# Foods you will only eat prepared a specific way (or, exceptions for foods that you otherwise hate) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496 "2018-05-20T07:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/1 "2018-05-20T07:32:56Z")
Is there any foodstuff that you will only eat if it’s prepared in a specific way? Or, is there a food that you _hate_, but you will eat under certain circumstances? For example, I hate mushrooms, but if I’m cooking a nice steak, I will cook up some mushrooms and onions but toss out the mushrooms and eat just the onions with the steak. The onions just taste better with the steak when cooked with mushrooms vs. being cooked by themselves, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/2 "2018-05-20T07:39:30Z")
I won’t eat boxed breakfast cereal that’s prepared in the normal way. I will only eat it dry, just as it comes from the box. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/3 "2018-05-20T07:39:42Z")
I can only eat liver as liverwurst or braunschweiger…I have yet to try pate although I’m told I’d like it… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/4 "2018-05-20T07:52:20Z")
I don’t like onions, in most forms. But onion rings are awesome. (Especially A&W’s.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/5 "2018-05-20T08:00:37Z")
Potato makes me gag unless it’s been cooked enough with a high enough surface area to make it all crispy. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/6 "2018-05-20T11:31:45Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > I can only eat liver as liverwurst or braunschweiger…I have yet to try pate although I’m told I’d like it… Yeah. Can’t stand even the smell of liver, but love pate. j ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/7 "2018-05-20T12:21:28Z")
Can’t stand cucumbers, but I love pickles. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/8 "2018-05-20T12:34:52Z")
I hate cauliflower in raw, steamed, mashed up to pretend it’s potatoes, or drowned in cheese sauce form. But I regularly and deliberately choose aloo gobi from the Indian buffet. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/9 "2018-05-20T12:42:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Can’t stand cucumbers, but I love pickles. This is the first thing that came to mind for me as well. I hate watermelon (and all melons), but love watermelon flavored candy, although not sure if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/10 "2018-05-20T12:54:35Z")
With the exception of pico de gallo, I hate raw tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/11 "2018-05-20T12:54:46Z")
I hate olives. Hate them. But if they are part of the toppings of a pizza they are okay even when I can taste them mixed in. While I eat ham on sandwiches (but only if it just a part of a sandwich. I would never eat just a ham or ham and cheese sandwich), the only cooked ham I like is spiral ham. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/12 "2018-05-20T13:53:50Z")
I’d never get tuna salad or meatloaf from a restaurant, but both of them are in my top 5 favorite things that Mom makes. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/13 "2018-05-20T14:03:21Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I won’t eat boxed breakfast cereal that’s prepared in the normal way. I will only eat it dry, just as it comes from the box. I always wondered if true evil exists. Now I know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/14 "2018-05-20T14:07:50Z")
Asparagus must be broiled or grilled. I’ve had it in soup and it was okay, but that’s because it’s no longer a fibrous, evil weed. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/15 "2018-05-20T14:41:39Z")
**DCnDC** , you may know this already but it’s probably the glutamate (MSG, basically) in the mushrooms that is flavoring the onions. If you’d like to save yourself the work and the waste of chopping and discarding the mushrooms, try experimenting with adding a little bouillon powder for the same effect. As for me, I have an intense hatred for beets. But I adore pickled beet eggs. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/16 "2018-05-20T14:42:35Z")
Carrots. Will only eat if they are cooked with a pot roast. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/17 "2018-05-20T14:52:11Z")
I can only eat eggs scrambled. They’re disgusting any other way. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/18 "2018-05-20T15:44:59Z")
I like chicken livers, but only if they’re boiled, not fried. I have always hated fried chicken livers. Anyway, I used to boil the livers from any whole chicken I bought and let my dog have them. I tried one one day just on a whim, and it was delicious. I guess boiling must take out a lot of the vile liveryness while frying concentrates it. Now the dog doesn’t get the livers. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/19 "2018-05-20T15:48:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Can’t stand cucumbers, but I love pickles. This is going to be a popular answer, I think. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/20 "2018-05-20T15:49:53Z")
I don’t like fish, but sometimes I’ll order heavily battered fish and chips. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496.md?page=2)