Number of you have said cilantro (which we call rocket over here). What is it you don’t like? There are a lot of peppery salad leaves, but this one seems to be singled out. I like it personally. Goes well with steak.
It would probably be in that realm of spices. I am not exactly sure what spice it is but it does not agree with my taste buds. Over here in America it normally finds it's way into Indian food. It is a flavor that seems to be used in their rice and meats and I think it is what comes out and gives them their musk. I am trying to be polite, I know that some people smell because of the food they eat. I can eat garlic all day long but it would make me smell terrible. Whatever this spice is it gets excreted through the sweat and is noticeable. Don't worry too much about me. I am quite capable of eating what I do not like the taste of. The only thing that really stops me is the sour cream. I am from NY and I have been through the better places of Birmingham AL. So I have gotten immersed in ethnic cooking the proper way by the people themselves. I am quite experimental and up for anything really. I stray away from super spicy extremes, though I used to eat them. All of my relatives are European immigrants from the beginning of last century come in from NY. I don't have a lot of the heritage of the states. I am pretty german/northern Italian who are close to the Slavic areas. My ancestors immigrated to America to find people of their ethnicity and form families. I pretty much got exposed to a lot of real European foods because of that. from there I just try whatever. being from NY I had cooworkers and friends from lots of different nationalities. Being raised to appreciate other peoples cultures I am happy to experience any traditional meals I can. That is one of the reasons I love traditional Jewish foods. I cannot say I have had a lot of them, but the best delis were either Jewish or Italian where I grew up. I really miss the Jewish delis of the northeast. The smell was just awesome. We had enough kids in my school growing up that we got to get a lot of the cooking. I think the true jewish area is NYC and long Island. It may not be their country, but no one gets away with fucking with jews around there. They have their communities around there. It is an interesting culture. I am glad to have known it as I have.
Surprised to see so many votes for sweet potato - I love it! Are we talking the orange or white ones, though? Gotta be orange. Roasted with Sunday lunch, baked... or mashed with some butter and a pinch of ground cumin. Nom. Great in soups too. They can have a bit of an odd texture, but if it bothers you add a bit of regular potato to the mash.
some restaurants serve sweet potato french fries if you are so inclined, but people who normally like sweet potatoes have tried them with mixed reviews.
like a salad for example? I put walnuts in the salads I make. And romain lettuce WHICH I CANNOT EAT AT THE PRESENT TIME!
Liver Brussel Sprouts Cabbage MAYONNAISE! Probably the most disgusting food I ever came across was a Korean delicacy called Kimchi. It's really nothing more than rotten cabbage. It smells bad and tastes horrible. I don't know how anyone eats that shit.
evil bastard ruining a perfectly good salad with nuts. how would you like if I put my nuts in your salad? It's cool, you eat your salad the way you want, but I am not touching it if it has nuts in it, yours or the other kind.
The Brussel sprouts I can do without, but how can you not like cabbage? It has the flavor of broth when boiled. Mayo has it's places, and it is not on hamburgers or for dipping fries into. Fucking heathens. The middle of the US is horrible with that. I have to remember they put that shit on everything in some places. The more white the more likely you are to get mayo slopped on your food. It is just down right wrong in some cases. I don't mean to be racist, but I don't see a lot of black or brown people dumping mayo on everything. Which reminds me, cool whip is just disgusting. I would rather eat vegimite.
Mint Kidney beans on their own Anything hotter than jalapeno or so We went to a booze-tasting charity event last week. As expected there wasn't much I liked for more than half a sip, but KJ brought over a splash of bourbon. It smelled like four parts rubbing alcohol and one part wood stripper or varnish or something. The bloody Mary was memorably disgusting too.
kimchi is a "love it or hate it" food! There are three basic kinds - cabbage and two other vegetables I can't recall. And there are different ways to make it of course. When I was in Korea the US mess halls had to have it available because KATUSA (Korean augmentees to our miltary) eat there. I never liked it but some folks do. Funny about the smell - when we did PT in the summer you could really smell that kimchi wafting off the KATUSA soldiers! Granted they had to smell our booze coming out our pores so I guess we're even!
oh HELL YES to hating kidney beans! My mom used those too - fuck that I substitute pinto beans. Kidney beans are dry & taste bitter.
Thanks for the reminder. I hate cucumbers unless they’re pickled. I can tolerate them if they’re in a sushi roll as long as they’re chopped very fine, but overall I can’t stand eating them raw.
Actually, what you call rocket, we call arugula and is in no way anything like cilantro. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruca_sativa
I don’t like the taste of coffee but I like the smell. I know that’s strange. Usually order hot chocolate or tea.
I like to slice it up into about 1/2" spears, coat with a bit of honey and garlic, then just roast that stuff for about 15 minutes.
Another vote for (or would it be against) squash. Zucchini cut into spears and then deep fried in pig fat can be edible with enough hot sauce and ranch dressing, but then again what isn’t?
Coriander seeds are fine, it's the plant that causes problems. Supposedly, culantro tastes just like cilantro does to the people don't have the genetic sensativity to it, but I've never been able to find any of it to sample it.
At the employee canteen in France they'd serve some interesting dishes. I'm not fond of organ meat, but the day they served brains, all neatly lined up in a row, made me run to get pizza (luckily they had a nice pizza oven). I didn't care for sea-monster pizza. Anything with suction cups should not be served on a pizza. Or anything with the eyes still attached. I was never brave enough to try andouillette. My ex-wife was. It was at the Hippodrome restaurant in Sophia Antipolis. They served horses out back. I'm not sure about in front. It's indelibly marked my memory her spitting out what was in her mouth. On subsequent visits anytime she noticed someone ordering andouillette she'd blurt out, "No! it tastes like shit!" The cute french waitress was always careful to say thank you. Fun times.
I throw a couple of rashers of diced streaky bacon in a pan, fling in minced beef skirt and onions and let it all brown, then throw in peppers, mushrooms, butternut squash, water, boulliion cubes, soy and worcester sauces and a squirt of tomato ketchup. If it's wintery, a cup of paprika may join the party. Bring to the boil and simmer for as long as you like. Leave it overnight, reheat, and tuck in.
Hatred of cilantro is at least partially genetic. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html
