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Foods you may have been told are popular, but that you hate (or love!)

LizKat said:
Anchovies "in bulk" could be a bridge too far for me... at least that way. I like using them when they make something rich but you're not sure what made that richness happen. Sort of like how I use fish pastes generally.

You mean mix it into the burger prep? Never tried it... sounds great!
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Blaugh! Anchovies. That's fish bait, not food. Now, sardines from a can on crackers: breakfast!

On the other hand, good Vietnamese food requires fish sauce, and also I think Worcestershire sauce. So, maybe fermented pulverized and aged anchovy juice is food?
 
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LizKat said:
You mean mix it into the burger prep? Never tried it... sounds great!
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I’ve only had a couple but it’s pretty popular in the Twin Cities. Places lay stacks of cheese between two patties and pinch them together to seal. Then grill and serve. Be careful that molten cheese is hot!
 
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Anchovies don't have a fishy taste to me. Instead, they're more like cooked down, nearly caramelized salty meat. Sardines vary. I like most, and some are just too bland or rank to consume.
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Gutwrench said:
I’ve only had a couple but it’s pretty popular in the Twin Cities. Places lay stacks of cheese between two patties and pinch them together to seal. Then grill and serve. Be careful that molten cheese is hot!
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A Juicy Lucy? Or am I reading this wrong?
 
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LizKat said:
I edited my earlier post and stuck the recipe I use for lentil burgers in a spoiler tag at the end of it... can't find the link to that original 1997 recipe in the Times any more, they made a whole separate thing for cooking now.
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I've totally stole that. I'll have to substitute something for the barley, but that's totally do-able.

Thank you!
 
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I cannot stand mushrooms, but many people seem to love them. I see them on pizzas, salads, in all kinds of dishes, and I just can't stand them, and yeah, I've tried them. I've tried boiled, baked, fried, steamed, and raw, and they just taste terrible to me all around.
 
LizKat said:
That with the hotdog cart and a taco truck and people could shop all day, eat three times, go home broke and fat, what's for Home Depot not to like on a Saturday...



Anchovies "in bulk" could be a bridge too far for me... at least that way. I like using them when they make something rich but you're not sure what made that richness happen. Sort of like how I use fish pastes generally.



You mean mix it into the burger prep? Never tried it... sounds great!
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For a fish sauce, a base for a chowder, or in a certain pasta sauce recipe, anchovies rock.

I mash them up (with their delicious oil, and yes, one or two may not ever make it to the sauté pan, fork and spoons can and ferry and freight) into the onions and garlic that are already sautéing, and they melt, and disappear, and supply the most amazing depth of flavour to such a sauce.
 
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I don't lik Beer...sorry
when I'm going out where I could drink beer, I see a lot of guys drinking beer and turning into idiots, and I just don't want to be ascociated with them :)
 
Not me but... My partner for almost as long as i have known her claimed she detested avocado. No matter how much I raved about avocado she would just repeat she found them revolting, to the point where she even felt revolted when I ate one.

About a year ago I realised she had never actually tried avocado, and just had this idea that there were slimy tasteless oily pap. I eventually managed to cajole here into trying one, and there are now here favourite food.

For me - aubergine. I detest it in almost all forms. As a veggie in the eighties i even used to cook with it a fair bit. One day came to the realisation that i actually didn't like it, and gave up on it. (I'll grudgingly eat it if it's in something, but I'll try and eat all the aubergine first just to get rid of it_. Baba Ganoush though is the food of the gods, and possibly my favourite food. Odd how that happens.

There are plenty of veg that I am not overly fond of when cooked, but think are wonderful when raw (carrots and cabbage being the two big ones). Again I'll eat them if they are in something I'm served, but I wouldn't choose to eat either cook if given the choice.

Peaches I'm not a fan of, but that's purely because of the texture of the skin, I love the taste and thus would always opt for nectarines if given the choice.

Also - I've veggie because i just don't like most meat, and never have. The taste pretty much revolts me. I love the smell of steak frying, but bacon frying doesn't do anything for me.
 
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I don't lik Beer...sorry
when I'm going out where I could drink beer, I see a lot of guys drinking beer and turning into idiots, and I just don't want to be ascociated with them :)
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So it’s the associated behaviour you don’t like rather than the actual product? Or you don’t like the taste either? I must say I don’t like lagers, only ale.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Kalles Kaviar made an appearance at my breakfast table this morning, served with toasted French bread. Delicious.
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That’s an interesting idea - I’m not a fan of caviar itself, but looking this stuff up it looks like it could be quite tasty? In a similar way to how I don’t like liver (primarily texture) but I do like liver pâté.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
This is a brilliant thread, @LizKat.

Most enjoyable and very entertaining.
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The thing turns out to be a minefield of love and hate side by side lol.

What cracks me up is that by its very title, the thread specifically invites negativity ... and yet half the time we can't help ourselves and end up writing about foods that we like.

Meanwhile we're each challenged in having to avoid insulting someone who dutifully follows the thread topic and so posts a dislike of some food we think everyone must find irresistible.

Ah the pitfalls... going off topic entirely through free association to delightful or horrible culinary adventures .... insulting someone who likes either 25c hotdogs or $100 sushi plates... getting lost in the snack aisles of conveniene stores... There must be the kernel of a party board game in here somewhere.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Love 'em, love 'em.

Would eat (and have eaten) bowls of them, at a sitting, preferably with wine, or beer, and - perhaps - good bread.

Now, not all olives are alike.....some are even more irresistible, whereas, as for others, even I can summon a degree of resistance.
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I’m with you on that, though I never used to like them when I was younger - the pimiento stuffed olives I could sit down and eat an entire dish off with sun dried tomatoes!
 
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Falhófnir said:
I’m with you on that, though I never used to like them when I was younger - the pimiento stuffed olives I could sit down and eat an entire dish off with sun dried tomatoes!
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And, as for the anchovy stuffed ones, and garlic stuffed ones, and almond stuffed olives.

Mind you, the black Moroccan olives (that come with stones, not stuffing) are also delicious.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
And, as for the anchovy stuffed ones, and garlic stuffed ones, and almond stuffed olives.

Mind you, the black Moroccan olives (that come with stones, not stuffing) are also delicious.
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For all I like them I haven’t been too adventurous with trying different types, just the standard green-black type that are pretty readily available from most grocers, and usually with the pimiento or just plain - but it sounds like that might have to change this summer :D
 
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