I thought I hated capsicum most of my life but lately (past my mid 30s) I’ve come to actually really like it raw. As in salads or sandwiches. I’m enjoying that. As a child my parents would add it frequently to meals but it would always be cooked and I was never a fan.
Or mushrooms for example. I love them almost any way except preserved. If they came from inside a tin or jar with long shelf life the taste is just horrendous.
Similar for artichokes, they must be fresh.
I love sesame seeds, but I absolutely hate sesame seed oil and I can’t understand why. The taste is so different.
Curious about yours. Any similar examples?
As a kid, I passed a strawberry jam factory each day,on my way to school. The horribly sweet smell made me abhor any processed strawberry. But fresh strawberries? Anytime.
Broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, and brussel sprouts.
I’ve heard “you just haven’t had them done the right way” so many times, from so many people, who then make them their preferred way and they still taste like straight up dookie.
No amount of butter, or cheese, or time spent cooking under any kind of application of heat makes these things taste palatable.
Plus they all stink like farts when cooked, which just makes it worse.
I’ve got that gene that converts asparagus into, uh, interesting smelling piss. Weird thing is that it hits within an hour of eating it.
I can only guess that you forgot and left out cabbage?
Fun fact, that gene is only about whether you can smell the compound in the piss, not whether your body processes asparagus into that smell.
They tested this by having people smell other people’s urine, and found that the people who can smell it in their own piss can also smell it in the piss of everyone who eats asparagus, even of the people who claim not to produce that smell.
I not only hate vegetables but what they do to me is just plain nasty. I can only eat peas, artichokes and sometimes corn. Oh and marmite, I can eat that stuff right out of the bottle. I eat any veg and bam I am a fart machine for hours, my stomach hurts like hell and my bowels freak out. I am almost 70 and I have yet to die from not eating veg. What I almost died from was friends and family incessantly saying “eat your vegetables” like I am 5 year old.
Do potatoes also go in your blacklist? Most veg rejectors I’ve known seem to be okay with that
Love spuds, no issues at all. Avocados now that I think of it as well sometimes.
Raw celery. Most people seem to say it has no flavour. To me it smells and tastes similar to vodka and makes me sick to even think about. It’s also kinda squeaky on the teeth which is unacceptable. Cooked in a soup or whatever is fine.
Cabbage rolls. Specifically that combination of ingredients has made me sick by smelling it in the past, though it’s not as bad now as an adult, and they do taste good. Cooked/boiled cabbage in any other context never bothered me.
Pickled onions. I love onions and can eat them raw, but I couldn’t even finish one mini pickled one due to the resemblance to stomach acid, taste and smell.
Yeah well can’t blame you on the celery. I also don’t like it much. I can eat it but it’s kinda eugh and I agree it absolutely has a taste. I also find it more bland if it’s been cooked but I don’t see it as an improvement.
Yup, it can add some nice colour, but besides that there isn’t much point. Thanks for the celery validation.
Celery is used as a flavouring. People who say it doesn’t taste of anything probably had Covid or something…
Celery - at least what I get from my local supermarket(s) - definitely has a whole spectrum of flavour, so I wouldn’t agree with anyone saying it doesn’t have any.
“Vodka-like” isn’t an adjective I’d use either, but for me the spectrum runs from bitter and almost urine-like to sweet and mild (but unmistakably still celery), so maybe there’s something in there that’s reminiscent of vodka for some people. I should note that this can apply to stalks on the same root as well. Younger/inner shoots tend to be sweeter, but that’s not a hard and fast rule.
I can’t stand raw celery because it makes me lightheaded and dizzy.
… That seems like an atypical response to celery? Are you allergic to something in it that breaks down with heat?
I don’t like:
- hot fruit
- crisp vegetables cooked past al dente
- salt (a little, but way less than anyone else likes)
- putting fruit in pastries or bread (my wife’s caramel apple crumble pie is an exception)
- raisins in anything (especially cookies and bread)
I like fruits and vegetables, but generally speaking only in whole-form.
Cheese is great on a pizza.
But:
Cheese is terrible in mac & cheese (I mean like: I hate mac & cheese)
Cheese also ruins a sandwich imo
Ok… Do you like cheese alone? What about a cheese platter with crackers maybe?
No lol.
For me, cheese is only like a condinment. It goes on other stuff, not a food by itself (imo, at least)
Cheese goes on pizza, Burgers, but not a sandwich. Like it feels a bit weird to have some food with cheese, if you know what I mean. I grew up acustomed to Chinese food (and Americanized Chinese food too), so I guess I just never have real exposure to what “western” food is really like (even tho I live in the US, I guess I’m just a picky eater… 🤷♂️)
Raw spinach is great, I can just eat handfuls of that all day. Cooked spinach is gross, both in flavor and texture.
Same. Raw spinach salad for days, but cook or can it and it immediately becomes one of my most hated foods.
Carrots are not as bad but I don’t care for them cooked, especially when raw carrots are so tasty.
It’s dinosaur time
Open the door, get on the floor!
Everybody chew like dinosaurs!
The only thing I like cooked spinach for is spinach dip. It’s acceptable as a layer in things like lasagna, but I won’t complain if it isn’t there.
Hmm. Only thing I’ve found is I don’t like hot lettuce (so on a hot sandwich where it also gets hot). My husband hates raw tomatoes but loves everything they become. Sibling hates raw onions but likes them soft and cooked into soups and the like.
Fair fair. Yeah I’m not a fan of soggy lettuce, I can tolerate it now but as a kid I was adamant on not having it as part of my toastie or, even better, add it after toasting.
Raw Brussel sprouts are better than boiled. I can’t eat raw apples because of the texture but I love apple flavoured stuff. Beans are good when they’re not boiled or from a tin.
Have you tried many different types of apples? I find that some have a gritty almost fuzzy texture that I can’t stand, but some other apples have a completely different texture.
I have and I can’t stand any of them. Probably related to my autism.
What? Raw brussel sprouts? I haven’t tried them raw, any recommendations?
Beans? You mean like green peas right? Otherwise the red kidney or black beans are mega hard if not boiled or not from a tin.
I mean peas, yes. Brussel sprouts are even better cut in half and slightly seared on a pan.
I could never stand raw tomatoes as a kid and, for the most part, I still hate them. Most sorts of cooked tomatoes are fine. I can tolerate the shitty fast food tomatoes that are just the solid bits and are nearly flavorless, but I still don’t like them.
I used to hate raw tomatoes too until I followed Alton Brown’s advice: only buy tomatoes in season and then only from road-side stands.
Turns out, he was right and I love tomatoes! AndI never buy any from the grocery store.
Love tuna sushi. Hate hate hate canned tuna!
- Onions cept crispy fried kind
- Any thing canned
- Cꝏked vegs but SPECIALLY carrots 🤮
- Frozen pizzas save 1️⃣ brand . Always gets soggy in middle
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Raw carrot good
Cooked carrot bad
Parsley. Absolutely disgusting
Edit: i misunderstood - for the record parsley is awful in all shapes and forms
