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

[Scepticalscribe]

Hmm... on my do not like list: rabbits. Not as food. As lettuce eaters god blast' em.



Love lettuce soups, great way to use up even regular ol' iceberg lettuce when it gets ahead of you and there are all different ways to make it too!


Now I can see briefly having your kind of job...



Agreed. Winter fare for me, with crusty bread and a salad.

Well, there is also the bony scrawny chicken, served with tasteless rice, and inedible beef - of the sort that has been neither aged nor hung properly - and that would require a powerful chain-saw to even cut - my teeth aren't up to that thankless task - that one may encounter in some of these places.

I've also dined on camel and goat - neither appealed. Not remotely. Perfectly horrible, in fact.

But, it was a formal dinner and one had to be seen to do it justice.

However, mare's milk was probably the single very worst culinary delight I have ever encountered. And the rules of hospitality - we were guests - (and professional requirements, we were observing an election in the region) decreed that I consume the contents of that bowl and drain it to the very dregs.

 

[LizKat]

Well, there is also the bony scrawny chicken, served with tasteless rice, and inedible beef - of the sort that has been neither aged nor hung properly - and that would require a powerful chain-saw to even cut - my teeth aren't up to that thankless task - that one may encounter in some of these places.

I've also dined on camel and goat - neither appealed. Not remotely. Perfectly horrible, in fact. But, it was a formal dinner and one had to be seen to do it justice.

But mare's milk was probably the very worst culinary delight I have ever encountered. And the rules of hospitality - we were guests - (and professional requirements, we were observing an election in the region) decreed that I consume the contents of that bowl and drain it to the very dregs.

LOL I should edit my previous post to say I'd very VERY briefly like to have had SOME of your assignments...

 

[dotnet]

Hmm... on my do not like list: rabbits. Not as food.

Rabbit is delicious. However, since the meat is very lean, it requires barding (either by wrapping with lard or pulling lard strips through the meat). It also greatly benefits from marinating a day completely covered in buttermilk with some pimento and bay leaves.

 

[dmr727]

Sushi. I *want* to like it, but the seaweed gets me every time.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Rabbit is delicious. However, since the meat is very lean, it requires barding (either by wrapping with lard or pulling lard strips through the meat). It also greatly benefits from marinating a day completely covered in buttermilk with some pimento and bay leaves.

I have had rabbit in France (where they do know how to prepare, cook and present such things) and I must say it was delicious. But, my sense of French cuisine and culture is that they could find a way to make anything delicious.

Some sort of fat, or liquid - wine - is certainly necessary for rabbit, for, as @dotnet has pointed out, it can be rather dry otherwise; garlic - in copious quantities - goes well with rabbit.

 

[Lioness~]

Re Lettuce, I'm sure you can spice those soups so they are really tasteful. But as lettuce don't taste so much on its own, and especially not if it will be cooked awhile. I rather use it fresh. So if I have any lettuce leftovers, down with it in the mixer and add some more to blend to a good smoothie, and there still some nutritions left.

Smoothies, such wonderful thing. Most everything goes down there and mixed with various herbs and spices ends up delicious.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

...In Germany, the former eastern Europe, and places such as Poland and Lithuania: Amazing Goulash soup. To die for.

If Goulash soup, then the original Hungarian one (Gulyásleves).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

If Goulash soup, then the original Hungarian one (Gulyásleves).

Yes, I know.

I have had it, nay, devoured it, (in the former eastern Europe, in Hungarian restaurants), nice and rich and deep and spicy.

Delicious, in fact.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

@Scepticalscribe

S, and don't forget about the Causasus... the amazing soups like Harcho (with some Hachapuri)...
(Hungry now).

 

[decafjava]

Sushi. I *want* to like it, but the seaweed gets me every time.

Try sashimi with no seaweed.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

@Scepticalscribe

S, and don't forget about the Causasus... the amazing soups like Harcho (with some Hachapuri)...
(Hungry now).

I spent over two years of my life in the Caucasus.

My personal favourites were not the legendary (Khachapuri, Hachapuri) but the Khinkali (amazing dumplings), Lobio (a stunning bean dish, I had something similar in central Asia which went by the name of Lubio), Schmeruli (a chicken and garlic dish which is addictive), and Ojakhuri (a pork and potato stew which was superb); other dishes - an aubergine and walnut sauce salad, and the vegetable mousses were excellent.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

I spent over two years of my life in the Caucasus.

My personal favourites were not the legendary (Khachapuri, Hachapuri) but the Khinkali (amazing dumplings), Lobio (a stunning bean dish, I had something similar in central Asia which went by the name of Lobiu), Schmeruli (a chicken and garlic dish which is addictive), and Ojakhuri (a pork and potato stew which was superb); other dishes - an aubergine and walnut sauce salad, and the vegetable mousses were excellent.

Oh my, Khinkali... and Chebureki... good ole days.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Oh my, Khinkali... and Chebureki... good ole days.

They had a wonderful mushroom dish as well - with garlic and Salguni cheese - and some incredible plum and pomegranate sauces.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

They had a wonderful mushroom dish as well - with garlic and Salguni cheese - and some incredible plum and pomegranate sauces.

It must be the Soko-Kecze! It is wonderful.

 

[AsherN]

I make a Moroccan tomato peanut butter soup. Onion, garlic, chili powder and cumin.

 

[shinji]

I make a Moroccan tomato peanut butter soup. Onion, garlic, chili powder and cumin.

Interesting. I've never had a peanut butter-based soup, but it sounds delicious.

 

[Micky Do]

MacDonald's..... Once..... never again.

Was going past the first MacDonald's to open in New Zealand back in the 1970s, so dropped in to check it out. Dreadful burger...... Haven't been back to a McDonalds since.

Not keen on KFC either, and most of what similar fast food joints call food, thus avoid them in general.

 

[RootBeerMan]

Interesting. I've never had a peanut butter-based soup, but it sounds delicious.

Try this recipe. It is a regional favourite in southeast coastal region of Virginia. Isis remarkably good! Lots of restaurants in the Williamsburg, VA area make this.

http://www.history.org/almanack/life/food/fdpnutsp.cfm

 

[Apple_Robert]

I don't like trees, (also known as Broccoli) Cauliflower, or Beets.

 

[LizKat]

I don't like trees, (also known as Broccoli) Cauliflower, or Beets.

I'll take them off your hands any time. I like broccoli so much I even keep one of those #10 cans of the dehydrated florets (that campers use) around in winter in case I run out of fresh and can't get to the market.

 

[Clix Pix]

Hold the cauliflower, but pass the broccoli, please! I love it, especially with a touch of butter and more than a touch of lemon.....

 

[Apple fanboy]

We have broccoli about 5 nights a week as it's one of the things my wife can eat without issue.
Probably cauliflower a couple of times a week.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I'll take them off your hands any time. I like broccoli so much I even keep one of those #10 cans of the dehydrated florets (that campers use) around in winter in case I run out of fresh and can't get to the market.

Hold the cauliflower, but pass the broccoli, please! I love it, especially with a touch of butter and more than a touch of lemon.....

Serving them steamed or stir-fried works very well with both broccoli and cauliflower. Garlic, butter, oil, ginger and lemon and chilli will complement both of them, exceptionally well, also.

 

[arkitect]

I'll take them off your hands any time. I like broccoli so much I even keep one of those #10 cans of the dehydrated florets (that campers use) around in winter in case I run out of fresh and can't get to the market.

Same here. Never met a brassica I didn't love.

Even as a child I was the odd one out… eating his greens and cabbages and sprouts. I suspect my parents must have looked at one another and thought… "Hmmmm. Let's see how this one turns out."

This past week I have made my autumn batch of Sauerkraut — Of course with this heatwave we're under fermentation is a bit trickier — but I'm sure it'll be fine.

If not there's always the Polski sklep down the hill.

 

[Lioness~]

I’m joining the brassica party.
Broccoli is a favorite, actually most greens AND fruits are

The thing is to preapare them to my liking and to change it so it won't become dull.
What spices are on the top list for the moment changes.

I wouldn’t drop a lot of broccoli into a currymix, but most definitely a lot of cauliflower.
At the moment I have a special attachment to smoked paprika and cayenne.
Making a mix with a quinoa, onion, broccoli among other things that I have at home for the day, is popular.

Re fermentatiion, I actually don’t like fermented veggies very much. But I get my full share of the fermentation wonder of all kombucha that I do and drink. It’s actually on the agenda today to steam in the kitchen with all hot tea that will be made to renew the batches.