# Foods that you love in one form but hate in another **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320 "2021-07-12T16:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/41 "2021-07-13T01:31:54Z")
I love, love pizza in all it’s various forms and toppings. From New York style, to Chicago deep dish, to brick oven thin crust. But man, I just can not do the cold pizza thing. Something about cold tomato sauce just grosses me out. I loathe cold ketchup also. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/42 "2021-07-13T01:43:12Z")
I’m not normally a fussy eater, but: Spinach. I love fresh spinach and will eat it raw or cooked. But if it has been canned or frozen, forget it! The wiltyness, and texture of canned or frozen/thawed spinach? Just gross. If you’re going to make me something that has cooked spinach in it, it had better of started out fresh. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/43 "2021-07-13T02:07:15Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Eggs. They don’t bother me as an ingredient in baked goods, as a binder for meatloaf and maybe in mayonnaise but I won’t touch them in any other form. I’m the same way, except I won’t eat mayonnaise either. Another one on my list: tomatoes. Tomato sauce (if it’s spiced enough)? Love it. Ketchup? Great with fries. Sliced tomatoes on, say, a burger, or a BLT? Won’t touch them. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/44 "2021-07-13T02:08:04Z")
Another carrots must be crunchy person here. On the flip side, onions must have NO crunch at all. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/45 "2021-07-13T02:26:17Z")
Reading the OP, I couldn’t think of anything but some of the replies jogged some memories, though none rise to hate. I don’t care for spinach in soup. It doesn’t add anything except broth on my chin, which it always does because the leaves are too big for the spoon and retain enough integrity to get dragged across my face. It’s acceptable as a salad green and good on sandwiches. Similarly, cheese in soups. Stringy. At the same time, I acknowledge that a delicious French onion is incomplete without the characteristic cheese topping, but in this unique case, the cheese is sort of floating on croutons/lardons (I’ve never tried the latter) and not really mixed in. I opt out of cheese in chili as well. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/46 "2021-07-13T02:36:13Z")
> [@TitsMcGee](#): > > Love them scrambled or fried. Hard boiled are the devil’s spawn. Scrambled (omelette) or hard boiled (deviled) are good. The rest—poached, fried, sunny side up, etc.—yuck! I’ll drink hot coffee with cream and sugar; I’ll have a sip of the wife’s cold brew, similarly doctored. But ixnay on the coffee ice cream, coffee yogurt, coffee flavored candy! Plain, unsweetened yogurt is nasty…unless you coat meat with yogurt and spices, then grill it. The heat changes its flavor I guess. Likewise I hate cottage cheese but it’s fine when baked in lasagne. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/47 "2021-07-13T12:17:14Z")
I’ll only eat cucumbers if I must. Pickles are good though. Tomatoes are good in all their forms…except ketchup. I won’t eat it and I won’t look if someone else is eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/48 "2021-07-13T12:33:09Z")
I don’t like tomatoes by themselves. I like them sliced in BLTs, diced in salsa and sauced. I don’t like them stewed. Not because of the flavor, but because of embarrassing squirts. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/49 "2021-07-13T13:41:17Z")
I love tuna sushi. Or sashimi. But once it’s been cooked, in any way whatsoever, I’m completely uninterested in eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/50 "2021-07-13T13:44:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Quite common actually. I remember a story where in exchange for your soul or something equally important you could live in a world where everything was perfect. Among other things listed in the sales brochure was that it would never rain if you had something planned, automobiles that never broke down, and **coffee that tastes like it smells**. The hero found out, of course, things were not exactly as represented. I remember that story! Was it perhaps published in F&SF? I never missed an issue, so it it seems like a good bet. I read the others (Analog, etc.) from time to time, but I read F&SF from cover to cover for I don’t know how many years. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/51 "2021-07-13T13:56:38Z")
I detest eggplant, but found these. It’s one of those things where a small amount of the offensive ingredient was drowned in something fantastic, which here was the breading. > **[Season's Choice Veggie Eggplant Fries | ALDI REVIEWER](https://www.aldireviewer.com/seasons-choice-veggie-eggplant-fries/)** > > Aldi’s Season’s Choice Veggie Eggplant Fries are a good way to get your French fry fix without all the guilt. Among all the varieties of Special Buy French fries Aldi offers in the freezer section, these Veggie Eggplant Fries also... Continue reading ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/52 "2021-07-13T15:38:23Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > I remember that story! Was it perhaps published in F&SF? Quite possibly since I’ve also been reading F&SF for over fifty years and the (dimly) remembered “feel” of it is theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/53 "2021-07-13T15:43:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I don’t like tomatoes by themselves. I like them sliced in BLTs, diced in salsa and sauced. I don’t like them stewed. Not because of the flavor, but because of embarrassing squirts. So you’re saying you prefer not to orbisculate? Or are you referring to other embarrassing squirts? (I just learned this new word and am thrilled to use it in an actual sentence. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/54 "2021-07-13T15:46:20Z")
**Hardboiled eggs** are an abomination, any other way is fine. ETA: Eh, poached is also too close to hardboiled. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/55 "2021-07-13T15:51:57Z")
[Orbisculate](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/27/us/orbisculate-meaning-dictionary-trnd/index.html) Awww, that’s lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/56 "2021-07-13T15:53:56Z")
I thought so, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/57 "2021-07-13T16:19:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I don’t like tomatoes by themselves. I like them sliced in BLTs, diced in salsa and sauced. I don’t like them stewed. Not because of the flavor, but **because of embarrassing squirts.** They’ve got pills for that, ya know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/58 "2021-07-13T16:35:22Z")
As far as eggs go, I guess I’m the outlier so far. I’ll eat eggs only if: - They’re fried in olive oil and the yolk is broken and cooked hard. No runny, no gooky, no slime - They’re hard boiled and sprinkled with salt between every bite. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/59 "2021-07-13T16:42:41Z")
I have a weirdness about nuts in that I enjoy them all the ways except in breads and savory food additions like in salads or couscous. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320/60 "2021-07-13T16:47:22Z")
Avocados. I love Guacamole but do not enjoy them in any other form. I think it’s more a matter of mouthfeel than taste. You need to smash the slimy out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320.md?page=4)