# I Hate Celery **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745 "2017-03-09T01:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/41 "2017-03-09T19:42:31Z")
I dislike celery, but reserve true hatred for celery seed, an utterly vile taste. It must be cheap, because poor quality spice blends use it as filler in places it does not belong. Many a potato salad or cole slaw has been rendered inedible because some taste blonde person added celery seed. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/42 "2017-03-09T21:23:45Z")
> [@SUZ\_MAC](#): > > Oh, and I will add that I do put celery in my pasta salad, potato salad and tuna salad because I like the crunch. My mom cooked a lot with celery and she told me it was because it provides so much flavor. I just don’t understand that at all. Really fresh celery from a farmer’s market has a peppery flavor. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/43 "2017-03-09T22:43:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I’m a bit confused; what precisely is forcing the OP to eat something he “fucking hates”? > Celery is a divisive subject, to be sure. I personally don’t mind it but I can also understand what the haters are talking about. > > **snfaulkner** , I hereby grant you permission to tell all the celery of the world to fuck off. You are now entitled to live a celery free life. You’re Welcome.🙂 Why thank you, kind sir! But the problem lies in that my laziness often times overrides my hatred, so I don’t pick it out of dishes, so I end up eating and hating it often. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/44 "2017-03-09T22:49:01Z")
I’m a celery fan, hubby is not. For him it’s the watery C_R_U_N_C\*H that is off-putting. He doesn’t mind the flavor in foods, so I’ll string it and buzz it in a blender or food processor for soup, stew, stuffing, meatloaf and potato salad. I grow and use an herb that looks like a tougher, darker flat-leaved parsley that has the VERY pronounced flavor of celery, in this instance, a little does go a long way. Some nursery and seed catalogues call it Par-Cel(pretty sneaky, huh? ;)) It’s quicker to chop and blends readily into whatever I’m making. And, since it is an Umbellifer, Swallowtail caterpillars love it. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/45 "2017-03-09T22:58:14Z")
I love celery. Especially raw. It’s one of my favorite things to snack on and usually eaten plain by itself (though it’s also good in a Bloody Mary). I like the crunch and the clean taste. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/46 "2017-03-09T23:22:44Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I love celery. Especially raw. It’s one of my favorite things to snack on and usually eaten plain by itself (though it’s also good in a Bloody Mary). I like the crunch and the clean taste. Yeah, that’s me, too. Celery almost always add a nice little crunch and fresh taste to whatever you put it in. I’m happy to eat it raw, too, or with some peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/47 "2017-03-09T23:26:58Z")
I love the almost-white celery heart with a few leaves still attached. I never have to share it in my house, too! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/48 "2017-03-10T02:02:49Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Celery is just like everything else; \*you are either a celery fan or not a celery eater. Naw, celery is just a middling vegetable as far as I’m concerned. Celery hearts are pretty good in salad, but they’re not a front-line ingredient. Mrs. J. cooks celery along with potatoes, carrots and onions in her pot roasts and I’ll eat the celery, but it’s my least favorite vegetable in that concoction. I can see not being enamored of the strings in outer stalks eaten raw, but hating the _texture_ of celery? Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/49 "2017-03-10T02:10:54Z")
Wow, I’m surprised at the hate for celery. I cannot think of a blander, more tasteless food. Crunchy water. That’s how I’d describe celery. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/50 "2017-03-10T02:19:42Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I wonder if it’s a genetic thing. I’m pretty sure this is true. I mean, it’s certainly true that broccoli is inedible and will turn any food into a non-food product merely by wafting it nearby. But it’s genetic, too. Cilantro is another taste like that, as well as “melon flavor” (strongest in cantaloupe, less so but still overpowering in honeydew). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/51 "2017-03-10T02:22:50Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I’m pretty sure this is true. I mean, it’s certainly true that **broccoli** is inedible and will turn any food into a non-food product merely by wafting it nearby. But it’s genetic, too. > > Cilantro is another taste like that, as well as “melon flavor” (strongest in cantaloupe, less so but still overpowering in honeydew). You misspelled “cauliflower” in the bolded word. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/52 "2017-03-10T13:53:15Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > **snfaulkner** , I hereby grant you permission to tell all the celery of the world to fuck off. You are now entitled to live a celery free life. You’re Welcome.🙂 \< raises hand \> I’m fine with celery, but snfaulkner’s hatred of celery pales before my loathing of cucumber. I hate cucumber with the passion of 10,000 exploding suns that are exploding because they’re all pissed off by the fact that cucumber sucks. Would it be ok if I told all the cucumber of the world to fuck off, and if so, am I entitled to live a cucumber free life? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/53 "2017-03-10T15:32:32Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > \< raises hand \> > I’m fine with celery, but snfaulkner’s hatred of celery pales before my loathing of cucumber. I hate cucumber with the passion of 10,000 exploding suns that are exploding because they’re all pissed off by the fact that cucumber sucks. > > Would it be ok if I told all the cucumber of the world to fuck off, and if so, am I entitled to live a cucumber free life? Yes and yes! Now if only I could grant myself immunity from all the cheese every damn body has to put on every damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/54 "2017-03-10T16:33:14Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > You misspelled “cauliflower” in the bolded word. Broccoli, cauliflower, what’s the difference? They’re equally offensive and inedible. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/55 "2017-03-10T19:14:53Z")
I wish they sold celery at the salad bars. I always have to buy a big honkin’ armful for $3, for one lousy stalk. And then the rest goes bad, just rots away. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/56 "2017-03-10T19:23:52Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It’s still disgusting. All those nasty little threads. > > I don’t mind celery in recipes, like soup, or stuffing. But by itself? Ew. Like I said, you have to pull of the stringy threads when preparing it. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/57 "2017-03-10T19:55:52Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > … > Cilantro is another taste like that, as well as “melon flavor” (strongest in cantaloupe, less so but still overpowering in honeydew). Cilantro isn’t actually even food. The thing is that some people have a genetic defect that renders them unable to taste the horrible soapy flavor that would otherwise indicate to them that they’re eating poison. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/58 "2017-03-10T20:31:25Z")
Not nececelery. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/59 "2017-03-11T02:30:31Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > If you do that, it’s not self-flossing any more! 😃 \<– my shiny pretty teeth, kept clean by the good offices of indigestible vegetable fiber Not just for your teeth. Think of it as Nature’s Toothbrush… for your colon! [![](https://i.imgur.com/1izBtwp.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1izBtwp.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745/60 "2017-03-11T02:41:43Z")
Celery it at its best raw, with its mid-stalk trough filled with peanut butter. It’s fine on its own, too. Cooking celery reveals the dark side of it. Its flavor intensifies with a vengeance! I can stand it in stews and soups and such, but I’d rather do without because its flavor tends to overpower other ingredients. Does anybody else taste it this way? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745.md?page=4)