Today’s youth work game is Guess The Taste – a game that can be as funny and disgusting as your imagination can make it. It’s perfect for using when you want just a couple of youth participating up front, with everyone else watching.
The aim of the game is for the young people to identify different flavors while blindfolded. Now, you could be nice and make it fairly simple by just giving them one thing at a time to taste. But where’s the fun in that?
The better way of playing Guess The Taste is to make disgusting food combinations. Not only do the victims have to isolate the different flavors while blindfolded, but you can also make the flavor combinations taste really gross.
Here are some suggestions of disgusting food combinations you could use, but like I said before – let your imagination run wild:
- Oatmeal & shrimp*
- Cold baked beans & tuna
- Onions & mashed banana
- Sliced meat & peanut butter
- Chocolate pudding* & celery
- Ramen noodles* & jam
- Cornflakes & ketchup
- Olives & cottage cheese
- Beef jerky & blueberry yogurt
- Skittles & ranch dressing*
- Brussel sprouts & BBQ sauce
- Sardines & donuts
- Soup & cheese puffs*
- Ravioli & milkshake
- Rachel’s trifle in Friends. Although, what’s not to like? Custard – good. Jam – good. Beef – gooooooooooood.
Tips:
- Have a couple of buckets on hand, just in case there’s any upchucking
- Make sure the youth taking part don’t have foods they can’t eat (e.g. allergies, religious reasons, vegetarian/vegan, etc)
- Hold up signs saying what each combination is as they’re about to eat them, so that the rest of the youth can know what’s about to be eaten (and react loudly!)
- For even more laughs, have an adult volunteer take part
* For fellow Brits, a translation:
- Shrimp = prawns
- Chocolate pudding = similar to chocolate Angel Delight, but more gloopy
- Ramen Noodles = Super Noodles
- Ranch dressing = a little like salad cream or mayo
- Cheese puffs = Wotsits
Question: What disgusting food combinations can you think of? We’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments below.
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