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Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I absolutely hate jello. I don't know why, but it just gives me the shivers and even though I'm the laughingstock of my family, I will not eat it under any circumstances. I also don't care for raw onions. Cooked onions are ok as long as they are chopped well and not in big pieces. (I don't mind if they are used in cooking dishes, but I will eat around them if possible.)
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
On weekdays, I usually eat breakfast at work. I'll have either Honey Nut Cheerios with milk or two slices of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. I'll have a side of fruit (an orange, blackberries, whatever looked good at the corner fruit stand) with both options. I don't drink coffee, so I'll have a Diet Coke instead. Can't start the day without it.
On weekends, it's pretty much the same thing, with the toast and fruit. My big splurge is a toasted bagel with lox cream cheese. YUM. I love pancakes, waffles and omelets too, but for some reason when I make them at home, they never turn out as well as they do when I go out to eat. :)
What lunch box did you have - what was in it?
@bitchincamero, I had one of those "purse" lunchboxes!! I had forgotten all about that. It was quite the popular thing in my day. One of the very first lunchboxes that I remember though, was a blue plastic one with a picture of the Mapletown rabbit family on the side. I wanted that lunchbox so badly, and I finally got it as a first day of school treat.
I usually packed my own lunch, because I was inordinately picky and Mom wouldn't put up with it. Usually some kind of sandwich, with a side of apple or carrot sticks, and a little dessert, like a Little Debbie brownie or something. Of course, I always envied everyone else's lunches. In high school, I mostly ate cereal for lunch. No milk, just dry out of a baggie. At the time, I was also very serious about ballet, so although I was never anorexic, I did take watching my diet to a bit of an extreme. Can't believe I missed out on some great eating!
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Southern peaches in NYC?
savecara, thank you!! That's only a few blocks from where I live, so I will swing by on my way home from work. I appreciate the feedback!
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I absolutely hate jello. I don't know why, but it just gives me the shivers and even though I'm the laughingstock of my family, I will not eat it under any circumstances. I also don't care for raw onions. Cooked onions are ok as long as they are chopped well and not in big pieces. (I don't mind if they are used in cooking dishes, but I will eat around them if possible.)
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
On weekdays, I usually eat breakfast at work. I'll have either Honey Nut Cheerios with milk or two slices of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. I'll have a side of fruit (an orange, blackberries, whatever looked good at the corner fruit stand) with both options. I don't drink coffee, so I'll have a Diet Coke instead. Can't start the day without it.
On weekends, it's pretty much the same thing, with the toast and fruit. My big splurge is a toasted bagel with lox cream cheese. YUM. I love pancakes, waffles and omelets too, but for some reason when I make them at home, they never turn out as well as they do when I go out to eat. :)
What lunch box did you have - what was in it?
@bitchincamero, I had one of those "purse" lunchboxes!! I had forgotten all about that. It was quite the popular thing in my day. One of the very first lunchboxes that I remember though, was a blue plastic one with a picture of the Mapletown rabbit family on the side. I wanted that lunchbox so badly, and I finally got it as a first day of school treat.
I usually packed my own lunch, because I was inordinately picky and Mom wouldn't put up with it. Usually some kind of sandwich, with a side of apple or carrot sticks, and a little dessert, like a Little Debbie brownie or something. Of course, I always envied everyone else's lunches. In high school, I mostly ate cereal for lunch. No milk, just dry out of a baggie. At the time, I was also very serious about ballet, so although I was never anorexic, I did take watching my diet to a bit of an extreme. Can't believe I missed out on some great eating!
What's the chintziest food that you love to eat?
@robincat--wow, you brought back memories with the Chef Boy-ar-dee pizza!!! We just called it "box pizza" at our house and thought it was so fun to make. I had forgotten all about that. I LOVED the dough and always went around collecting the crusts from the rest of my family, ha!
Also, Little Debbie fudge brownies with walnuts on top were a daily staple in my life all through middle school and college. Yum!
Movie Theater Food
My movie snack of choice is usually Junior Mints, in a box from the drug store. I usually bring my own drink too.
There are days when I cave and splurge on the popcorn with no butter, but somehow it's never as good as what I remember as a child. And sometimes it tastes old. That's always depressing to me, and next time I go right back to my Junior Mints!
Cooking With Kids: Eat Your Veggies
I was not a big veggie eater as a child, but I love them now. Growing up, our vegetables consisted mostly of salad, green beans and carrot sticks. Fruit was more popular. As I've gotten older and realized the health benefits of vegetables though, I've been more adventurous about incorporating them into my diet. Now I love broccoli, asparagus, spinach, sweet potatoes...things I would never have touched as a child.
My baby brother, on the other hand, has always loved vegetables. He used to eat lettuce straight out of the fridge as a snack and has been known to devour a pound of baby carrots while watching TV. I would have gone straight for the chips! :)
Best ways to add fiber?
Yes, thank you everyone for all the tips! I really appreciate it and plan to start incorporating some of them into my diet slowly.
Best ways to add fiber?
This is a good question.
Firstly, make sure you read this post about the misleading fiber claims on food labels.
Then, check out our database where you can search for any supermarket foods and compare them by fiber levels to find the highest fiber. Try searching for things like high fiber bread or high fiber bran cereal.
Incidentally, the highest fiber cereal in the foodessentials database is the Kellogg's All Bran at 50g of fiber per 100g (which is really pretty good).
But suprisingly the higest fiber bread is Wonder White Bread at 11g of fiber per 100 - I would have thought it was a wholegrain bread etc...however, i'm sure there are other reasons to eat wholegrain and other breads.
So, as you can see from just those figures, a good cereal in the morning is one of the best ways to increase your fiber intake.
I hope this helps.
Anton Xavier
CEO Foodessentials.com
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
I'm generally not a breakfast person. I usually have to be awake for a few hours before I want to eat anything. And then, if I have something, it must be savory, not sweet. Cottage cheese, eggs, toast, cold pizza all do the trick. I don't like pancakes, waffles, french toast, maple syrup. Call me a freak--my family does.
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
Weekdays is a couple slices of toast with butter, perhaps of the peanut variety, or some yogurt with juice. Now that I am working days again, I need something to eat to keep me going, but not too much or I feel sluggish and have an upset tummy all day. Weekends, if I sleep in, or the family wants something nice, I will make brunch, going all out. Omlets, poached eggs, french toast, bacon, fried potatoes, pancakes, some sort of mix of these things. :)
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
just had a muffin split in 2 (English as you Americans would say!) bottom half smeared with hot chilli sauce, a fried egg, crispy bacon, maple syrup, topped with avocado mashed into the top half of the muffin - that should keep me going until supper-time. Oh yes, and a proper black coffee.
Southern peaches in NYC?
If anyone in Brooklyn is looking, I've been getting Georgia peaches at Pacific Green on Court St. in Cobble Hill. I haven't had to let them sit to ripen and they've been delicious. The ones I got yesterday were huge, too.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Jello? okay BUT......as vodka shooters!!!! I like poultry and pork only (except at times ham if it is too salty). My dislikes are red meat (I don't know why), organ meats, and anything gamey, but love blood sausage, headcheese, pepperoni, smoked sausage bolona, thuringer ect. Dislike all fish (except smoked salmon I like). I dislike oysters (except smoked in stuffing or once in awhile on pizza), clams and mussels. But I like scallops, shrimp, crab and lobster. I love all sorts of salsas (heat rules) but dislike the sharpness in horseradish sauce or wasabi. I dislike any raw tomatos, but love tomatos IF cooked. As for pastry I dislike bearclaws and fruitcake. Dairy I pretty much love everything. Fruits (except tomatos) I like everything. Veggies love all. Love all breads. Legumes, pastas and rice I like in small doses. As far as a certain country fare, nope I like it all, but my favorite would have to be Mexican with Vietnamese or Indian close behind. Least favorite, any country where the majority of their dishes are bland. Let you leave that up to y'all's imagination lol.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I don't care for any food, or food discussion, that's pretentious, no matter how carefully nuanced.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I dislike onions (in most circumstances) and also raisins. I'm usually turned off if either is a main component in a dish (although I'm more lenient with onions because I don't always have a choice!)
Hillary
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Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I hate anything that tastes fuzzy - i.e. made with peaches, bananas or tequila. Peaches and bananas are fine as the intact fruit unit, though...
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I have a passionate hatred of bananas, in any form or even tiny bit of the flavor. The smell even makes me nauseous. GROSS. Its not a texture thing for me I eat plenty of wierd stuff but bananas make me gag. I am also not a fan of rasins. So two of the childhood go-to healthy snacks were out of the question for me.
Not a big fan of excessive mayo/sour cream that sort of thing and I can't eat yogurt from one of those diet fruity things. I love yogurt in savory things and enjoy frozen yogurt, but not the sweet refigerated kind yech!
I have issues with overcooked veggies and actually prefer many raw, but I am usually willing to try them. I'm still not a fan of cooked peas or lima beans, but I love to eat raw peas from the garden. Also not a big fan of the sweet+meat idea, maple bacon?- not so much. I also dont like pineaple and ham, but I can usually pick around it. I still try that kind of stuff, its just not my thing.
Other than these few things I am a quite adventerous eater and will try pretty much anything, as long as there are no bananas involved.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
as for food catagories, there is nothing i wont try, usually multiple times. there are some recipes i dont care for, and there are some people i dont trust to cook for me. Aboutthe only thing i can think of as disliking outright is cilantro, although thats not really true, because a very small amount in the right application is good. hmmm i guess i'm just not that picky, which explains my ex :-S ;-)
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Now that Jello has been mentioned a few times, I've got to say that I'm not fond of that either, but it's not something I run across very often, so I don't think about it much.
It's not like I hate jello, really, it just seems kind of pointless. I think I've gotten over the jello horrors of my childhood, so if some ended up on my plate accidentally, I'd eat it. But I wouldn't waste the energy to actually put it on my plate.
On the other hand, I bought some Jello recently with a mad plan to use it as an ice cream add-in, but I never got around to the experiment. I'll have to give that some more thought again.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Raw greens - salads specifically. I am really not a fan of salads...
I'll eat them out of politeness (so many a time I've eaten at friends houses, and the meal would be meat and carbs, and the only veggie concession was a bag of pre washed greens and bottled dressing. I weep).
In certain cases, I'll eat for the flavor, say if I were at a nice restaurant and someone offered me a taste of salad, I would go for it.
But in general, I was never raised on raw greens, and I staunchly believe that there are better ways to incorporate vegetables into the meal rather than treat them as such an afterthought.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
In my opinion milk, as a drink, should be abolished. I didn't like it as an infant either, so please don't give me grief about growing bones/aging bones or small children! Cottage cheese would be next to go -- I refuse to ingest anything that looks like spit-up. I have yet to taste sushi (and probably won't) and although I still enjoy an occasional piece of bacon, I'm eating less and less meat these days. Other than that -- no, wait! bananas have a 5-minute window of eating opportunity, then they become bread or they're trashed -- I'm as fair-minded about food as anyone. No, wait! Did I mention mayonnaise?
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i mostly have a texture issue -- that's why i like the flavor of bananas, just not them in their real state because the texture grosses me out. this is also why i struggle with a lot of fish. sushi is fine, rare beef i adore, but that mushy steamed fish texture is a problem. veggies that are boiled and mushy i hate, but i will eat any vegetable stir-fried.
@Cassaendra, i would be scared to cook for you!! but at least you know what you like :) :)
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Wanted to defend myself: I will try things at least once though! Even if there are items in it I don't care for...Does that help my case??
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
@db: You must be reading my mind..I was going to post a topic just like this. My co-workers and I had a discussion about it today. They are always amazed at me and my eating habits...
That said, this could get lengthy...
Jello-it's something that will NOT cross my lips, alcohol or no alcohol. It reminds me of chicken fat in my mouth. AWFUL. Don't care for jelly either-I'm a jam/preserves girl.
Fruit: I do not like any berries except for Strawberries. I do not like Cherries, Coconut, or any fruit that is not ripe. I will only eat bananas if I am in the mood (I ate wayyyyy to many as a child)-but LOVE banana bread (I would eat this everyday if possible). Any other Banana dessert I will not try because I do not like it all that much. I will not eat Kiwi by itself but love it in/on things. I like Prunes but not Prune Juice. I like raisins mixed in Trail Mix and Bread-that's it; I don't like them plain or on/in Cinnamon Rolls and Cookies.
Nuts: LOVE them (except macadamia) but HATE them in/on anything. I think the taste gets ruined. Nothing worse than eating a brownie and then chomping down on a nut. However, I am a BIG FAN of Moosetracks and Rocky Road Ice Creams.
Fish: Will not eat it. Adore shellfish including oysters,clams, mussels, etc. I will also eat Fish and Chips from the local real English Pub.
Veggies: I do not like asparagus at all. No peas, snap peas, or lima beans. Love baked beans. Love edamame. Do not like peppers. Love sweet peppers. No onion family. (I will eat and just pick out if I can) I will use it though and have onion powder at all times. No tomatoes. I will cook with them however. Here's the kicker: I LOVE SALSA. I think I would kill someone if I did not have salsa on hand at all times. LOVE Guacamole. LOVE Chili.
I will stop now. Please don't hate me...:)
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Oops, forgot:
Don't eat animals anymore. But, oh, how I miss bacon! And, pancetta....
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I don't like very strong ingredients, e.g., onions, garlic, cilantro, because they are strong (offensive) smelling or tasting. When onions are cooked down until they no longer crunch in the tiniest bit, I will eat them.
I don't like greasy food. I don't like really buttery foods, nor do I care much for deep fried food. A lot of deep fried foods tends to be salty.
I HATE salty foods because I can't stand the flavor of salt or the way it ravages my throat a few hours later.
I don't like severe temperature ranges in my food. I usually sit and wait until my soup is warmer than room temperature. I prefer my food to be just off of room temperature -- cool or warm. Cold is fine if it's ice cream; icy, I don't dig.
Similarly, I can't stand overly sweet or sour things too. I hate hate hate that lemon/orange chicken that you get at Chinese restaurants. That stuff makes me gag. It is 1) deep fried 2) salty 3) overly sweet. This is probably the reason why I don't care for most candy and chocolates.
I don't like bitter food, like bitter melon. I am a bad example of an Okinawan. *hangs head in shame*
I don't care for most poultry. I hate poultry skin for the most part. The taste of fat T-O-T-A-L-L-Y turns me off in all meats - I don't care how it's prepared, it's disgusting tasting. I hate wings because they're not worth my trouble. Wing pieces always get thrown out. Turkey is the poultry product I hate the most because of the metallic flavor, for a lack of a better description.
Don't eat much pork because most preparations are usually too greasy. Bleah.
I hate overcooked food, but soup is my favorite meal. Go figure. I'm extremely, I mean EXTREMELY, anal about noodle doneness.
I will not eat certain vegetables raw like broccoli and cabbage (bad gas).
Even with this long list of dislikes and a few hatreds thrown in there, I'll try anything at least once.
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Jello... especially LIME jello. I made it through the movie "Psycho" with my ability to take a shower intact, but when I saw the movie "The Blob", it was all over for jello and me. Especially LIME jello. Cold... green... slimy... and, from what that movie showed -- very, very dangerous! I just really don't like jello.
And, there's more! :
I love spicy food, but not so spicy it renders me breathless. I've never understood that. It just is not pleasurable. It's like intentional acid reflux.
Then, there is my distaste for cilantro. I guess I had a bar of soap shoved into my mouth one too many times as a kid to appreciate that taste.
I also don't "get" the love of Thai food, or for sushi. I don't enjoy either.
Cool Whip, "instant" foods, cheese whiz, canned soup... anything processed, really.
Wonder Bread. Know what artists and museums use to clean paintings? They ball up wonder bread and rub the paintings with it like an eraser. 'Nuff said.
Overly sweet foods, desserts, candies.
Bottled salad dressings.
White chocolate. Buyer, beware! -- It's not chocolate at all. It used to be considered a waste product of the chocolate-making process, but now it's flavored with vanilla and a LOT of sugar, and pawned off on an unsuspecting public as "Chocolate".
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Personally, the only significant food dislike I have is olives.
Now my boyfriend, he definitely has categorical food dislikes. He won't eat foods that are messy or foods that require too much effort. No ribs, fried chicken, buffalo wings, corn on the cob, popcorn, or shellfish. I keep on trying to tell him that he is neurotic. I have gotten him to eat and like other foods that he would never eat before though, including rabbit, mushrooms, hush puppies, and sushi, much to the amazement of his mother. While he tells me that the fried oyster was "the worst food he's ever eaten" I still have hope for the future.
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Wonderful topic db--but I must disagree that 'overcooked meat' is a food dislike. I'm a vegetarian, but I certainly dislike over or undercooked string beans from a can, although I love them when they are well-prepared.
To me, a food dislike is something that gives you the willies even when it's properly or well-prepared. Jello, as it does with others, just freaks me out. (although I'm not sure it's a food)!
I guess it is unfair to say 'I don't like Italian food' because it can appear under so many guises--I can say, I don't like the way Italian-American food is usually prepared here, with heavy red and white sauces, massive portions, and so forth--but I usually just say 'I'm not fond of Italian unless it's very good' to avoid making it complicated. But it can be annoying when people dismiss whole categories, like 'I hate vegetables, I hate Chinese and Japanese food,' and so forth.
Another category not so much a dislike is what PerkyMac said--food that gives causes pain, which for me is very spicy food, heavy dairy (gives me hives), food with lots of garlic and onions.
Foods that I just hate, even if well-prepared and made with real ingredients: gravy, ham steak (back when I ate meat), whipped cream, fruit-based ice cream and sherbets, and coconuts. So that I suppose is more 'foods' than categories.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
In general, I don't like fruit/meat combos. Hate pineapple with meat (teriyaki, sweet and sour)....I flip the page on those recipes real fast! But I do like apples with pork if there are lots of carmelized onions, and a tart berry and port combo with duck, so maybe i need to slow down on my recipe judgements....and look for not-too-sweet offerings. I wonder how a red onion/cranberry "marmalade" would be for pork roast....hmmm.
I feel so introspective now! Navel-gazing, (but not navel oranges, please!)
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Soup. I can't stand soup. The taste, feel, look, stench. Blech. There is nothing appealing about it. No matter what kind it is. I don't even bother looking at the choices on a menu, and friends know better than to offer me any.
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Good topic question as always db! :)
There are almost no individual food items I don't like (of what I have been able to try, plenty of "fancier" or less available foods have yet to cross my lips...) but certain combos ick me out.
Corn. I love it on the cob, I will even (if I have to) eat a pile of it cooked from frozen, or in mixed (but plain) veggies. Other than that it absolutely makes me ill to look at in a dish. I don't know why, but I will not eat a dish that has corn kernels in it. Not soups, chili, rice dishes, puddings etc. Yet I love anything made from corn meal. Those soft corn puddings I often see served would be fantastic without the whole kernels. Corn chowder...bleh. Don't even show me canned corn. Just can't do it. I have tried to figure out why this is, as it is mostly texture and visual appeal, not taste. Must have been a childhood soup trauma or something, but it just cannot be overcome.
Eggs. I don't eat them in a breakfasty way very often, but I can sometimes, if I am in the right mood. Once in a great while I can do chopped hard-boiled in a good pasta/tuna salad etc, and I love the hard yolk part. But other than that, I do not want to see chunks of eggs in my food. Not in fried rice and absolutely not in Indian food, which makes me sad. So many dishes at Indian places look great, but then I see egg in them (I don't mind as garnish, I can pick it off) and I can't do it.
Don't even get me started on when they put raisins (yum) with egg in those dishes!
Overcooked can be a category, but that usually only happens when I am eating at another person's house, so it is not really a big deal as I am not there to critique the food, but to see friends. The only foods I simply cannot bear when soggy and overcooked are peppers (bell/colored) and that is texture again.
Like db said, there are certain other foods/combos that don't appeal to me as much as those same foods in other ways or separate, but no others than just ruin a meal and destroy my appetite. Most things I CAN eat, it becomes a matter of choice, rather than horror. :D
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savecara, thank you!! That's only a few blocks from where I live, so I will swing by on my way home from work. I appreciate the feedback!