Preference for foods not in their purest form (8 Viewers)

[Otis]

Had so many of my daughter's friends come round and say they don't like tomatoes, yet they love the tomato sauce on a pizza.

Thought about it and think I am the same in many ways in having a preference for foodstuffs that have been modified in some way.

I don't mind tomatoes, but much prefer tinned tomatoes to raw tomatoes. I'm also not keen on potatoes (mashed, or new, or boiled), but then love roast potatoes, chips and crisps.

I don't mind eating bananas, but absolutely love them when I put them in a smoothie. I also prefer strawberry flavour to just eating raw strawberries, though again I love strawberries in a smoothie.

Anyone else the same?

On the other side of the coin, I love mushrooms, but am never keen on mushroom flavoured stuff.

 

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[skybluetony176]

Had so many of my daughter's friends come round and say they don't like tomatoes, yet they love the tomato sauce on a pizza.

Thought about it and think I am the same in many ways in having a preference for foodstuffs that have been modified in some way.

I don't mind tomatoes, but much prefer tinned tomatoes to raw tomatoes. I'm also not keen on potatoes (mashed, or new, or boiled), but then love roast potatoes, chips and crisps.

I don't mind eating bananas, but absolutely love them when I put them in a smoothie. I also prefer strawberry flavour to just eating raw strawberries, though again I love strawberries in a smoothie.

Anyone else the same?

On the other side of the coin, I love mushrooms, but am never keen on mushroom flavoured stuff.

I’m the same with tomatoes. Love them cooked into food not so keen on them in their raw form though. Especially those little ones in salads. Don’t mind some of the ones you get around the med that have barely any seeds and lots of flesh. They’re quite pleasant. On the whole though I just find them bitter unless cooked.

 

[Captain Dart]

Added sugar and salt.. yummy.

 

[robbieray]

Bananas, like them to eat but not banana flavoured stuff

 

[skybluetony176]

Bananas, like them to eat but not banana flavoured stuff

Love bananas and banana flavoured stuff. In Sri Lanka you get a red skinned banana and they taste just like banana flavoured bubblegum. Apparently you can only grow this particular banana in Sri Lanka and they’ll only grow wild in the jungle, all attempts to farm them as a crop fails as the trees won’t bare fruit.

 

[Otis]

Bananas, like them to eat but not banana flavoured stuff

Opposite to me then.



When Cadbury's brought these out they didn't prove to be popular. I adored them though and it was brilliant when it got to the stage where you could buy 5 for a £1 at Home Bargains and Heron Food.

Saved a fortune at that price, but then it cost me a lot more in the long term because I had to buy one of these to cart them all home each week. Fair bit in dental work bills too.



I love banana flavoured stuff.

Weirdly, I struggle to eat a banana. I find them too filling. However, I have no problem sticking three of them in a smoothie and drinking it straight down.

 

[hill83]

I like my meat cooked. Never been a fan of raw meat.

 

[hill83]

Love bananas and banana flavoured stuff. In Sri Lanka you get a red skinned banana and they taste just like banana flavoured bubblegum. Apparently you can only grow this particular banana in Sri Lanka and they’ll only grow wild in the jungle, all attempts to farm them as a crop fails as the trees won’t bare fruit.

I read that originally that particular type of banana and that flavour was the original mass produced type we'd get worldwide until a disease stopped it being grown and that's why banana flavoured things taste like that. Not sure how true it is.

 

[skybluetony176]

I read that originally that particular type of banana and that flavour was the original mass produced type we'd get worldwide until a disease stopped it being grown and that's why banana flavoured things taste like that. Not sure how true it is.

Interesting. I know that the Sri Lankan red banana isn’t the only type of red banana in the world so maybe it was a type from elsewhere (South America for example). What you’re saying makes sense though.

 

[Otis]

I like my meat cooked. Never been a fan of raw meat.

Think that means you are a mouse, not a lion.

 

[Otis]

Interesting. I know that the Sri Lankan red banana isn’t the only type of red banana in the world so maybe it was a type from elsewhere (South America for example).

What you’re saying makes sense though.

Makes a change.

 

[Covstu]

Love curry but cant stand curry plants...

 

[Otis]

I love spinach in things, but I don't care much for it raw. Just find it bland.

 

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

I couldn't eat a live pig. But I do enjoy bacon.

 

[skybluetony176]

Makes a change.

No need

 

[hill83]

Makes a change.

 

[Houchens Head]

I can't stand celery. It's boring, bland and chewy. Urgh! But put it in a soup or stew and I'll happily eat it! Opposite with tomatoes though. They are one of my favourite fruits to eat raw, but fry one or grill one and I refuse to touch it. (Why do restaurants include them in a mixed grill?) Same with figs. I could eat figs till they come outta my ears, but fry one or grill one or do anything to change the originality of one and I feel like puking!

 

[Houchens Head]

…………. I'm also not keen on potatoes (mashed, or new, or boiled), but then love roast potatoes, chips and crisps...…..

I'm the complete opposite, Otis. For the last couple of years or so, I've gone right off potatoes when in chip form or roasted. But I enjoy a small amount of mash or a couple of 'new' spuds. I'm tending to eat more fish and salads these days.

 

[Otis]

I can't stand celery. It's boring, bland and chewy. Urgh! But put it in a soup or stew and I'll happily eat it! Opposite with tomatoes though. They are one of my favourite fruits to eat raw, but fry one or grill one and I refuse to touch it. (Why do restaurants include them in a mixed grill?) Same with figs. I could eat figs till they come outta my ears, but fry one or grill one or do anything to change the originality of one and I feel like puking!

Fried figs?

Never ever heard of such a concept.

 

[Otis]

I do find it weird that tinned tomatoes taste so different to fresh ones.

All they have is citric acid added to them.

 

[Houchens Head]

Fried figs?

Never ever heard of such a concept.

I might be exaggerating the "fried" bit, but any type of cooking of figs is sacrilege! Best fruit going!

 

[Otis]

I might be exaggerating the "fried" bit, but any type of cooking of figs is sacrilege! Best fruit going!

Didn't them a bit rich for my liking. Don't mind them, but do find them a bit much.

 

[Ashdown]

We are trying to buy a lot less beef at the moment, it's not the best product for the environment and nature is being destroyed all over the world to accommodate cattle farms. I'd like to say we are going to eat more plant based foods and we probably will but of late we are eating more fish and shellfish.

 

[Nick]

Am I the only person who doesn't really dislike many foods? Only liquorice.

 

[covmark]

I like raw carrot, but cannot stand cooked carrots.

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[Otis]

I like raw carrot, but cannot stand cooked carrots.

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Ha, the opposite again.

Don't mind raw carrots, but much prefer them cooked every time. Love honey glazed carrots.

 

[hill83]

Am I the only person who doesn't really dislike many foods? Only liquorice.

Weirdly enough I'll eat pretty much anything but also hate liquorice.

 

[Otis]

Am I the only person who doesn't really dislike many foods? Only liquorice.

I was a nightmare baby and never budged since.

My mum said there were foods that I just did not like one little bit. I wasn't fussy, I just did not like them and that was from as soon as I was on solids.

Didn't like peas, carrots, potatoes, green beans, cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, onion, broccoli, pepper, beetroot, sprouts, swede. Just about all vegetables.

Apparently from the age of around 2 to 10 I was only fed baked beans on toast, tomato soup, fish fingers and chips and hot dogs.

No wonder my brain is frazzled!

 

[CovInEssex]

Am I the only person who doesn't really dislike many foods? Only liquorice.

Same here on both fronts. I'll eat pretty much anything but liquorice, eugh

 

[Nick]

I'm starting to see who the cool people are and who the fussy eaters are. Get in the bin

 

[Otis]

Same here on both fronts. I'll eat pretty much anything but liquorice, eugh

I hate liquorice too.

 

[hill83]

I'm starting to see who the cool people are and who the fussy eaters are. Get in the bin

"I don't like <a food>"
"Have you ever tried it?"
"No"
"

"

 

[Nick]

"I don't like <a food>"
"Have you ever tried it?"
"No"
"

"

Exactly, have refused to let our daughter be like that and she isn't a picky eater.

One kid she used to go to school with would only eat chocolate spread sandwiches. Breakfast, dinner and tea.

He had his parents pants right down there.mugs

 

[hill83]

Exactly, have refused to let our daughter be like that and she isn't a picky eater.

One kid she used to go to school with would only eat chocolate spread sandwiches. Breakfast, dinner and tea.

He had his parents pants right down there.mugs

My mrs family are a bit like that. It's bland food with no seasoning all round. The father in law was really impressed with roasted garlic with roast potatoes the other week.

 

[Nick]

My mrs family are a bit like that. It's bland food with no seasoning all round. The father in law was really impressed with roasted garlic with roast potatoes the other week.

In other words, he loves a roast?

I was talking more really picky people, even more so ones who bang on about it. Maybe they just aren't good cooks

Another one of my hates is kids and silly amounts of fizzy pop. A 5 year old drinking a pint of coke at 10pm on a school night and wonder why the kid is hyper and won't sleep.