What foods do you hate but you wish you didn't?

TrishSeren wrote: »

I've tried so hard to like porridge but I just can't do it. The texture is just blurgh for me.
Also don't like
Peanut butter
Greek yoghurt
Protein shakes
Smoothies

Why do you wish you didn't hate those things?

Eggplant. It's a staple in a lot of vegetarian cooking and I just can't stomach it. I've tried it every way and every method. The amount of time I've spent on that stupid vegetable...

It used to be cilantro, but I actually taught myself to like it, along with orange squashes. The eggplant has defeated me though.

Also the thought of someone hating bread makes me sad inside. I love bread.

I can't think of any foods I don't like except maybe liver and really I don't care if I like it or not since I never cook it.

celery, strawberries, sweet potatoes, raspberries, blackberries.

Mushrooms....it’s fungus!!!
Coriander....tastes like soap

Roasted chestnuts. Everyone has such fun eating and enjoying them at Christmas and I just can't get into it

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

TrishSeren wrote: »

I've tried so hard to like porridge but I just can't do it. The texture is just blurgh for me.
Also don't like
Peanut butter
Greek yoghurt
Protein shakes
Smoothies

Why do you wish you didn't hate those things?

My question too.

If I had such limited tastes that I had trouble getting a balanced diet (like those who claim to hate all vegetables), sure, I'd wish I did not (although I think that can be changed anyway). But why would it bother you to hate specific foods you don't need to eat?

I hate canned tuna, cold cereal, and grapefruit, plus caraway seeds and various other things. As a kid, I was more likely to be put in a situation where I had to eat something I disliked (or it would be considered rude -- I don't think I was ever forced to do canned tuna, but PB&J sandwiches and cold cereal and some awful casseroles), so that was more of an issue, but one thing about being an adult is that it no longer matters.

TrishSeren wrote: »

I've tried so hard to like porridge but I just can't do it. The texture is just blurgh for me.
Also don't like
Peanut butter
Greek yoghurt
Protein shakes
Smoothies

Personally, I'm quite comfortable with the fact that I can't eat peanut butter (intolerance) and that I find that Greek yoghurt has the texture of lard. My life is just fine without either ... neither are necessary.

As for protein shakes and smoothies ... never had either, so I don't know what I'm missing. But I've made it to 50 without them, so I'm sure I can continue to live without them.

One thing I do wish I liked (once in a while) is peppers. Green peppers are horrible ... they leave me with so much indigestion and feeling really sick. Yellow and red aren't quite as bad, but they aren't much better. Unfortunately so many restaurants include them on salads, and sometimes include a massive quantity of them. I feel bad sometimes when I pick them all off and leave them in a pile on the edge of the plate. Somebody went to all the trouble of cutting them up and putting them on my salad ... and I just can't eat them unless I want to feel awful the rest of the day.

I don't like mushrooms and most sea food either, but so far I've managed to live without them.

apullum wrote: »

I wish I liked mushrooms because I'm vegetarian and sometimes the only meatless option at an event or restaurant is mushrooms. I just can't handle their squishy consistency.

Same here. I can't even touch them, those gills on the underside make me shudder.

Cilantro. It’s in so many foods that would be great to eat but it always completely ruins it for me.

I don't HATE any food except celery, heart of palm, artichokes and olives. And omelets make me gag now.

I do wish I liked veggies more though.]

But yeah, omelets in the morning and tuna would be great. The only way I like tuna is raw.

lemurcat12 wrote: »

It's often done poorly, but Indian preparations turned me around. Also baba ganoush, and I don't really mind a lasagna with eggplant. Also, I tend to enjoy Japanese eggplants, I think they cook better. That I can enjoy just sauteed more easily.

I forgot about baba ganoush. I actually do like that. Maybe there's hope! Japanese eggplants, are those the tiny round ones? I've seen them at the market.

I'm super picky about bread. I hate most supermarket mass market packaged types, weird texture thing (especially white bread, but not only, we got whole grain when I was a kid and I didn't care for it either, although I thought it was less bad). This was a problem when I was a kid, but no longer is at all, I can just eat bread I like (although I tend only eat it occasionally). I'd occasionally have fresh-baked bread, and I loved that, and I liked some restaurant stuff and rolls. (There is way more bread that I like commonly available now compared to when I was a kid.)

I can eat pretty much any bread, but I have a weird thing about "like with like". I can't eat delicious fillings on terrible bread. If I eat a lovely avocado on cheap white bread I just feel sad like I wasted the avocado. If I bake my 100% whole wheat delicious bread, I can eat it with natural peanut butter, but not the cheap pb with weird oils and sugars. But I can eat a Boca burger on a cheap white hamburger bun. I love red pepper hummus as a bread topping, but again, not on flimsy white bread. On the other hand, when I ate cheese, I'd happily eat the plastic cheese on flimsy white bread with spicy mustard and call that a meal. I think it's a combination of weird texture and flavor thing, like the bread and the fillings need to be able to stand up to each other.

Mushrooms
Raw fish (I LOVE sushi, but can only handle very small amounts of raw fish - it's a texture thing)
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Raw Onion
Spinach

I always say I'm not a picky person, but when it comes to these few I don't budge... I wish I enjoyed them, but I just don't at all!

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