: Brentx
Vanilla extract. That stuff smells so good when cooking, but tastes uber bitter.

Beat me to it.

 

[Scouzer]

bread may not taste awful, but it sure doesnt taste anywhere near as good as it smells

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: Brentx
Vanilla extract. That stuff smells so good when cooking, but tastes uber bitter.

Beat me to it.

thats because it is very consintrated... if you take a little bit of vanilla from a vanilla bean, it is not nearly as bad.
A side tip.... if you are hungry and want to curb your appitite, take a few deep sniffs of vanilla extract. that will curb your hunger. Also, dabbing vanilla on a cold sore helps shorten the time of it. 🙂

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Coffee, pure Vanilla, pure Chocolate.

You knw what smells BAD (like vomit, literally) and tastes like vomit??
PAPAYA. that stuff is the worse fruit in the world.

Papaya is something of an acquired taste. If I eat enough of it at once I get used to it and can stomach it. Papaya drinks, however, are much better.

 

[Mucho]

Those energy bars, yuck

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: Brentx
Vanilla extract. That stuff smells so good when cooking, but tastes uber bitter.

Beat me to it.

Well, that's not exactly a food... it's an ingredient. When you use it in food, it tastes really good. I'm sure the phosphoric acid in my diet coke doesn't taste very good by itself, but the soda tastes pretty good. 😉

If anyone here makes french toast without vanilla... try putting some vanilla in it. Oh man. So good.

 

[SaltBoy]

Gasoline

 

[ZetaEpyon]

I'll assume you guys are talking about imitation vanilla extract. I have a bottle of real vanilla that I bought in Roatan, Honduras, and tasted alone, it is nothing like imitation vanilla extract.

Anyway, I agree with coffee. 🙂

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
bread may not taste awful, but it sure doesnt taste anywhere near as good as it smells

Good point.

There are several foods like that. I would have to include Philly Cheesesteak with that. I smells good and I get excited about it, but they are never as good as I hope they will be.

 

[andylawcc]

yeah... Pure Chocolate is HORRIBLE. (well, you can't really smell anything out of it though)

 

[amish]

i'm going to have to go with indian food in general. smells really good to me, looks like ******, tastes like cow excrement.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
Candy corn

LOL.... I was thinking of this and then I scrolled down and saw this guy's answer, I was like hell yeah!

When I was a kid, yeah, it was candy, growing up I realized that not every sugary food was ideal for my taste buds because it was just awful that last time I tasted it, so many years ago~

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: amish
i'm going to have to go with indian food in general. smells really good to me, looks like ******, tastes like cow excrement.

It smells good to you? You're blessed.

I work at a banquet facility and they occasionally have big indian weddings, complete with indian cuisine buffet. The food they bring out smells absolutely nasty. The only thing that was good ever was beef in some kind of sauce, and it didn't even smell good. It was just good because you could still taste the beef and the sauce wasn't too offensive.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: mugs
Coffee was my first thought.

The liquid or the grounds?

😉

Ausm