Foods you just don't like

[C. sapidus]

On 1/23/2025 at 11:16 PM, liuzhou said:

I'm shocked to realise I never mentioned macaroni cheese / mac and cheese or whatever you call it. It was my family's favourite and I always hated it. It was one food I was never forced to sit at the table and attempt to force down.

 

 

I never liked mac and cheese until we went to a friend's wedding in South Carolina. Host family prepared all of the food, and the mac and cheese was a revelation. Great BBQ also.

 

I was the wedding photographer, for better or worse. This was my favorite picture from the reception.

 

Edited yesterday at 04:17 PM by C. sapidus (log)

[C. sapidus]

I am a fairly adventurous eater, and not everything has been a favorite. A Russian grandma once loaded my plate with cold slabs of lard doused with her homemade hot sauce. Cold lard was not great, but the hot sauce was flavorful and I cleaned my plate.

 

The only two things that I consistently do not like are honeydew and cantaloupe. Most folks seem to love them, and I try them every few years just to confirm, but there is a sickly-sweet taste that puts me off.

Edited yesterday at 04:19 PM by C. sapidus (log)

[FauxPas]

9 hours ago, C. sapidus said:

The only two things that I consistently do not like are honeydew and cantaloupe. Most folks seem to love them, and I try them every few years just to confirm, but there is a sickly-sweet taste that puts me off.

 

I think I know what you mean, even though I like melons. But I have to say that I like them a tiny bit on the green side. Not really green, but with the flesh a bit crisp rather than soft and with less of that musky sweetness. 

 

I think I feel the same about papaya. Fully ripe papaya can be quite off-putting to me.  And bananas too, I definitely like them just a bit green-ish. 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by FauxPas
To add banana (log)

[chromedome]

44 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

 

I think I know what you mean, even though I like melons. But I have to say that I like them a tiny bit on the green side. Not really green, but with the flesh a bit crisp rather than soft and with less of that musky sweetness. 

 

I think I feel the same about papaya. Fully ripe papaya can be quite off-putting to me.  And bananas too, I definitely like them just a bit green-ish. 

 

It's interesting how different we all are on these things. For me an underripe melon (ie, still with that hint of crispness you find appealing) is just an inferior cucumber, and a banana that's not leopard-spotted isn't worth wasting my time on. My sister, on the other hand, likes her bananas with just a faint flush of yellow over the green.

 

(shrug) To each his/her/their own, right? I have to say, it works in my favor that bananas I consider to finally be ready to eat get marked down at most stores.

[liuzhou]

I wait for the bananas to turn black and start packing their bags and moving out of the store under their own steam then I round them up and make banana bread.

 

 

Perfection.
 

(If you like that s ort of thing)

 

 

[Katie Meadow]

2 hours ago, liuzhou said:

I wait for the bananas to turn black and start packing their bags and moving out of the store under their own steam then I round them up and make banana bread.

 

 

Perfection.
 

(If you like that s ort of thing)

 

 

I don't like that sort of thing. I don't like bananas or bread made from them. I thought you didn't have an oven...

[liuzhou]

59 minutes ago, Katie Meadow said:

I don't like that sort of thing. I don't like bananas or bread made from them. I thought you didn't have an oven...

 

 

I totally understand. I don't like or eat anything containing cØrn.

 

For while I did have an oven, then it died. Then for a while I didn't have an oven. But then I bought a new one. A large toaster oven. I make bread in that. Once upon a long ago, I was quite active in the bread baking topic.

 

Extremely few of my neighbours have an oven, if any.

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[FauxPas]

11 hours ago, liuzhou said:

wait for the bananas to turn black and start packing their bags and moving out of the store under their own steam then I round them up and make banana bread

 

Oh yes, I do make banana bread with older bananas actually! Mostly made for my husband but I enjoy it also. I couldn't eat the bananas straight up for some time before they are ready for bread, but they don't bother me once baked. 😃