Do you eat foods that you hate because they are good for you? (with poll)

I am sorry if I made anyone sad. This is me right now. :( I only wrote my opinions that expressed how I feel about humans killing and eating animals. You did not have to write a crummy article about your diet.

Geez, Polka, lighten up a little.

Merle, I am that rare beast who has only a vague understanding of what is good for me and what isn't, and who has no desire to be educated on the subject. I eat what I like, period. If that mentality puts me in my grave at 62 instead of 82, I could not care less.

Why do you not care about your health, soggy? Being healthy is a good feeling.

Brussel sprouts are one of my favorite foods. They are the best.

Broccoli and other vegetables are the best. Some of my favorite healthy foods are probably Gojiberries and Quinoa grain. Acaiberry juice is not too good tasting but it is healthy too.

I will only eat BS with balsamic and pancetta on them, the flavor is very strong.

Only the most controversial subjects seem to get alot of hits. but hose are filled with trolls and hate.

Food is mmmmmm.

Have you ever tasted Gojiberry juice, cookin mama? It is quite unique.

p.s.- nice name. I liked that cooking game myself.

What no onions, i agree with the okra texture ewwwww. sweet onion sammie. Do you know that onions are in alot of things hidden but there.

Cannot imagine how hungry I would have to be before I would ever try okra again! I know some people love it, but I can't stand the slimy stuff! Lima beans, also not so much. But I do love beets, squash, fresh tomatos, and turnips.

marinated, grilled Portobello is yummy

I also don't like mushrooms but enjoy a fried/crispy portobello. Isn't that strange?

Yep Cookin mamma I know onions are in many foods. I dont sit there and pick them out if I cant see them but if they are obvious (like chunks, etc) I will not pick them out but I just wont eat them or if I can I ask if the chef can leave the onions out. When I was a kid if I even smelled onions I wouldn't eat the meal. So I'm a lot better now LOL

I love cukes but I cannot stand pickles. Anything pickled. Its the vinegar. Gag! I would have to be about to chew on my fingers before I ate pickles LOL

Park

I have never had a fried or crispy Portobello. I'll have to try it. Not crazy, I can't stand mushrooms yet I'll indulge in a Porto LOL

I had a similar occurrence but my mom had prepared the meal. I politely asked to make my own meal and she allowed me to do so. However, the disappointment and hurt in her eyes almost converted me to the fungaleaters

i hated mushrooms as a kid and green peppers. then a cousin served them raw in a salad. i liked them after that. Now i use mushrooms and peppers in lots of dishes. i have a friend who dislikes onions, so i made her some of my chicken salad without it. potabellas are meaty tasting. morels that is my fave so earthy tasting. button are bland.

Boy Susi - you sure have a long list, although I am with you on the majority of your dislikes, I will not do mushrooms of any sort, they make me think I am chewing on a rubber band. And another thing I will not do is shellfish of any sort. No shrimp, lobster, crab, mussels of any thing else that has a shell on them. The smell, taste and texture are disgusting IMO. :p

But I love liver and onions

LOL Rick. Yeah, Mushrooms are are rather rubbery and mushy. It's a texture thing. Same with onions......truth be known it's that lil squeeky noice they make that just makes me twitch lol.

I can't do fish (I got horrendous food poisoning as a kid and the body has quite the amazing memory reflex). I can eat Shrimp, Conk Fritters and sometimes Scallops but that's it. No crab or lobster.

Ewwww. No liver. Good Lord. I was forced fed the stuff as a kid.

Bleeeeh!

Liver and onions, eeewww. My mom made us eat it once a month growing up. There is not enough ketchup in the world to cover up that taste. I used to not like fish at all only shellfish. I have learned to like some mild tasting fish and so has my husband because it is good for you.

It's nasty, right? BMX?

My mom used to make this disgusting dish when I was a kid......

Black beans and rice, hard boiled eggs and broiled liver.

Is it any wonder why I gag when I even see Liver?

lol

I don't understand why some moms think they need to force certain foods on kids because they are good for you. There are lots of options out there so why liver?

Oh and Susi, that dish sounds awful, ick!

OH it was.

Now I absolutely love black beans and rice plain as is, maybe sometimes with some fresh diced tomato or mixed into a bowl of fresh polenta and tomato.

But the HB eggs and liver?

<gag>

Here is SW MO the Stoneyfield Organic is usually the best I can find....but I like the Yoplait French Vanilla...and my husband will eat it instead of ice cream - which is a good thing. He is lactose intolerant and ice cream seems to affect him more than yogurt.

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lover fat milk has lees lactose aka milk sugar. goat milk is good for those who suffer.

Stoneyfield? Really? Cool. I thought it was a VT-ish thing. It's what we eat, too. Lemon ane lime are my favorite flavors.

Greek yougurt. Yum. Greek almost anything. Yum.

I haven't tried the lemon and lime (not in my stores)....my choice is either plain or vanilla...and I like the vanilla. I even add it to my brownies and oatmeal cookie recipes...and sometimes to my banana cake recipe....and keep them in the frig after baking. It adds moistness, and just a hint of flavor.

Vanilla's my next fave. I stir in teeny chunks of almonds. The peach is pretty good too.

:( Yogurt.

eek!

lol

GGM_Susi,

eek! That used to be my sentiment, also. It has only been the last couple of years that I "learned" to like yogurt. I can also drink milk now....something I always disliked intensely...although I loved ice cream, cheese, butter and sour cream.

MoC

I stopped drinking plain milk by the cow full after I got braces on at 15---back then it made the metal made the milk taste funky, made me nauseous. Love ice cream, love milk in my coffee when I have an iced coffee or hot chocolate. Cheese only when its melted and mostly Parmesan, Jack, American. Cream cheese only in cheesecake LOL

No sour cream or cottage (gag) cheese for me.

i too did not like yogurt in the past which was kinda of silly as i loved loved loved sour cream. my daddy drank buttermilk with black pepper. cheese almost any kind .

A friend of mine who was born in Germany used to make this for breakfast sometimes and I would gag watching her eat/drink it.

White bread, buttermilk, raw egg, pepper, salt.

Thinking about it is making me dry heave now

LOL

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Yeah tell me about it.

And she'd get this ....oh nevermind I'm making myself gag remembering

LOL

hubby wont touch beets.

spinach hated that canned crap mom used to try and feed us. it will put color in your cheeks. as kids we would say who wants green cheeks. now raw spinach yum yum. Or wilted spinach with some garlic, evoo and hot sauce mmmmm or dare i say it some crumbled bacon........

I love tomatos but won't touch tomato soup. I had a babysitter as a child who forced me to eat it even though I wasn't feeling well at the time and I threw it all back up on the floor. Can't get past that.

Why will you not eat tomatoes? Is it psychological? I know someone that had a traumatic experience with brussel sprouts and will not eat them anymore.

13.1----The tomato 'God' heard that. He will be sending the Flying Tomato Monster to get you - you will be seeded, planted and left to become a new "Merle" variety of tomato. ..a saucy story, but in a good way!

Tomatoes doesn't taste bad. You probably ate a rotten tomato once years ago and now your brain translates any tomato taste to the taste of the bad tomato. Please do not take offense to what I said; it is simply that psychology is a fundamental reason for people's likes and dislikes. If I am correct, you simply do not remember the psychological trauma that you encountered.

The better the tomato the worse they taste.

That is quite unusual then. It should not taste bad. Tomatoes don't even have much taste to them.

polka if tomato's do not have much taste to you then you have not tried a heirloom tomato those are the bomb. some people do not like tomatoes no matter what. with my huband it is beets cant stand them the smell makes him sick.

I will consider trying the heirloom tomato.

with my huband it is beets cant stand them the smell makes him sick.

Beets are not bad either.

It should not taste bad.

If only everyone had the same interpretation/reaction to tastes.

I have a biological problem that makes almost all vegetables taste bitter/foul. Although the veggies that are most often not liked, such as lima beans, sweet peppers, sweet onions and beets, I can tolerate. (I don't love them but I can and will eat them.) Others, such as brussel sprouts, broccoli, tomatoes, asparagus just make me gag. I feel the same about most fruits although I like apples and bananas.

I drink and cook with almond milk - cow's milk makes me gag (it always smells spoiled to me) and I've never tried a yogurt that didn't taste horrible. I like cheese - most kinds if they're not too strong.

Unfortunately I have never met a bread or pasta I didn't like.

It's not an easy way to live. If only broccoli tasted like chocolate and vice-versa!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

kate have you tried coconut milk they make creamer, yogurt, also goat milk is easier to digest hazlenut milk is also good.

raspberries, strawberries, blueberries from home if i could get them all mmmmmmmmmmmmm. strawberries from ca. or ok.

Not sure why anyone would eat something they do not like just because it's good for you. To many things I like that I can get the same N values out of.

Mama, Need to try strawberries from florida and some of our blackberries. Matter of fact having some smoked babyback ribs tommorow with home made blackberry BBQ sauce.

do you smoke them yourself if so what kind of wood. mmmmmmmm blackberry bbq sauce never tried that one yet. homemade is the way to go.

I smoke them and I use oak. Took 30 lbs to a local pub we go to and they were gone in about 15 minutes, had the owner scraping the bottom of the pan trying to get all the sauce. That was a fun night.

Th sauce we worked on for about 6 month to get it and the rub to work together.No complaint yet.

cool a true bbq'er. we use apple, cherry, hickory, and pecan easy to find here. i make my own rubs and sauces also. mmm so much better and healthier you know whats in it. enjoy those ribs for me.

I own a millshop and we have the other woods advailable also buy I have a few oak trees and we just trim a limb off one and use it. Don't have to soak it.Cherry good if you want to put a little more heat to it.Apple very good to use or even combine with more than one wood.I would also have to agree making your own is a lot better.
Have a good one..

thanks you to.

barb ever tried them with some basil a pinch of sugar red wine vinegar? that is the way my dad liked to eat them all summer long.....

barb ever tried them with some basil a pinch of sugar red wine vinegar? that is the way my dad liked to eat them all summer long.....

Never tried that. Sounds really good.

I really like them with sliced onions and fresh basil (home grown), tossed in olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

I have a great recipe for making a spicy creamless tomato soup. No lumps after its smoothed just whilst cooking though.

My husband is the same way with beets.

will do.

Mmmm. Soba!

:)