Gag

I hate cucumbers. Just seeing one makes me gag. I'm not joking! They have the worst flavor, weird texture, and everyone seems to think they smell really good. No, they smell like feet dipped in sweet & sour sauce. I cannot eat something if it has cucumbers in it. Salad? Sure, I'll pick them out with a napkin covering my fingers, but I swear to you I can still taste them in there. Ruined salad. Sandwiches? I once ordered a sandwich from Jimmy Johns and specifically asked for no cucumbers. I even said please when I asked for NO CUCUMBERS. Well, it was made it cucumbers. Picture this: You're me, you hate cucumbers, and you have a giant delicious Beach Club sandwich, which you think is free of sickening cucumber slices. You bite in and chew once and there it is in your mouth, that flavor of sour milk masquerading as a fruit (they are a fruit, you can see the seeds. Don't even get me started.) And even though you have been brought up with some manners, you cannot help but spit your sandwich out into the wrapper in front of everyone and run to the bathroom to wash your mouth. You haven't eaten Jimmy John's since. 


I don't know why I hate cucumbers so much. I'm not allergic or anything like that. I just hate cucumbers with a passion. It almost makes me angry that they seem to be a fan favorite in sandwiches and salad. There are much much much better veggies that you can put in your sandwiches. Lettuce, tomato, onion, peppers; pile them on! But I swear if a cucumber touches my sandwich, I'll throw a fit. It's really stupid that you can bite through your sandwich, through the lettuce, through the tomato, through the onion, and yet when you get to the cucumber slice, you fail to bite through that and it comes out of your sandwich. Now, look at what that cucumber has done to you, it's making you look like a sloppy eater hanging out of your mouth like that. They sometimes even get their own salad! That's ridiculous. Cucumber salad, AKA my worst nightmare. 


What foods are out there that you simply cannot stand? I know a lot of people hate cilantro. There's even a website called I Hate Cilantro that is dedicated to the hatred of cilantro. (I must confess, I think cilantro is horrible, but not nearly as bad as cucumbers.)


I just Googled "I hate cucumbers" and I was brought to this article that says cucumber hatred could be in your genes. Interesting. . . :)