Flismflop wrote:
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.
Yup, I'm the same way. All canned veggies are pure rot. Probably the worst vegetable for me is cauliflower. I find it has no taste at all and if it’s overcooked I will gag on it. It’s like eating mushy water. I also agree with you on potatoes. They do taste kind of bland to me. I often order fish and chips because I like the fish, but I leave most of the fries. I only eat the fries for the stuff to dip them in, and even that I tire of quite quickly. I guess I don’t mind throwing out the fries since they aren’t a healthy food anyways. I would feel too weird asking for just fish when I order.
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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.
Actually I’m not sure if I would hate brussels sprouts and cranberries now. I hated them as a kid, but I also hated asparagus back then (I thought it smelled like urine). Now I find asparagus to be one of the tastier vegetables and it only smells bad to me if it’s overcooked or sits out too long. The apricot is another one of those foods where the smell is more disagreeable than the taste. I’m pretty sure walnuts will always taste bad though.