marshall wrote:
Scramjet wrote:
I have quite a texture issue with pretty much any vegetable and a lot of fruits as well. Potatoes is just about the only exception from the rule, but in any case I'm pretty much the opposite of Marshall, who said:
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I despise the texture of most mashed vegetables (beans, peas, squash, potatoes). They all make me gag. Oddly I like these veggies when they aren’t all mashed up. I can’t explain it. On the opposite end I think peanuts ruin most foods unless they are crushed into small bits.
Mashing, smashing and pulping is just about the only way I can get along with veggies and fruit, to "conceal" their "disagreeable" texture.
This is the way most people are.
I have yet to meet someone who doesn't like potatoes much. It's frustrating because the rest of my family and almost everyone else I know loves mashed potatoes while I can't stand them. Thanksgiving dinner is one of the worst meals for me, yet everyone else loads their plates. To me mashed veggies have the consistency of poop in my mouth. That’s exactly what it reminds me of, mushy poop *gag*. I only like potatoes when they have lots of butter and seasoning on them.
Well, I am the first, then. The only way I can eat vegetables is if they still look, feel and taste like vegetables. Once I ate at a restaurant called Cracker Barrel, and the greenbeans that were a side to my catfish were dark-greyish-green, mushy and tasted horrible. The thought of “vegetables” from a can make me barph. As for potatoes, to me, they seem like bland, starchy filler, so really, I won't even eat them flavored or even unmashed.
I share all the same reactions to those particular things that you do in your first post, Marshall, with exception to brussel sprouts and cranberries. The key to good brussel sprouts is to cook them to a precise consistancy - Steam them in a colander until they’re just soft enough to poke a sharp fork into. Then cut each one in half so that you can put a thin sheet of butter between each one. Cranberries, well, I love “tarty” fruit like them. Apricots by themselves are bad, but if you ever get a chance to try them in dark chocolate, you should - I think they are quite good that way.
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