# Foods You Can Eat In One Form, But Not In Another **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627 "2013-08-19T09:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/1 "2013-08-19T09:21:15Z")
Last week, I bought some figs. A friend saw me eating them and I offered him some. He declined, saying he didn’t like eating them. “Uhm, you ate a whole package of **FIG** Newton last week,” It remind me of another friend who likes ketchup, but hates tomatoes. So, are there any foods (fruit, vegetable, meat, etc) that you can eat in one form, but can’t in another one? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/2 "2013-08-19T09:35:20Z")
Sure. I hate olives - a real handicap here in the Middle East - but I’m fine with olive oil. Also, I don’t like strawberries, but I prefer strawberry jam. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/3 "2013-08-19T09:36:30Z")
I like buttermilk doughnuts, but actual buttermilk? Horrid stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/4 "2013-08-19T09:38:58Z")
I like tomato sauces, but can’t eat raw tomatoes - yuck! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/5 "2013-08-19T09:44:49Z")
Obligatory reminder of recent thread… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680432&highlight=Olives](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680432&highlight=Olives) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/6 "2013-08-19T09:55:07Z")
Raw mushrooms are evil. Cooked mushrooms are divine. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/7 "2013-08-19T10:01:11Z")
Oyster sauce = essential cooking ingredient. Oyster = aquatic gobbet of phlegm ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/8 "2013-08-19T10:05:53Z")
I can’t really eat egg - scrambled, fried, boiled, omlette. Gives me reflux. But egg-containing foods (cakes, baked goods and the like) are fine. The line between quiche (not ok) and frittata (maybe ok if I make it) is a fine one to tread. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/9 "2013-08-19T10:21:18Z")
I like tomato sauce and fresh tomatoes, but I refuse to eat stewed tomatoes due to their consistency. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/10 "2013-08-19T10:52:47Z")
I would never eat a live cow, but I loves me some steak. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/11 "2013-08-19T10:57:22Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Oyster sauce = essential cooking ingredient. > Oyster = aquatic gobbet of phlegm Actually, “oyster sauce” is made from oyster _ **mushrooms** _ – [A variety of pleurotus.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_mushroom) It has nothing to do with the aquatic gobbet of phlegm (and I completely share your appreciation of those bivalves _shudder_). ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/12 "2013-08-19T11:35:24Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > I like tomato sauces, but can’t eat raw tomatoes - yuck! Me neither. I can eat cooked tomatoes and even sundried tomatoes, but raw tomatoes gross me out. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/13 "2013-08-19T11:52:12Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Actually, “oyster sauce” is made from oyster _ **mushrooms** _ – [A variety of pleurotus.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_mushroom) > > It has nothing to do with the aquatic gobbet of phlegm (and I completely share your appreciation of those bivalves _shudder_). Well that is true of fake, vegetarian “oyster sauce” but not so the [real thing.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_sauce) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/14 "2013-08-19T11:53:02Z")
I hate raw onions, but I’m fine with them heavily cooked-down and in small bits. That sulfurous smell and taste of more “intact” onions makes me gag. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/15 "2013-08-19T12:05:14Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Well that is true of fake, vegetarian “oyster sauce” but not so the [real thing.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_sauce) Interesting! Ignorance fought! In my discharge I should say that the only “oyster sauce” I’ve seen here (“here” being The Netherlands and, to some extent, Western Europe) is the one made from mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![ads95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@ads95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ads95)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/16 "2013-08-19T12:11:52Z")
I love cucumbers, but I cannot stand pickles ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/17 "2013-08-19T12:27:43Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Interesting! Ignorance fought! In my discharge I should say that the only “oyster sauce” I’ve seen here (“here” being The Netherlands and, to some extent, Western Europe) is the one made from mushrooms. You are not alone. Here in Australia we have decades of exposure to Asian cuisine and I often see amazing misconceptions about Asian food from both Europeans and Americans. I probably have more Asian things in my pantry, including oyster sauce, than you would find in many European and American stores. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/18 "2013-08-19T12:33:28Z")
Huh, I thought the thread title was “Foods You Can Eat In One Forum, But Not In Another”. Boy, if Ed Zotti is keeping that close an eye on us, he’s worse than the NSA. :mad: I am fond of tomatoes, but won’t touch tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/19 "2013-08-19T12:37:33Z")
Love dried figs, hate the slight perfume flavour of fresh ones. My sister likes grapes and hates raisins, my brother won’t eat fresh cheese but is a big fan when it is cooked and melted. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627/20 "2013-08-19T12:49:52Z")
Weirdly enough, corn on the cob: awesome. Corn in any other way…sweet, salted, whatever: revolting. Those little individual kernels give me fits. But I do like popcorn, cornbread and so forth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-eat-in-one-form-but-not-in-another/666627.md?page=2)