Eating _______ is like punishment. I hate it!

[yvr girl]

For me it has to be okra and rhubarb. :puke:

[GOPisEvil]

1. Brussels sprouts.

Just...ugh...:puke:

[u4ic]

7. More for me, then!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[GOPisEvil]

10. Enjoy yourself, hon!

I'm glad someone likes them. :)

[IntravenousDemilo]

42. Yes. Little green balls of galvanized evil. nm

[GoneOffShore]

69. Cook them less

and then put bacon and onions with them.

[Shakespeare]

118. Aw, ya gotta try FRESH ones....

Makes ALL the difference in the world. Cut 'em in half and saute in olive oil with some chopped bacon....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[MrScorpio]

2. Chit-lins'

Gotta leave the house

[proud2BlibKansan]

96. Yes they are gross

And I know a ton of folks who absolutely love them. :shrug:

[Clintmax]

3. Tomatoes & Beets

Blech!!! :puke:

[u4ic]

12. Oh, I forgot about beets

especially pickled beets...:puke:

or those sweet pickles, or pickles in mustard sauce :puke: :puke:

[newsguyatl]

28. wow, those are two of my favs!

[GoneOffShore]

66. Then I guess

you'd really hate the curried beet and tomato soup with creme fraiche.

[Clintmax]

75. Uh...no!

YUCK! Holey moley, that sounds awful! BTW: When I said tomatoes, I meant raw ones. I can eat them if they are cooked (like in stew) and I love tomato soup and tomato sauce. Just keep the slimy raw things away from me and I'm OK.

:yoiks:

[laura888]

4. Liver n/t

[LaurenG]

36. I'm with you. I won't eat it, no, no, no. nt

[tinfoilinfor2005]

98. me three. yuck.

[ihaveaquestion]

114. Liver is the most DISGUSTING stuff on the planet !!!!!

Not that I have strong feelings about it or anything. :hi:

[Democracy White]

5. Sausages or any other processed meat crap

I swear I no longer eat anything...

Dee

[steely]

6. Lima beans

gak!

[GardeningGal]

57. I'm with you!

:puke:

[FuzzySlippers]

8. I'm getting sick and tired

of your rhubarb bashing. I tell ya, my rhubarb-custard pie is to-die-for.

[youthere]

71. I make a rhubarb custard cake that is orgasmic....

seriously.

[FuzzySlippers]

76. Mmmmmmm........orgasmic cake.

[Dora]

88. Can you post the recipe?

Either here or in the cooking & baking forum...

Rhubarb custard sounds yummy!

[youthere]

108. It's sooooo easy and yummy..

This makes it's own "custard" while it bakes. Here's the recipe-feel free to cut and paste where/whenever.

Rhubarb Custard Cake:

1 Yellow Cake Mix (plus ingredients to prepare)
2 1/2c. raw rhubarb-diced (you can use more if you want)
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 pints whipping cream (real whipping cream-unwhipped
whipped cream for garnish.

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cake mix according to package diretions. Pour into prepared 9 x 13 pan.Mix rhubarb and sugar and sprinkle on top of cake mix. Pour whipping cream over rhubarb. Bake 45-50 minutes. Cool before serving, and serve with additional whipped cream.

[Dora]

113. Thanks!

It sounds lethal....

[PassingFair]

9. sushi

An hour of gagging is NOT my idea of a fun evening out.

[u4ic]

11. Greasy foods...

:puke:

[GOPisEvil]

13. People need to learn how to fry properly.

Fried foods need not be greasy.

[u4ic]

21. Just for clarification

do you mean general frying, sauteeing, etc or deep frying?

I find the choice of pan is very important in that respect, too...a well seasoned cast iron is tops, imo. You need a lot more oil in a stainless steel. (and I would never use teflon)

I should point out I was even referencing things like pizza with too much cheese, or heavy cream/butter sauces, etc.

[GOPisEvil]

23. Deep frying in particular.

Cast iron is the best for any type of frying. I've got a skillet and a grill pan made from cast iron. They're the best.

I totally agree with you on greasy pizza. :puke:

[u4ic]

30. Thanks

I wasn't quite sure - some of the previous Southern cooking threads made me realize how different our respective cuisines and their terminologies are...:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

31. You're welcome.

And yeah, we are two cultures divided by a common language. (Except the Quebecois, but we don't count them. ;))

[u4ic]

32. Or their poutine!!

:puke:

[GOPisEvil]

35. Talk about greasy.

Although, I've never experienced it personally, it sounds vile.

[u4ic]

44. It's only good for

making Bush look like an idiot.

In case you haven't seen the infamous Jean Poutine clip: http://home.comcast.net/~wwwstephen2/bush.mpg

[GOPisEvil]

45. Bwahahahahahaha!!!!

:bounce:

[FuzzySlippers]

50. Proper temperature is the key to successful deep frying.

Too low and the food gets grease logged. Too high and it burns.

[GOPisEvil]

61. And don't overcrowd the pan either!

:hi:

[FuzzySlippers]

74. Damn straight!

:hi:

[supernova]

22. Yes, deep frying is a lost art

I'm afraid.

[GOPisEvil]

24. Have you seen Alton Brown's frying episode?

Those three pieces of fried fish and the basket of chips, had just 1.5 tbsp of oil, which isn't much at all.

[Dora]

89. I hear that.

It's all about temperature. If the oil isn't hot enough, your food will absorb more of it.

that's what I learned somewhere...

[Cornjob]

14. Brown rice or it's cousin buckwheat!

Two of the foulest grains grown on earth.

My wife tries to force me to eat brown rice for its nutritional value.

Sorry, but it gives me the willies!

[u4ic]

25. The short grain brown rice is much tastier

than the long grain. Buckwheat is just plain gross.

[Sanity Claws]

39. Brown jasmine rice is great

I find it at Trader Joe's.

[IntravenousDemilo]

43. Isn't kasha buckwheat?

Me loves me my kasha. And buckwheat honey is simply the best.

[u4ic]

46. Yes, kasha is buckwheat groats

I like using buckwheat flour, and LOVE buckwheat honey - there is nothing better. :9

[IntravenousDemilo]

54. Have you ever made your own soba noodles?

Speaking of buckwheat flour...

[u4ic]

81. No, I haven't

every recipe I've seen calls for wheat flour as well, and I can't eat wheat (intolerance). I've no idea if it would work ok with rice or bean flour - those two are quite tricky to work with.

Do they turn out better than store bought ones?

[IntravenousDemilo]

100. That sucks about the gluten intolerance.

Unfortunately, gluten is normally what holds noodles together. But you can make soba with just buckwheat flour if you're careful when cooking it, because it's more delicate than if you use wheat as well. Don't put the noodles in water that's boiling too furiously, or they'll fall apart. That's the problem with trying to cook them as you would pasta; often the surface will have turned mushy and pasty before they're cooked in the centre.

The Japanese have a procedure called sashimizu, in which you put the soba in the boiling water and almost immediately add some cold water to bring down the temperature a bit. Then as the water comes to a boil again, you add some more cold water. You do this a few times and then the noodles are done. They won't exactly be al dente, but then they're not intended to be.

[Cornjob]

80. Try Ukrainian Buckwheat Stuffed Cabbage...

If you really want something awful!

My ex-mother-in-law used to make it for holiday meals!

Man were those dreadful!

[u4ic]

102. Cabbage rolls? (holubchi?)

I detested the buckwheat ones. My mom used to make them (and not just for holidays...)

I can't smell buckwheat groats cooking without wanting to :puke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Raul

It had to be said.

[sniffa]

16. must... resist

way too many crude jokes.

[usedtobesick]

18. Nah... go ahead and say it...

"anything that gets up and walks away when your done..." Mostly clean and works for all sexual preferences...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Liver....ick...

I do, however, like liver sausage...go figure...

You don't like my fav rhubarb??? OK...then, there's more for me!

[4_Legs_Good]

117. Amen! The thought of liver makes my jaw sieze...

Granted I'm a vegetarian, but other meat just grosses me out - liver really disgusts me.

david

[chaska]

19. Why are you eating things you don't like? You...

people get curiouser and curiouser every day.

[Sanity Claws]

40. That is so disgusting!

But it is a very creative use of franks and spinach noodles.

[Initech]

20. Fast food

Although here in Cali, there's good fast food (Tommy's, The Hat, Pink's Hot Dogs, In-N-Out, and so on) and bad fast food (Carl's, Jack In The Crack, McDonalds, Taco Hell, etc). It's the latter that makes it feel like punishment. Especially a couple of hours afterward.

[caty]

26. Okra, hominy, and liver

:puke:

[newsguyatl]

27. CILANTRO!!!!!!!!

i'd rather be poked in the eye with a fork than eat it.

[Shredr]

47. You beat me to it!

I loathe cilantro! I can 't eat something cooked NEXT to cilantro!

[newsguyatl]

51. do you think

it tastes like soap too?

i've read about 10% of people have a gene where cilantro tastes like soap...

it's so disgusting. i've returned many a dish at restaurants when it was served to me with cilantro.

[Shredr]

58. I must have that gene

I think it has an awful soapy aftertaste.

I do the same thing at restaurants! And it's in EVERYTHING -- Mexican, Thai, Indian.

Glad I'm not the only one!

[Patiod]

109. Got that gene as well.

You never know when someone will have a heavy hand with it - and people throw it into some of my favorite foods and ruin perfectly good salsas and gazpachos

[usedtobesick]

29. Spam and/or Scrapple

[Cornjob]

79. Spam is horrible --- scrapple is worse!

You picked a couple of real stinkers!

[usedtobesick]

90. grew up being force fed them

willing to send it to anywhere "Kids were Starving" on my own dollar.

[Patiod]

110. I LOVE scrapple - prepared crisy on the outside, mushy inside

My SO and I split an order whenever we go out for breakfast around here. SO puts syrup on his, I just eat mine plain. We consider it a treat.

[Left Is Write]

33. Cooked cabbage, cabbage rolls, brussels sprouts...

Detecting a theme here? :D

[friesianrider]

34. Meat.

The bloody, disgusting carcass of a tortured and miserable being that was full of antibiotics and crap that clogged my arteries, damaged my heart, and made me fat and my skin look bad. :puke: Soooo glad that relationship is long over with ;)

[smbolisnch]

37. I second that.

:puke::puke:

[I Have A Dream]

48. Amen! n/t

[LeftyMom]

52. Meat stinks!

I've had enough of that nasty stinky grossness stinkin' up the grocery store! : puke:

I feel and look a lot better since I stopped eating that junk.

[flvegan]

55. Hell yes!!

Another one here, thankful to be veg*.

[DancingBear]

60. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!!

Vile stuff - been off it for 30+ years.

[Hun Joro]

93. Meat here too

You can't get any nastier than dead flesh.

[expatriot]

107. worse than punishment... meetyourmeat.com

nt

[4_Legs_Good]

116. Bad karma too!

So you'd be punished in the next life too!

david

[Lady Effingbroke]

38. eggs.

white bread (paste by another name).

[Sanity Claws]

41. Kidney, brains, all organ meats (except chicken liver)

[GoneOffShore]

73. Gimme your share

I LOVE offal!

Read Fergus Henderson's book - The Whole Beast - Nose to tail Eating.
A splendid celebration of meat, in all its forms.

Vegetarian - that's an Indian word for poor hunter, isn't it?

[Sanity Claws]

77. Offal -- isn't that pronounced the same

as awful? ;)

[GoneOffShore]

82. It refers to

"Off cuts" . As opposed to prime cuts of meat.
Again, I would point you to Fergus Henderson. A really talented chef. Try his parsley and bone marrow salad. It's wonderful.

[Sanity Claws]

115. Bone marrow - I'd try it

I understand bone marrow is quite nutritious. I'll look around for Fergus Henderson.

[Beware the Beast Man]

49. Dick.

Spotted dick...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

53. collard greens

[delen]

56. mincemeat pie

yuk

[u4ic]

67. I agree

and welcome to DU! :hi:

[Patiod]

111. My mother has it for Thanksgiving every year

There are only three of us, and I pointed out that 33% of those at the table really hate mincemeat, whereas 100% like cherry or apple pies. But she still gets mincemeat every year.

Fortunately, I'm not a dessert fan in any situation, so it's no big deal. But I really hate mincemeat.

:hi: welcome delen!

[enigami]

59. tofu

Please dont beat me up

[flvegan]

64. Opinions vary.

I know lots of folks that hate tofu. It'd be unfair to beat you up over that.

Hell, I've had nasty, nasty, NASTY tofu before.

Heh heh heh...enigami.

[proud2BlibKansan]

62. chocolate chip ice cream

I know I am probably the only person in the world who isn't crazy about chocolate. I hated it when I was a kid. Now I can eat it but I cannot gag down choc chip ice cream.

[Dora]

91. OMG!

Me too. Especially the Baskin-Robbins choco chip...

Something about the gritty texture ... it was like eating sand ice cream.

[proud2BlibKansan]

92. Oh yay a partner!

Wanna start a support group? :)

Choc chip to me tastes like vanilla with specks of dirt in it. :puke:

[Dora]

95. Yes, and let's have interventions

for all those pathetic chocolate-chip ice cream eating suckers.

I think Prohibition might be a good idea.

[smartvoter]

63. Tofu. nt

[youthere]

70. I'm with you.

Can't stand the stuff.

[GoneOffShore]

65. Swiss Chard UNLESS

covered with cream, Gruyere cheese and bacon in a pastry case.

[smartvoter]

68. Upchuck. nt

[GoneOffShore]

72. Went to a meal recently

That I paid for. This was part of the email that the chef sent.
And despite what I've said about things I'm not fond of, I agree with him 100%:

"We define diet restrictions as things that will adversely affect your
health as opposed to food preferences. We are only interested in
things you are allergic to.
Part of the experience is the spirit of adventure.
If any members of your group have a multiplicity of cosmetic food
issues, this dinner will be a complete waste of your time and money.
We attach the term "cosmetic food issues" to such things as the
following :

Vegetarians, No consumption of terrestrial animals, fish or shellfish.
Vegans, Atkins Diet,High protein or Low Carb Diet.
Raw Foods.
People who do not like their food to "touch" ie.....the steak cannot
touch the mash potato or vegetable.
Sauce on the Side."

I'm a member of PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals

[yewberry]

85. "Cosmetic?"

Someone should inform Chef Snarky that longtime veg*ns can get quite sick when they are exposed to meat products.

Unless, of course, he thinks explosive diarrhea is a *cosmetic* issue.

[smbolisnch]

97. Real creative.

:eyes:

[friesianrider]

104. "define diet restrictions as things that..adversely affect your health"

And he DOES NOT include vegetarians in that group?

Methinks that chef needs to get a friggin' clue as to the colossal health risks of a diet that includes meat (and, the colossal health BENEFITS of a vegetarian diet). :)

[Catchawave]

78. I love okra and rhubarb....

properly prepared, that is. Noshing them straight from the garden is a little gritty :(

[ovidsen]

83. My Mother's cooking

I love ya Ma... sorry!

But there's a reason I cook when I visit. And I think you know what it is. Or maybe you just like being catered to! :7

[sakabatou]

84. Right-wing spin

[Scout]

86. pretty much any vegetable

I can tolerate green beans and broccoli in very small doses, but that's it.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

87. my husband wants to go to prison...

[Old_Fart]

103. ROFL

:rofl:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

105. he thinks the cooking will be better

[RPM]

94. fecal matter

:puke:

[barb162]

99. horseradish

[Kire]

101. Money

[Strawman]

106. Eggs

I hate eggs. As an ingredient, they're fine. On their own, ick.

[Patiod]

112. Goat cheese

Like cilantro, people take perfectly good food, and ruin it by adding goat cheese.

Feta = hell