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submitted 1 week ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Celery is used as a flavouring. People who say it doesn't taste of anything probably had Covid or something...

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yup, it can add some nice colour, but besides that there isn't much point. Thanks for the celery validation.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Raw tomatoes are a disgusting, slimy, mealy abomination. Tomato sauce, tomato soup, and ketchup are all excellent.

[-] reddwarf@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Ditto. Can’t stand fresh tomato’s, makes me puke (literally). Any other way (cooked, etc) is perfectly fine.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They only get mealy if your refrigerate them. They shouldn't normally be slimy either. Juicy, yes, if properly ripe, but that's not the same as slimy.

[Actually the seeds do have kind of a slippery coating, that I could see calling slimy.]

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Cooked chicken = me fed

Raw chicken = me ded

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago
[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I like pop tarts way more if they aren't toasted

[-] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Bananas have about a 20 min viability window for me.

[-] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Onions

Raw: arrgg can't stand them. Maybe if it is a sweet onion and very thinly sliced, but otherwise keep it away from me.

Sauteed: Mmmmm.... spread them over EVERYTHING!!!!!

Caramelized: Extremely inappropriate moaning noises...

[-] Mithre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Raw spinach is great, I can just eat handfuls of that all day. Cooked spinach is gross, both in flavor and texture.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Love tuna sushi. Hate hate hate canned tuna!

[-] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Raw carrot good

Cooked carrot bad

[-] Drekaridill@feddit.is 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] knight_alva@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.

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[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think i do not, but my gf loves raw cabbages and cannot stand it when it's cooked in any form.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Raw cabbages are delicious. It's a way better green for salads than any kind of lettuce. It's crispy.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Similarly I also prefer cabbage raw, but it's just a preference.

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Pineapple needs to be fresh. Coconut on the other hand, as awful as it is in shredded form, it turns out is actually WORSE fresh.

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[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tuna. When I was a kid, I was sometimes fed canned tuna in sandwiches and they were vile. I always thought the person who made them put way too much mayo in (I was also off mayo for a long time) but it occurs to me now that maybe it was Miracle Whip? Anyway they were awful. My brother threw up all over the table once during such a lunch.

Anyway, as an adult I finally was brave enough to try sushi tuna, and it’s fine. If you sear it though, it tastes enough like the canned stuff that I can’t eat it. 100% raw is okay though.

[-] knight_alva@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] faberfedor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Oberyn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
  • Onions cept crispy fried kind
  • Any thing canned
  • Cꝏked vegs but SPECIALLY carrots 🤮
  • Frozen pizzas save 1️⃣ brand . Always gets soggy in middle
[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 week ago

I can’t stand raw celery because it makes me lightheaded and dizzy.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

...... That seems like an atypical response to celery? Are you allergic to something in it that breaks down with heat?

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The goo inside of a tomato reminds me of chunky snot. I enjoy a good tomato flavor, even raw.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not a picky eater, I can appreciate most flavors and textures, even if it takes some time. I guess I don't really care for baked potatoes? I don't dislike baked potatoes, I'll eat em up, but I'd prefer practically any other method of preparation. Mashed, scalloped in a Dutch oven or stovetop, hash browns, fries, tater tots, soup.

Hmm, actually boiled has to take bottom rank, even in the best pot roasts the potatoes are the weak link

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm the opposite of a picky eater, I'm a goat and there are almost no foods i won't eat. Except for raw celery. Good lord is that stuff difficult to choke down. Cooked up it's great!

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Main one is cucumbers, after my generous neighbors in my childhood gave us 2 large paper grocery bags of cucumbers and my mother used them in everything for the next month I was done for life, can’t stand them raw, but I will eat pickles all day.

The other would be raw tomatoes, the seed slime is not good for my autistic mouth

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Oh no cucumbers have a very short shelf life if you spent a month eating cucumbers from the same batch they were probably going off by the end.

[-] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I imagine my mother was chucking any that looked off or more likely cutting off the parts that were bad and using the rest.

[-] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Parsley. Absolutely disgusting

Edit: i misunderstood - for the record parsley is awful in all shapes and forms

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Cooked veggies in general. I need crispness to eat them, so mostly raw or very, very lightly cooked.

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