TOTALLY GEEKED!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Foods You Hate!

Cheerios4606 · Guru

fish, brussle sprouts, and indian food.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I can't think of anything I hate.

I don't like peas any way but in a 7 layer salad.

Not a fan of celery or carrots unless they are cooked.

Not a tuna casserole eater, but if that is all there is, I'll eat it.

I guess cause that's how I was raised.

Mom made the meals, you ate the meals.

If you didn't like what was made, you ate it anyway.

Now, it wasn't all the time food we didn't like, but the only choice we got was eat or do without.

And this was the rule every place we ate.

The only time we got to choose was the rare times we went out to eat.

At any of our grandparents, aunts, cousins, friends, or babysitters, it was the same.

Eat what you are given.

I learned to eat thing in order.

I started with what I liked the least.

End with what I liked the most.

Potluck meals at church and family gatherings were a treat.

FNW · Guru

Yogurt.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I like lamb but can't eat it. The stories of how the are raised before butchering got to me, same with veal.

I can't stand the smell or taste of beets.

Everything else is fine.

Ohfour · Hooker

Cheerios4606 wrote:
fish, brussle sprouts, and indian food.

I unfriend you....

Ohfour · Hooker

There is actually nothing that I just WILL NOT eat. I don't care for ice cream, I don't care for peaches...and I REALLY do not care for peach ice cream.

Wait! I remembered something. I do not like raw seaweed. I think that is actually the only thing I've ever spit out...

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ohfour wrote:
Cheerios4606 wrote:
fish, brussle sprouts, and indian food.
I unfriend you....

I like Indian food, but not the cheap restaurants that have cheap cuts of meat and marinate the heck out of it and pass it off as real Indian food. Love fish, and Brussels sprouts taste just like asparagus, love those. My guess is Cheerios has never had good seafood or veggies.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Ohfour wrote:
There is actually nothing that I just WILL NOT eat. I don't care for ice cream, I don't care for peaches...and I REALLY do not care for peach ice cream.

Wait! I remembered something. I do not like raw seaweed. I think that is actually the only thing I've ever spit out...

I don't care for ice cream either. One bite, and I'm done for a couple of years. biggrin

Oh, I can't stand organ meats either. (Liver, kidney, heart, etc. No thanks. I'll pass.)

Ohfour · Hooker

mmmmm...chicken livers...the only place I can find them is at Cracker Barrel. But since Brad's wife was fired, I don't know if they even have them anymore... wink

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

How can you dismiss FISH?

So many different kinds, textures, flavors!

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Raw oysters gag me.

But fried oysters are good.

Lindley · Guru

Oysters yuck 🤢 they look like snot balls. I don't like liver, squash of any kind or okra. I don't like raisins either.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Liver is something I have to be starving to eat.

But enough onion can kill any taste.

Lindley · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Liver is something I have to be starving to eat.

But enough onion can kill any taste.

Your body may need the iron. I find that if you crave something it is something your body needs.

Cheerios4606 · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
Cheerios4606 wrote:
fish, brussle sprouts, and indian food.
I unfriend you....

Was it something I said? lol!!!!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Raw oysters gag me.

But fried oysters are good.

I love both. You just know how to eat them

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Lima beans, any kind of dried beans (pinto, kidney, great
northern, etc.), refried beans, hominy. To me, refried
beans taste as I would expect wallpaper paste to taste
like.

-- Edited by Momala on Friday 31st of March 2017 04:47:47 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lindley wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Liver is something I have to be starving to eat.

But enough onion can kill any taste.
Your body may need the iron. I find that if you crave something it is something your body needs.

I'm ALWAYS needing iron.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Raw oysters gag me.

But fried oysters are good.

I love both. You just know how to eat them

I've tried raw, it's the way it feels in my mouth, it gags me.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

And IKWTDS was right (on the daily thread). If
your fish ever smells anything other than like a
fresh ocean breeze, it is on the turn, and should
not be used.

Fresh water fish (trout, catfish, etc.) should be
bought whole, and the eyes should be clear,
not cloudy. If you can't filet the fish yourself,
make sure you see the whole fish, and let the
clerk at the seafood counter clean and filet it
for you.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I love a good pot of beans.

Especially great Northern or pinto.

Okra is delicious.

And greens, love some greens.

Ohfour · Hooker

Momala wrote:

Lima beans, any kind of dried beans (pinto, kidney, great
northern, etc.), refried beans, hominy. To me, refried
beans taste as I would expect wallpaper paste to taste
like.

-- Edited by Momala on Friday 31st of March 2017 04:47:47 PM

You know what's funny? I LOVE hominy, I can eat it out of a can. It's one of my favorite foods. But grits? Nope. Not my bag. Even with butter and sugar and syrup and all of that. And I'm not a texture freak. That doesn't bother me. I just do not like them, and I have really tried... cry

Ohfour · Hooker

lilyofcourse wrote:
I love a good pot of beans.

Especially great Northern or pinto.

Okra is delicious.

And greens, love some greens.

G burned something the other day (I can't remember what) but it wasn't too bad. However, I woke up SWEARING I could smell turnip greens! I thought I had died and gone to heaven!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Caitlyn loves hominy.

I don't mind it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
I love a good pot of beans.

Especially great Northern or pinto.

Okra is delicious.

And greens, love some greens.
G burned something the other day (I can't remember what) but it wasn't too bad. However, I woke up SWEARING I could smell turnip greens! I thought I had died and gone to heaven!

Turnip greens and fried tators could very possibly be my favorite meal ever.

-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Friday 31st of March 2017 05:00:59 PM

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

I don't think I've ever had hominy.

It's made with corn, right? confuse

How do you make it? I've seen cans of it in the store. But, I'v never bought it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Hominy is a corn, I just open the can, drain and rinse, some butter, salt and pepper.

My great grandma cooked it from the cob but I was a little girl and don't remember how she did it.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Hominy is a corn, I just open the can, drain and rinse, some butter, salt and pepper.

My great grandma cooked it from the cob but I was a little girl and don't remember how she did it.

Hmmm...I might have to give it a try.

I like corn. smile

Thanks for the info, Lily.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

My kids also like butter and lima beans.

Thankfully, they eat just about everything.

Jesse was slow to warm up to some things, but there isn't anything he won't at least try now.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Hominy is a corn, I just open the can, drain and rinse, some butter, salt and pepper.

My great grandma cooked it from the cob but I was a little girl and don't remember how she did it.

Hmmm...I might have to give it a try.
I like corn.
Thanks for the info, Lily.

Some people will put a pinch, and I mean a pinch, of sugar.

But I don't like it sweet.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Hominy is a corn, I just open the can, drain and rinse, some butter, salt and pepper.

My great grandma cooked it from the cob but I was a little girl and don't remember how she did it.

Hmmm...I might have to give it a try.
I like corn.
Thanks for the info, Lily.
Some people will put a pinch, and I mean a pinch, of sugar.
But I don't like it sweet.

I'm not big on sweet either, Lily.

I like savory.

I will probably skip the sugar. wink

Tangerine · Guru

I do not like coconut. In any form. I don't like the flavor and I really hate the texture.
Y'all reminded me of some other things. Canned peas are gross- texture and flavor.
I can't deal with the texture of raw oysters or big pieces of sashimi.

Oh! Teriyaki sauce. Tastes like burnt hair smells.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.

Ohfour · Hooker

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.

slice it, Batter it in cornmeal, and fry those suckers. I could make a meal out of that....

chef · Guru

Coconut and caramel. Ick.

I don't like tomatoes if I can taste them. If the flavor is well-hidden, I don't mind them. Love sundried tomatoes though.

I have texture issues with shrimp, scallops, etc. Like the flavor but the texture gags me.

I loathe the trend of putting salt on chocolate and bacon in everything. I hate the taste of salt, especially on chocolate. I like bacon few and far between but never in my ice cream - yuck!

White chocolate isn't chocolate and is gross. DH loves it and milk chocolate. I'm not a fan of milk chocolate. I love dark chocolate.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Liver is something I have to be starving to eat.

But enough onion can kill any taste.

There isn't enough onion in the world!

Just saying! biggrin

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.

You need to get some fried okra at a good southern restaurant.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Organ meats! Barf!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.
slice it, Batter it in cornmeal, and fry those suckers. I could make a meal out of that....

Fried is the best.

But I love it in soup.

Forever Sunshine · Guru

The list of things I don't like is far too long to list here and I probably don't even remember half of what I don't like because the mind is just getting old. hahaha Mom always told me I was a picky eater and I guess she was right . . . or created it.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

FWM ~
Hominy is corn that has been soaked in LYE to
make it puff up. It tastes NOTHING at all like
fresh or canned corn.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

When I inherited my six kids when I married their Dad,
they had never had broccoli, French style green beans,
squash of any kind. The only stew they knew was pale
tan, and loaded with (uncooked) white flour. I had an
"interesting" time introducing them to new foods. One
daughter refused to eat peas except from a can, and
another refused to eat broccoli in any shape or form.
Today? they both love what they used to hate.

Ohfour · Hooker

Momala wrote:

FWM ~
Hominy is corn that has been soaked in LYE to
make it puff up. It tastes NOTHING at all like
fresh or canned corn.

No...its better!!!!! Lol! Gimme a can of hominy any day! Nom nom nom...;)

Lindley · Guru

I also hate hominy, but had to eat it in india to be polite. It was served as a dessert and was very sweet. Still awful but when you are served a dish from the hosts who may be giving more then they can afford you don't refuse the hospitality.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Southern_Belle wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.
You need to get some fried okra at a good southern restaurant.

Ok so next time I visit you, you will bring me to a good southern restaurant?

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Momala wrote:

FWM ~
Hominy is corn that has been soaked in LYE to
make it puff up. It tastes NOTHING at all like
fresh or canned corn.

Oy, maybe I'll pass on that.

Thanks for the iformation, Momala.

(I thought lye was involved. I wasn't sure. I've never eaten it.)

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.
You need to get some fried okra at a good southern restaurant.
Ok so next time I visit you, you will bring me to a good southern restaurant?

Charleston it is!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ohfour wrote:
mmmmm...chicken livers...the only place I can find them is at Cracker Barrel. But since Brad's wife was fired, I don't know if they even have them anymore...

Brad's wife was a jerk and Brad apparently wasn't truthful about the firing and about his bday. But Brad's wife has been offered other jobs. Great fun story.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Southern_Belle wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Okru is just bland, Haven't been able to make a recipe work, blech.

Love raw oysters, sliders, as they are called in the cold, snow covered north.
You need to get some fried okra at a good southern restaurant.
Ok so next time I visit you, you will bring me to a good southern restaurant?
Charleston it is!

Coming tomorrow to get away from the snow! wink