# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/21 "2018-05-20T16:40:57Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I don’t like onions, in most forms. > > But onion rings are awesome. (Especially A&W’s.) I normally hate onions in any shape or form. Except French Onion soup. That stuff is amazing. Gotta cook the onions beyond any shred of recognizability, now we’re talking. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/22 "2018-05-20T16:52:38Z")
I don’t like pickles, except on a Cuban sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/23 "2018-05-20T16:54:32Z")
I can only eat bacon if it’s totally crispy. Any hint of wiggle and I’m completely repulsed. Even crispy I can only eat a slice, or two at most. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/24 "2018-05-20T19:10:46Z")
Cabbage is only edible if in an egg roll or as sauerkraut. I will pick out all the corned beef and leave the cabbage. Onions literally make me sick, so I cook with onion powder or minced onions. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/25 "2018-05-20T19:16:24Z")
I have only eaten ricotta cheese in lasagna. I haven’t refused it anywhere else, because it has never come up, but I bet I would. (Oddly, I MUST have it in lasagna.) ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/26 "2018-05-20T19:58:25Z")
I love certain vegetables, such as turnips, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrots, when they’re raw, but I don’t much care for any of them cooked. And while I don’t hate cucumbers (I just find them watery and boring), I do love dill pickles. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/27 "2018-05-20T20:01:06Z")
Cucumbers must be peeled, otherwise I’m going to blow out some windows and clear the room. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/28 "2018-05-20T22:50:50Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > **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. I got some powdered MSG and started adding it to stuff. It’s interesting to taste umami/“yummy” in an intensely isolated form. It’s been extremely strange, when seasoning and tasting, to taste umami increasing without any rise in saltiness, as would happen when using stuff like bouillion or Worcestershire or fish sauce or whatever. (Let alone the other complex flavors that those ingredients bring.) The end results have been good so far. I have not yet tried just putting it on _everything_, like Helen Rosner does: > [@](#): > > [I whisk it into vinaigrette before dressing a salad; add it by the teaspoon to the relish of fresh plums and jalapeños that I make each summer; and, whenever I’m feeling snacky, sprinkle it on chopped cucumbers.](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/an-msg-convert-visits-the-high-church-of-umami) /digression ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/29 "2018-05-20T23:43:57Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Carrots. Will only eat if they are cooked with a pot roast. I love carrots done with a pot roast, it’s my favorite way to have them. I don’t care for them raw. I can eat them like that if I have to, but I’d really prefer not to. My daughter, on the other hand, prefers them raw to cooked. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/30 "2018-05-21T00:28:39Z")
Well, green peas, fresh or frozen, are delightful. Canned green peas - I don’t get it, they’ve been around forever and some people adore them. Canned asparagus is a whole different animal from fresh/frozen, but I can eat it, and most other canned vegetables. (Except Veg-All brand. I don’t know what they did to make them taste so utterly foul!) ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/31 "2018-05-21T02:22:03Z")
I love charbroiled oysters, but think oysters are disgusting any other way. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/32 "2018-05-21T04:11:25Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > 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. It’s definitely not meant to be boiled to a pulp. I feel the same way about Brussels sprouts, which I love roasted. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/33 "2018-05-21T04:27:16Z")
This is kind of backwards from the point of the thread, but the really nice tomato puree - like you might get on a high-end pizza - I like so much that I’ve eaten it straight from the can. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/34 "2018-05-21T04:32:12Z")
I like cabbage steamed in butter. The thought of eating boiled cabbage makes me feel ill. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/35 "2018-05-21T15:21:06Z")
I’m going to be opposite of others… LOVE cucumbers - HATE pickles Hate ketchup but eat it when it’s used to make sloppy joes Hate raw onions but love them fried on a burger or as an onion ring I don’t ever drink coffee but use it to dunk my hard cinnamon toast with peanut butter ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/36 "2018-05-21T16:01:01Z")
Tomatoes are essential on burgers, hot dogs and cold sandwiches, but I don’t like them on their own. When they show up in salads I pick them out, especially whole cherry tomatoes. Cooked spinach is slimy, bitter-tasting pond scum, but I like fresh spinach leaves either as a salad or added to sandwiches.l ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/37 "2018-05-21T16:17:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Can’t stand cucumbers, but I love pickles. Like cucumbers, but hate pickles. > [@Fenris](#): > > With the exception of pico de gallo, I hate raw tomatoes. Right there with you. Raw tomatoes are foul. I only like cilantro on tacos al carbon. ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/38 "2018-05-21T16:45:52Z")
I don’t mind the flavor of celery, but I will not eat actual celery unless it’s been cooked to the point of near-dissolving. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/39 "2018-05-21T16:47:51Z")
Tomatoes and onions. Only in salsa. And fresca and pico de gallo don’t count. blech!!! ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-will-only-eat-prepared-a-specific-way-or-exceptions-for-foods-that-you-otherwise-hate/814496/40 "2018-05-21T17:13:15Z")
I hate eggplant - it makes me literally gag. But in a hibachi bowl with white sauce, I love it. Granted, I glop on so much white sauce that the eggplant is pretty much just adding texture, but still. Actually, I normally hate the texture as well, but mixed with rice and other vegetables, or with hibachi steak, I love it. Also, don’t like cucumbers, love a good dill pickle. [Previous 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=1) [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=3)