Foods Tastier than their Reputation

Cafe Society
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It’s about time for one of these kinds of threads:

I like liver. It’s not every food that can pull off chewy and creamy texture so well, especially at the same time.

I love parsnips. They are carrots on steroids. If you are only so-so on carrots, they will hunt you down and punch you in the face with carrot flavor until you surrender. I like parsnips in stews especially. I also like carrots themselves, but find them too polite for most cooking.

I think beets taste like earth in the best way possible. When you pickle them they are even better. Beets are like the relative who drinks, but you love them anyway.

Others?

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Prunes. They are bigger, sweeter raisins. Super delicious, but always with the negative connotations.

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Even though I haven’t been nine years old for a looooong time, I still love fish sticks. And mac ‘n’ cheese.

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Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society.

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Brussels Sprouts. They can be bitter but they taste good especially when cooked properly.

I also like Spinach.

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Simple meat loaf, mashed potatoes and green beans (must be canned). One of my favorite meals of all time.

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I’m a fan of scrapple. I’ve never tried haggis, but I’d like to, and based on what I’ve read about it, I’d like it a lot – basically an offal-and-grain sausage.

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Brussel Sprouts has a new reputation of being the super-trendy food–or at least, it did three years ago. Spinach got that reputation about thirty years ago, around the same time as sushi. All these foods have had their reputations thoroughly rehabilitated.

Liver? Man, I’m glad some people like it, I really am. I’ve given it the best chance I can, and nope.

But I’m with you on prunes. They’re unjustly maligned.

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Rutabaga. Great with pot roast or corned beef, or as an ingredient in soup.

Broccoli. As long as it’s not overcooked.

Blue cheese.

Lima beans.

Kale. Best if the leaves are picked when small and tender.

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I refuse to eat beets because they taste like dirt. My sister loves beets for the same reason.

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I like all of the foods mentioned so far, though I haven’t had liver in ages, since it’s not good for me.

To add to the list, I would never say that Spam is great (too salty, for one), but it’s hardly as bad as its reputation would have you believe.

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I just plain love liver. When it’s not overcooked (the usual cooking mistake), it’s delicious. It goes especially well with another favorite of mine: lima beans.

I also like kate chips. I was surprised to learn they cook up just great in a microwave.

Brussels Sprouts got a bad reputation because people boiled them. They’re best roasted in a little oil and salt.

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liverwurst/branschwiger I love the stuff … in school I was the weird kid because when someone’s parents made it for them and they didn’t want it theyed give/trade for it to me …

I can eat pate also

Now I cant stand normal liver tho …I tried ti year before last and almost threw up and I didn’t even swallow any

May I ask how liver is bad for someone ? id like an excuse for next time i come across it…

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Canned cranberry sauce. Must be the whole berry kind. People look down on it because it’s ‘out of a can’, but I love it.

Hot horseradish. The white kind tends to be hotter but the sweeter kind with beets is great too.

Which brings me around to gefilte fish; A culinary crime but the perfect horseradish conveyance.

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Yes, and chocolate covered prunes are really good.

I like broccoli, as long as it isnt overcooked, which I thnk was the issue for decades.

At Basque restaurants they often served pickled beef tounge, which I found way better thna it looked.

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Tongue and heart are delicious. Among the best meats. I’m not sure if that fits the OP, as some people are just naturally squeamish. Brussells sprouts as well, I hated them as a kid but I don’t know if I actually didn’t like the taste or felt I was supposed to hate them. Also, people are boiling them less and pan frying them more which helps.

Jackrabbit.

Fruitcake.

I have not had, but apparently good:
Mountain lion/cougar/puma/etc.
Carp

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Anchovies. I started adding them to anything that needs a punch of umami. Puttanesca is food of the gods.

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Bad for me, I said. Too much iron. But unless you have hemochromatosis, too, it’s probably good for you.

And Brussels sprouts are also fine raw. You can make a good cole slaw from them. It’s hardly a surprise that they’re gross boiled, because most vegetables are gross boiled. Roast them, or stir-fry them, or steam them, or even microwave them, but never boil vegetables unless you’re making soup.

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Plus a splash of balsamic vinegar.

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Not me, but Mr.Wrekker says rattlesnake is good. Tastes like chicken.