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Post by daylilydude on Oct 15, 2022 7:10:03 GMT -5
Do you have any you don't like , and do you buy or grow them anyway because someone in your house/family does?
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Post by spike on Oct 15, 2022 8:39:06 GMT -5
I love fresh spinach but the canned/frozen stuff totally grosses me out. Same with asparagus, I love the fresh but the canned revolts me. As far as fruits go, those nasty things that are put in fruitcake should be banned and maraschino cherries OH HURL.
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Post by paulf on Oct 15, 2022 9:01:27 GMT -5
Okra, peas, kale, brussels sprouts, eggplant, onions and several other vegetables are on the dislike list. Some have been grown anyway just to see if they could be grown. We learned long ago not to even make the effort if nobody will eat the stuff. My wife likes peas and buys the frozen bags. We buy onions for fajitas but they go into no other foods. Tomatoes, sweet peppers, asparagus, cucumbers, zucchini, green beans, beets and sometimes cabbage is all that gets space in our gardens because that is what gets consumed. Next year the space given to melons will be turned over to decorative gourds and pumpkins; may even try a squash or two.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 15, 2022 10:39:53 GMT -5
Fennel - ick! I hate that anise/licorice flavor. I also dislike basil varieties that have a strong anise flavor; I use sweet or Genovese basils because their flavor is much milder. Generally I have a low tolerance for bitter flavors. So there are some vegetables I haven't been inclined to try because I am pretty sure I'd dislike them, such as bitter melons. And while I like eggplants, I only like the non-bitter ones. If I can't salt the bitterness completely out of an eggplant, I won't eat it. Bitter salad greens I either don't like at all or I can only tolerate in small quantities mixed in a salad...like a little radicchio in a salad of non-bitter lettuces is okay. The one veggie that many people call bitter but I really like is Brussels sprouts. They must get their bitterness from a different chemical compound, because while I taste a hint of bitterness in Brussels sprouts, to me it is a very different flavor, and it's only a tiny fraction of the bitterness in some other foods. Beets taste like a combo of sugar and dirt to me; I just can't get past the "earthiness." Celery is too strong for me raw, so is garlic, and so are most onions. But I love all of those veggies when cooked. I can tolerate the "green" flavor of green pepper but I strongly prefer ripe peppers. As to fruit, I don't like melons, especially cantaloupe and honeydew. Watermelon I can tolerate but don't really enjoy. Melons have a "musky" flavor is really strong and unpleasant to me. Some but not all papayas and other tropical fruit have it, too. So I taste with caution when papaya is involved. I have never seen or tried Durian, but from the descriptions of the smell, I doubt I could ever bring myself to put it in my mouth! Most other veggies and fruit I like. But I do agree with spike that some veggies are nasty when canned - like asparagus, spinach, and peas. Blech! I don't mind frozen spinach cooked in a dish (creamed spinach, spinach and artichoke dip, etc.) but fresh spinach is definitely better. Frozen peas are tolerable, but fresh peas are fantastic. Frozen asparagus is okay, but fresh asparagus is a joy.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 15, 2022 11:02:35 GMT -5
Not too many things out there I don't like, as long as they're fresh, and fixed right. Put enough garlic in just about anything, and it will taste good! A lot of canned things are disgusting, though I grew up eating them, like many of us did. One thing I can't stand, however, is beets - even the milder varieties I've grown myself tasted like I was eating dirt! Maybe it's a genetic thing, like cilantro, with some people. Other root crops do not taste like dirt to me - only beets.
A friend and I tried durian one time, but I didn't like it, though my friend said he did.
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Post by octave1 on Oct 15, 2022 11:44:39 GMT -5
In general I don't like vegetables that taste "too sweet" to me. Don't know why sweetness in veggies puts me off but it does. Beets and Swiss chard are the first two that come to mind. Don't like both but I keep growing them for some of my friends. Cucumbers taste very sweet sometimes, especially if eaten by themselves rather than in salads. Potatoes and peppers can taste sweet too, but I manage to fix them with enough savory ingredients so their sweetness is not overpowering. Unlike Laura_in_FL , I much prefer a hint (just a hint, though) of bitterness here and there, because I think it makes food more interesting, and Radicchio is one of my favorite veggies all around. When it comes to fruit, as long as it is ripe and juicy I will eat it, but the ones I truly love are peaches, figs and watermelon. If I had a steady supply of these three I wouldn't probably eat anything else
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Oct 15, 2022 11:51:23 GMT -5
Ditto word for word what Laura_in_FL, said. We must be related somewhere down the line. With beets, I use them hidden in apple/carrot juice, so I don’t taste them. I don’t like raw onions, Tomatoes, Celery or Garlic, but do like them cooked. I use them in just about every meal, but they are sautéed in olive oil first.
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Post by september on Oct 15, 2022 12:42:41 GMT -5
I am easy to feed! I can't think of too many things that I wouldn't eat, if they were prepared properly. Like a couple of others here, I'm not a big fan of beets (hubby loves them, especially pickled.) I don't like the bitter salad greens raw. I prefer spinach raw, but I can eat it cooked as part of Italian style vegetable soups. Turnips and kohlrabi I prefer only as elements of a stew, not by themselves. I love sweet corn, but can't eat cream style corn or scalloped corn, something about corn and milk products together makes me barf! So a lot is just in the use and preparation. I love raw onions on sandwiches and in salads, dishes with lots of cooked onions, lots of garlic. I can't think of a single fruit that I don't like or wouldn't eat. spike , except maraschino cherries! I pick them off and give them to my hubby, who loves them !
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Oct 15, 2022 17:00:24 GMT -5
I forgot about sauerkraut. I can’t eat that nasty stuff. I don’t even want to smell that mess. Y’all can have all the fermented foods you want. Make me sick, make my stomach go 246.
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Post by paulf on Oct 15, 2022 23:01:13 GMT -5
The only vegetables out of a can I will eat are green beans and ....ta-dah...beets. Love them fresh, pickled or store bought. I load up at buffets. Corn on the cob once per year is OK but never out of a can. Onions in food makes me sick and garlic tastes OK while eating it but ten minutes later I wish I had never eaten it. Carrots are OK.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Oct 16, 2022 12:31:48 GMT -5
Rutabaga and Collard Greens come to mind. I can eat them politely if offered them, but otherwise I will avoid at all costs. My Dad worked in a paper mill all my life and when I smell them cooking, all I smell is the sulfuric funk that reminds me of my dad's work. I've never tried durian or had opportunity to try it.
My gut doesn't like sunchokes. Those I will do a polite decline if I were ever offered.
Spaghetti squash is also not my favorite, but that's a texture thing.
Otherwise, I can't think of a single fruit or another veggie that I wouldn't happily enjoy.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Oct 16, 2022 12:41:45 GMT -5
ladymarmalade, I’ll never forget the first time I tried a spaghetti squash. I was watching some cooking show back in the early 90’s and they said it was just like spaghetti. I rushed out and bought one to try. They don’t taste nothing like spaghetti. I ain’t ever tried another one.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 16, 2022 12:48:51 GMT -5
octave1, I am with you on peaches, especially the varieties that have some tanginess to go with the sweetness. (I am not a fan of the white-fleshed peaches, though; every one I have tasted has been just sweet, with no tartness.) There is nothing like a fully ripe peach fresh off the tree, still warm from the sun. Heaven on earth! Sadly, that is an extremely rare treat for me, since the blasted squirrels like to take one bite out of every peach just before they are even hard-ripe....grrr! hairymooseknuckles, sauerkraut was an acquired taste for me, but I do like it with the right foods. A little kimchi is nice with Korean BBQ, too - though I have to get the mild kind, since the hot kimchi is usually way beyond my spice tolerance. Unlike you, fermented foods don't bother my tummy. ladymarmalade, my MIL will eat collards, but she can't stand to be in the house while they are being cooked because of the smell. So if I cook them at my house and bring them to her, she'll eat them. But smelling turnip greens, mustard, or other greens while they are cooking doesn't bother her the same way. To be fair, the smell of cooking collards is pretty potent, but I grew up with collards cooking as a regular smell in the fall and winter, so I got used to it. I also associate the smell of cooking collards with the holidays of my childhood, because a big pot of collard greens was always on the table at Thanksgiving and Christmas either at home or at Granny's house.
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Post by brownrexx on Oct 16, 2022 14:19:06 GMT -5
I pretty much like everything but only in certain ways. I love cooked tomatoes but don't like them raw, like raw spinach but not cooked, love fresh green beans or peas but don't like them canned, frozen is OK. I like corn either fresh or frozen but not canned. In general, I think that canned vegetables taste awful and are very salty.
I do grow Swiss Chard for hubby but I do not like it either raw or cooked.
The only veggie type item that I really HATE is olives and we cannot grow those.
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Post by paulf on Oct 16, 2022 16:29:49 GMT -5
I remember when I first visited my wife-to-be's home, her mother (my MIL who was a great lady) would go out in the yard (our yard for the past 17 years) and "pick a mess of greens." I couldn't believe anyone would actually eat something from the weed pile. Trying to make a good impression, I tried to force them down...almost came back up. She must have noticed my discomfort because being the nice lady she was, I was never served "greens" again.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Oct 16, 2022 16:39:42 GMT -5
I remember when I first visited my wife-to-be's home, her mother (my MIL who was a great lady) would go out in the yard (our yard for the past 17 years) and "pick a mess of greens." I couldn't believe anyone would actually eat something from the weed pile. Trying to make a good impression, I tried to force them down...almost came back up. She must have noticed my discomfort because being the nice lady she was, I was never served "greens" again. Hahahahaaaa. You made me think of my Uncle. He would not eat anything green. Not even a fresh green bean. I once asked him if he wanted some green beans. He said “No! I don’t eat the hull.”
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Post by brownrexx on Oct 17, 2022 8:56:07 GMT -5
paulf, I can't stand any cooked greens either and I have tried several kinds. DH really likes them but they just seem like mush to me. I have to keep reminding myself to cook them for him. I do use spinach in soups and stuffed chicken breasts but I don't seem to mind it like that. It really does not seem to have a strong taste when used like that.
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Post by spike on Oct 17, 2022 9:00:31 GMT -5
I can't stand any cooked greens either Depends on how they are cooked! When they are cooked to resemble sea kept I am out
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Post by rdback on Oct 18, 2022 11:19:38 GMT -5
I apologize to all you beet lovers out there, but they're just flat-butt nasty - especially pickled!
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Post by paulf on Oct 18, 2022 11:50:34 GMT -5
I apologize to all you beet lovers out there, but they're just flat-butt nasty - especially pickled! Oh come on, we are all friends here. Don't hold back. Let us know how you really feel about beets.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Oct 18, 2022 11:55:57 GMT -5
I don't like southern peas or lima beans, I had to pick and shell uncountable bushels of them as a kid. Rutabagas is the one vegetable that my parents couldn't get me to eat at all. Other than that the limitations are in what I can grow, for instance I love fresh asparagus and even grew it for 3 or 4 years BUT the harvest season was less than 2 weeks. brownrexx, with collards or kale try this: strip the center veins out(trace with a knife on a cutting board grab the stem and rip), stack the leaves in a pile, roll them into a fat cigar, slice crosswise about every quarter inch or slightly larger, dice up a quarter to a half of a sweet onion and brown in olive oil, add greens and stir until wilted, add some apple cider vinegar and a little water, cover the pan on reduced heat and let them steam/braise. Without the center veins there is no need to cook them into utter mush and the onion and ACV mask the bitterness.Exact quantities are by eye and taste. You can add a little salt but I don't really need it. The chickens would like the center veins or you could cook them into vegetable stock.
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Post by spike on Oct 18, 2022 13:40:24 GMT -5
I apologize to all you beet lovers out there, but they're just flat-butt nasty - especially pickled! Oh come on, we are all friends here. Don't hold back. Let us know how you really feel about beets. LOL no apologies needed but I love beets. I can a spiced pickled beet that is amazing! Well to me anyway. Hubs hates it.
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Post by paulf on Oct 18, 2022 15:05:24 GMT -5
Oh come on, we are all friends here. Don't hold back. Let us know how you really feel about beets. LOL no apologies needed but I love beets. I can a spiced pickled beet that is amazing! Well to me anyway. Hubs hates it. Had a pile of beets today for lunch...came from a jar but they were delish.
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Post by brownrexx on Oct 18, 2022 17:28:08 GMT -5
mgulfcoastguy ,you had given me a recipe a couple of years ago for Sauteed Swiss Chard and I actually like it. Olive oil, butter, Swiss chard, onions garlic, white wine and parmesan cheese. I need to make that soon because I just picked some more chard. I like beets too but I just cube and boil them and then add butter. I don't really like picked vegetables all that much.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Oct 18, 2022 17:58:35 GMT -5
mgulfcoastguy ,you had given me a recipe a couple of years ago for Sauteed Swiss Chard and I actually like it. Olive oil, butter, Swiss chard, onions garlic, white wine and parmesan cheese. I need to make that soon because I just picked some more chard. I like beets too but I just cube and boil them and then add butter. I don't really like picked vegetables all that much. I don’t like pickled vegetables at all! Not in Spain, in the rain or on a train.
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Post by brownrexx on Oct 19, 2022 8:44:24 GMT -5
hairymooseknuckles, my DH likes pickled veggies so this year a made a local PA Dutch recipe called Chow-Chow. It uses end of season veggies like cauliflower, carrots, green beans and also some kidney beans. The liquid has vinegar but like all PA Dutch recipes, it also has sugar and although I didn't feel the need to eat much of it, I did taste it and it wasn't bad. DH loved it.
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Post by reubent on Nov 3, 2022 22:38:44 GMT -5
Only vegetable I really do not like is cilantro. That flavor just hits me the wrong way for what reason I know not.
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Post by paulf on Nov 3, 2022 23:14:41 GMT -5
Love cilantro in salsa at my favorite Mexican place. Not overpowering but adds to the flavor. We grow it at home and add cilantro to homemade mexican dishes. Lots of folks either like it or hate it.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Nov 4, 2022 0:15:53 GMT -5
Love cilantro in salsa at my favorite Mexican place. Not overpowering but adds to the flavor. We grow it at home and add cilantro to homemade mexican dishes. Lots of folks either like it or hate it. I put cilantro in lots of stuff. I absolutely love it. My local mexican place brings me a nice saucer of fresh chopped cilantro, onion & jalapeños aling with my meal. I make a lit of charro beans in the winter and its real good in them. But you’re 100% right. Folks either love it or hate it.
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Post by brownrexx on Nov 4, 2022 8:06:20 GMT -5
I am in the Hate It camp but it's weird. I love the salsa which contains cilantro at our local Mexican restaurant but when I grew it at home I ended up ripping it out because we hated it and thought that it tasted like soap!
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