What Foods Are the Smelliest?

Let's Dish: What Food Smells Do You Find Repulsive?

November 5, 2009

Yesterday in the office kitchen, TrèsSugar, Fab, and I got into a discussion about durian, the controversial-smelling Southeast Asian fruit. Très loves it, but Fab said she simply can't get over the smell. The whole discussion got me thinking about olfactory offenses in the kitchen. Personally, I can't stand the sulfurous smell of eggs. What odors can't you handle?

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44 Comments

3 years 24 weeks

indian curry...ughh ewww

flavacrisp 3 years 24 weeks

For some reason, I don't like the smell of grilled cheese when its on the pan.

Allytta 3 years 27 weeks

tuna and cauliflower.

3 years 27 weeks

Anise, nutmeg, and cloves. If i have to use pumpkin pie/apple pie spice, i will just use cinnamon. the smell of cloves and whatnot are repulsive!

Kelliegrl 3 years 27 weeks

I hate garlic breath. It's not ok to have that smell on your breath especially because it lingers for so long even with the use of so called remedies.

eshellmoyer 3 years 28 weeks

The only food smells I find repulsive are rotten food smells, which shouldn't really count. I never like the neighbors' cooking smells. Either everything smells really good and you're sad you're not making that, or it smells horrible and stinks up the hall for days.

Munkeyhed 3 years 28 weeks

Ditto on the fresh papaya, yuck! Also movie popcorn & curry of any type, too.

bebe510 3 years 28 weeks

Fish sauce, shrimp paste, liver pate`, cauliflower, menudo

POPSUGAR Food 3 years 28 weeks

oh, and stale french fries

POPSUGAR Food 3 years 28 weeks

Thanks PinkNC! And I coudn't agree more about the fish sauce!

Mme Hart 3 years 28 weeks

Doritos! Barf!!

tepiza 3 years 28 weeks

bacon and boxed yellow cake mix in the oven.

witchbaby 3 years 28 weeks

the morning after throwing a raw chicken bone in the trash. YUCK!! I just want to throw the garbage out the window!

PinkNC 3 years 28 weeks

I like YumSugar's new look! She looks sassy :)

PinkNC 3 years 28 weeks

I don't like the smell when someone is cooking pigs feet or chitlings. Even before they're cooked they both smell awful. I could never eat that mess.

danielle854 3 years 28 weeks

I cannot stand the smell of bacon or sausage. Ewe.

fuzzles 3 years 28 weeks

For those curious about lutefisk, here is a link. Because this article is really as close to the stuff as anyone should get. The humorous quotes near the end of the page--Garrison Keillor's in particular--are painfully funny! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk

fuzzles 3 years 28 weeks

I have no idea how this regional dish didn't enter my mind immediately...Lutefisk. I can't even begin to describe the stench. Truly, truly horrific.

Sarabear 3 years 28 weeks

Any seafood.

PirateKitty 3 years 28 weeks

mayo and celery!

rachmolly 3 years 28 weeks

yogurt. ick!

Spectra 3 years 28 weeks

Any time I make bleu cheese sauce, it grosses me out because it smells like sweat and vomit combined. I also hate the smell of cooked liver, so I never make that on purpose. I also do NOT like the smell of fish cooking; it smells like stinky cat food.