Every country has comfort foods people love, but America also has plenty of dishes that divide the dinner table. In this video, we’re looking at 20 dishes Americans hate, from old-school casseroles to controversial desserts, strange textures, and foods that have somehow stayed famous despite being constantly criticized. Some are hated because they’re bland. Some are hated because they’re too sweet, too slimy, too processed, or just too weird to win everyone over. We’ll cover notorious foods like meatloaf, Jell-O salad, Brussels sprouts, tuna casserole, scrapple, bologna sandwiches, cottage cheese, ambrosia salad, pigs in aspic, Hawaiian pizza, sweet potato casserole, fruitcake, oatmeal raisin cookies, the McDonald’s McRib, mint chocolate chip ice cream, okra soup, olive loaf, sardines, eggnog, and black licorice. Some of these dishes are tied to childhood memories, holiday traditions, school lunches, regional pride, or family recipes that people either defend forever or avoid at all costs. Others became food punchlines because of their smell, texture, appearance, or reputation. Whether you secretly love these foods or think they belong in the culinary hall of shame, this list proves that American food opinions can get surprisingly intense. Which dish on this list do you think gets too much hate? And which one deserves every bit of criticism? Drop your thoughts in the comments, hit like if you enjoy food countdowns, and subscribe for more videos about the strange, nostalgic, and controversial foods people can’t stop arguing about.