10 most hated foods

[Don Cuevas]

That's my sister they're writing about!

[bjd]

I agree with the comment in the article about how it's strange that the picky eaters can only eat unhealthy food. It's always surprising that someone, somewhere tries to find a genetic or medical basis for fussiness.

I speak as someone who refused to eat as a kid. When I was 5 or 6, my mother took me to the doctor because I wouldn't eat. I still remember this -- he said, "when she's hungry, she'll eat." There are still lots of things I don't especially like or want to eat, but there is certainly no medical or genetic basis for it -- it's just fussiness.

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I thought I was sort of finicky as a child -- the most picky in my family -- but I have since encountered so many people who apparently can't eat ANYTHING, that I feel that I was extremely open minded.

All of my obstacles melted away when I went to live on my own and was extremely poor. Pickiness was no longer an issue, and it completely disappeared. Perhaps this would cure a lot of people in the article.

[mickthecactus]

My 11 year old grandson has just started to eat carrots - but they can only be purple.......

[bixaorellana]

Oh that's so funny! Is it a clever way to avoid carrots altogether, or is someone in the family actually growing purple carrots?

That's a slightly different version of what one of my sisters gave up for Lent when she was little: asparagus. We all mocked her, as that wasn't something that appeared on the table all that often. She airily replied that she really, really liked them and if we had them, she would not eat them.

[lagatta]

There are purple carrots - I've seen them at the Jean-Talon market. However they are much less common than orange, yellow or deeper, almost red carrots.

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[mickthecactus]

That's exactly the colour of carrots I have grown this year........

[lagatta]

Yes, I've seen all those colours at the market, as well as a deep red variety.

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One wonders when a carrot becomes a parsnip.

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I grow a purple carrot in the fall/winter. The variety is called Purple Haze. I used them to bake a carrot cake with for my friend's birthday,it was strange looking but tasty. I think they taste a little bit sweeter than the pure orange.

[Jazz]

What an entertaining thread,which I totally missed . It would take the entire Debate Board to generate such passion! ;D The two Most Hated thread lists reveal that I seem to be abnormal.

www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/293

community.livejournal.com/about_food/76665.html

On these lists I only hate those mushy, insipid, washed out, green canned peas, gelatin and liver. (But, I like chicken livers, gently sautéed with cream, chicken broth and scallions/garlic, served over fettucini). All of the others I like very much or love. Tofu is hated by many, but loved by me, especially the Szechuan hot and spicy tofu, or in hot and sour soup. Great recipe, Fumobici! You commented on the Maille shop in Paris, I’ve been there and you would love it. It’s small, at 6, Place de la Madeleine and has been there for a long time.

Tripe, andouillette and pig’s ears sound hideous to me. Ugh. Once I had tripe and almost threw up, it tasted like gristle. I don’t at all understand most of the Hated Foods in this thread, but as Lagatta and Casimira suggested, perhaps people have never had these foods fresh and/or beautifully cooked.

The purple carrots are referred to here as 'heirloom' carrots. They are tasty, sweeter than an orange carrot...definitely more parsnippy.

How could anyone hate an innocent and delicious blueberry?

[mickthecactus]

Aug 17, 2010 22:51:19 GMT casimira said:

I grow a purple carrot in the fall/winter. The variety is called Purple Haze. I used them to bake a carrot cake with for my friend's birthday,it was strange looking but tasty. I think they taste a little bit sweeter than the pure orange.

That's the variety I've grown which he has taken too.

[lagatta]

I like every single item on the Men's Health list - liver is often overcooked, which turns it into shoe leather. Lamb's liver lightly sautéed with garlic and lemon or grilled is beloved in many Mediterranean cuisines. And of course Brussels Sprouts, so tasty when very fresh, can bring back memories of school dinner stodge.

Where I live, hating maple syrup and blueberries (as important in Québec as they are in Maine and New Brunswick) would be a criminal offense. And Pea Soup was the stereotypical dietary staple of ordinary people in Québec, and a lovely thing to eat on a frigid day.

Onions??

I don't really like cooked carrots very much, but I always have carrots on hand to grate into salads.

I'm an unusual foodie in that I don't like raw oysters (textural thing). Funny, I love raw fish.

Like Jazz, I like tofu in its place. I strongly dislike tofu in foods from other cultures taking the place of cheese or something. I've had tofu lasagna and tofu couscous inflicted on me, and was not a happy gatta.

I don't much care for tripe or andouille/andoullette.

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On the Men's Health list, I don't like beets in any situation where they are the prime ingredient, and the same goes for eggplant.

To prove how contradictory I am, today I bought a can of eggplant purée (product of Lebanon) and a can of fried eggplant slices (product of Turkey) Or maybe it proves that I am trying really hard.

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Aug 18, 2010 17:12:33 GMT kerouac2 said:

On the Men's Health list, I don't like beets in any situation where they are the prime ingredient, and the same goes for eggplant.

To prove how contradictory I am, today I bought a can of eggplant purée (product of Lebanon) and a can of fried eggplant slices (product of Turkey) Or maybe it proves that I am trying really hard.

;D please report back to us on this Kerouac!!!

[cristina]

From the aol list that Jazz provided, I totally get liver being the most hated food. From my generation (and geography growing up) anyway, liver was always cooked to death (with too many onions, IMO, at the time). And it was served at least once a week, because we were all apparently iron-deprived youngsters. I remember as a young adult learning that a serving of liver had far more than the recommended daily maximum of cholesterol. I could therefore decline to serve liver to my children, smug because I knew it wasn't *really* healthy. I don't know a single person my age who ever cooked liver for their own children.

I would certainly eat liver if it was served to me as a guest (even if that might be an odd dish to serve to guests, in the US, anyway), but I wouldn't go out of my way to eat it.

As others have noted, I agree that blueberries are an odd item on these lists. But I have to disagree that its because the only exposure might have been to industrial blueberries in a can (paraphrasing). As long as I can remember fresh blueberries have been available in the supermarkets. And I have lived or shopped in a few different regions of the US so I don't think its a geographic thing. It would be interesting to hear why so many people don't like them.

Finally, I have never bought or cooked okra. I categorize that item with liver as it was never prepared in a palatable way when I was growing up. However my picky-eater-daughter has decided she loves okra, after having it served grilled and lightly dressed at someone else's home. I suppose I should try to figure out what fresh okra looks like and trying grilling it...

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I like okra in its full slimy glory, but many people like it fried in that quadrant of the country where it is commonly eaten.

[cristina]

Aug 23, 2010 4:55:23 GMT kerouac2 said:

I like okra in its full slimy glory, but many people like it fried in that quadrant of the country where it is commonly eaten.

I don't even know what it looks like! I have been on the lookout in the produce section at the market over the last few weeks and there is nothing labeled okra.

Maybe its only sold fresh in southern states?

And the slimy state is precisely why I have never before bought it.

[bixaorellana]

Cristina, have you checked the frozen foods section? It comes frozen either sliced into rounds or small & whole. Here is a very basic chicken gumbo recipe (#15). Use it for the directions for preparing okra. That's not the only way to prepare it, but is a good way to try it the first time. You can eat it plain, or sprinkle on a few drops of vinegar (pepper vinegar is good!). My grandmother used to fix it "dry" with tomato, which is one of my favorite ways to eat it. Saute chopped onions & a little garlic, then add chopped tomatoes and keep cooking until all their juice has evaporated. Mix in the cooked okra and saute just long enough for the flavors to meld. Add salt & pepper & a little basil if you wish, or "cajun style" seasoned salt.

[cristina]

Aug 23, 2010 6:18:39 GMT bixaorellana said:

Cristina, have you checked the frozen foods section? It comes frozen either sliced into rounds or small & whole. Here is a very basic chicken gumbo recipe (#15). Use it for the directions for preparing okra. That's not the only way to prepare it, but is a good way to try it the first time. You can eat it plain, or sprinkle on a few drops of vinegar (pepper vinegar is good!). My grandmother used to fix it "dry" with tomato, which is one of my favorite ways to eat it. Saute chopped onions & a little garlic, then add chopped tomatoes and keep cooking until all their juice has evaporated. Mix in the cooked okra and saute just long enough for the flavors to meld. Add salt & pepper & a little basil if you wish, or "cajun style" seasoned salt.

Well, I kind of thought that's what okra might look like. And I even find green things that look like that at the market but they always turn out to be something else. I must take pictures.

NB My friend's husband told my daughter that they were eating grilled lizard penises (penii?). I think this may have colored my search for proper okra.

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This was a great thread.

[Don Cuevas]

Aug 15, 2013 16:58:35 GMT kerouac2 said:

This was a great thread.

Are we celebrating Thread Revival Week?

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It's the best thing to do during the slow season.