Lobster and crab was poor person food back in the day, then it switched for some reason? You figure it out?! Bottom dwelling scavenger bugs from the ocean are now en vogue?

I'm going for the jugular vein of this question and say - burgers. They're like a BBQ staple that many people feel can't go without.

I am not much of a burger person.

Animals. We are fucking herbivores. Every herbivore has a basic capacity to consume meat because every herbivore is MADE OF MEAT. If their bodies could not perform catabolism, they would not be able to live. Your body literally digests itself when cells die. But we are not adapted to eat meat except for survival in times of famine. The more meat a human eats, the younger they die, and the more major diseases they experience. THAT'S A FUCKING HERBIVORE.

Not even to consider that the animals we eat are vulnerable individuals whose very creation was an act of abuse. It is wrong to create an intelligent creature and then force it into a situation where it is dependent upon you for its survival. It is wrong to force an intelligent creature to become pregnant and bear a child. It is wrong to take children from their parents for financial gain. It is wrong to murder vulnerable individuals who are not a threat and do not want to die. Every step is wrong, and not just a little bit, these are some of the worst things you can possibly do to another individual. And most people do it several times a day, without giving it any thought at all. It fucking destroys me.

I'm with the truffles guy saying truffles with the caveat that perhaps I haven't had real truffles properly.

Otherwise, I find KFC too overrated. All fast food chains in general, but KFC in particular gets a hype at least in my circles. From what I hear, you are buying bliss and a heavenly experience in a bucket. Come on. It's just chicken bits with nothing special about them, in fact the cheap deep frying oils can upset my stomach easily.

Also weird to me that you’re expected to do all the work to consume the lobster too.

I think canned soup is overrated. The nutritional value is surprisingly low. Salt is high. And when I’m looking for something vegan, I figure soups are an easy genre for option. Nope. Everything has some milk product added to it.

steak

Avocado is fine, but its not something I seek out to eat. If its included in a dish or in a meal, I'll eat it, but I don't find it especially enjoyable. I'm even a big fan of most fruit and veg, but avocado its kind of forgettable if you ask me. I do like cooking with avocado oil though for its high temp usage and health benefits, but I don't really find the flavor of the fruit in the oil.

Anything "truffle" I've ever been offered smells absolutely terrible to me. While not near as powerful as durian, the smell and taste give me a bit of that vibe.

Perhaps it's all just been fake truffle oil type crap and real shaved truffle is amazing, but nobody's ever given me any of that or inspired me to try it.

I find lot of seafood disgusting, and the unsustainability of wild caught seafood is just the cherry on top.

Unagi. Doesn't taste that special and has a texture like dried out overcooked fish complete with the occasional sharp scale or bone that stabs your throat. Definitely not worth decimating wild eel populations for.

Related, any kind of fish eggs. Whether caviar or salmon roe sushi. They're like those popping bubbles in bubble tea but instead of a nice sweet fruit syrup it's concentrated fish stink that coats your tongue and overpowers everything else.

Oysters and clams (bivalves in general). You're literally eating its entire digestive system complete with poop. The crunchy sand is just a reminder of that. And eating it raw is a great way to get parasites and hepatitis.

One that's not seafood: asparagus. People say it makes your pee stink but somehow don't talk about how much the vegetable itself stinks going in. Maybe I've just never found a cooking method I like but I've never tasted an asparagus that doesn't make me wince when swallowing. I personally love the vast majority of vegetables, many of which I prefer compared to meat, but asparagus (and Chinese bitter melon) are exceptions.

Any kind of alcohol in general. I think beer tastes and smells like the liquid at the bottom of a dumpster, so does wine, and any kind of spirit tastes like literal poison. Whatever psychoactive effects it has is not worth the constant nausea during and after drinking. If I'm looking for psychoactive effects, I prefer edible cannabis extract, still doesn't taste that great but you only need a tiny amount to get high which you can chase down with regular food to make the taste go away.

The "two guys burger shop burger".

Maaaate, your burger is shit. It's a precariously stacked abomination that's 8 inches tall, has two ruined patties and half a cup of smoky bbq sauce and melted cheese on it, and then you decided that what it really needed was enough chilli on it so that all you can taste is burning.

Almost all fast food.

It's hot candy.

Italian restaurant food. Why should I pay so much for spaghetti and meatballs???

Wagyu, purely for the texture in this case.

I don't want "steak-butter", I want to rip through a raw piece of meat.

Bacon.

Holy fuck it is very good is made correctly and timely. But somehow it was a Meme that stuck.

McDonald's - way too expensive for the quality and quantity.

Pork products (excluding bacon). I can't stand the taste of ham, bologna, pork chops, etc. Hot dogs are okay but I prefer beef franks.

Mac n cheese. I like noodles, and I like cheese, but I don't like them put together unless there's a tomato based sauce in between.

Meatloaf. The taste and texture is off-putting.

I agree on lobster because I think crab tastes better.

Agree on truffles, I think they are just expensive because they are rare and fragile, not because they are magically delicious.

People here LOVED Dave's hot chicken. I went and really, it's fine, I'd eat it but wouldn't affirmatively choose it, if getting industrial fried chicken Popeyes and Publix are both better.

And man do people love Cuban Sandwiches here. Again, I will eat them they are fine but mostly because the bread is so good. Would rather just have a roast pork on the bread, dressed, without the ham & salami, or even the cheese toast on Cuban Bread I think is so good. There is nothing magical about the 3 meat combo.

Onion rings.

Tried it at I think ALL of the resteraunts in my town. (10-20+). ALL of them tasted like heart faliure. Like, I'm sure chips/french fries are also unhealthy, but I can't feel my heart slowing down with every bite like with onion rings