hot-button foods: the results

Thank you everyone for taking the most hated foods quiz! If you missed it, you can still check it out right here.

I learned a lot from peeking at your answers. Namely that anchovies aren’t as hated as I thought, liver is exactly as hated as I thought, and us licorice loathers come thisclose to eking out a victory over the Red Vine eaters.

Read through the full results below! Oh, and above is a picture of my husband’s butt. Because I can.

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1. Cilantro

A) Love it! 78%!

B) Tastes like dish soap. 21%

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2. Maple Syrup

A) Only the real stuff for me. 51%

B) Pass the Mrs. Butterworth’s, please! 49%

I’m in the Mrs. Butterworth’s crowd. Sorry, relatives in Vermont.

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3. Tomatoes

A) Gross. 3%
B) Only if they’re cooked in a sauce or disguised in some way. 19%

C) Raw, cooked—bring ‘em on! 77%

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4. Anchovies

A) Not with a ten-foot pole. 30%

B) In sauces/salad dressings I don’t mind. 54%

C) Love those little salty buggers. 14%

My dad makes a killer Caesar with lots of anchovies in the dressing. I’ll post the recipe soon.

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5. Liver

A) Isn’t that the part of the body that processes…umm, yeah. Not for me. 88%

B) It’s a delicacy, yo! 12%

I was forced to eat a fried chicken liver in Indiana once. It tasted like excrement. I’m still in recovery.

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6. Raisins

A) Nope. 17%

B) Raw, but not baked in stuff. 19%

C) Baked in stuff but not raw. 9%

D) I’ll eat them any way you give em to me. 53%

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7. Nuts

A) Nope. 1%

B) Some types are okay. 23%

C) I’m allergic. 3%

D) I love eating nuts! 71%

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8. Spicy Foods

A) The more stars the better! 36%

B) Moderate spice is okay. 53%

C) I can’t handle it. 10%

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9. Artificial Sweeteners

A) Sipping Diet Coke as we speak. 19%

B) Sometimes. Depends on what it is. 45%

C) No way. Only real sugar will do. 34%

I’m with the majority on this one. Diet soda? Sometimes. But Splenda for baking? Blasphemous.

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10. Licorice (and/or fennel or anise flavors)

A) Red Vines are like crack. 51%

B) Yuck. 49%

A few more votes and we could have won! C’mon, people!

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11. Brussels Sprouts

A) Yum! 57%

B) Too green and…brussely. 43%

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12. Cottage Cheese

A) Kind of reminds me of puke. 30%

B) Love it. 70%

I have to admit I had no idea cottage cheese was such a turnoff for some people! I guess the texture can be a little…off-putting. But it tastes great.

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13. Fish and Seafood

A) No way. Too…fishy. 8%

B) Some types are okay. 34%

C) Love me some fish! 56%

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14. Tofu

A) Mushy blocks of white pasty gunk? No thank you. 56%

B) I love mushy white blocks of pasty gunk! 43%

For more difficult test questions I used to write clues for my 7th graders within the answers. I think you can tell which way I fall on this one.

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15. Coffee

A) Yuck. 14%

B) I’ll drink it if no other source of caffeine is available. 12%

C) I love coffee! I looooove it! I need it! Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. 73%

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16. Eggs

A) Nope. 6%

B) Any way but hardboiled. 9%

C) Love eggs. Love. 83%

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17. Mushrooms

A) Fungus? Nope. Don’t think so. 23%

B) Only if they’re the “magic” kind. 4%

C) Shrooms make my heart sing. 72%

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18. Raw and/or undercooked meat

A) The rarer the better. 26%

B) A little pink is okay. 56%

C) Charred, please. 14%

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19. Onions

A) Make me cry with joy. 59%

B) Okay if cooked in things (sauces, soups, etc.) 37%

C) Make me cry. Period. 2%

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20. Mayonnaise

A) Goopy, fatty white junk? No thanks. 26%

B) Okay if in salad dressings, potato salad, etc. but not spread on a sandwich. 18%

C) Goopy, fatty white junk? Bring it! 56%

Praise be to Best Foods. And Paula Deen.

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21. Peas

A) Remind me of the Exorcist. 12%

B) Are little green dots of yum. 87%

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22. My husband’s butt

A) Super fine. 100%

By a landslide.

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Thanks again everyone for participating! It was fun! And educational. And hilarious. And totally like a Cosmo quiz except not about sex.

Okay, it was about sex if you have a dirty mind.

-RDG