# More Doper Diet Data - Which Vegetables Do You Dislike (Poll)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 25, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085 "2023-10-25T16:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/1 "2023-10-25T16:31:39Z")
OK, so we’ve had a poll about preferred animal proteins: > [@You get one source of animal protein for the rest of your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-source-of-animal-protein-for-the-rest-of-your-life/991729): > > For some strange reason, a wizard says that you only get one source of animal protein for the rest of your life. Being a kind sort, you can still get protein from dairy, legumes, etc so you don’t have to take that into consideration. Which are you choosing? [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-source-of-animal-protein-for-the-rest-of-your-life/991729/1) And one about Carnivore, Vegan or somewhere in between: > [@How many Dopers are Vegan or Vegetarian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-vegan-or-vegetarian/991773): > > Prompted by the recent poll question about ‘If you were restricted to only one animal protein, what would it be?’ It got me wondering how many Vegans or Vegetarians we have here. I made it a multiple-choice poll, because pescetarians may or may not include milk and/or eggs in their diets, as but one example. And feel free to comment on the reasons behind your choices - no judgment of anyone else’s dietary regime(s), though, please. [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-vegan-or-vegetarian/991773/1) In the second thread, a few people posted abut the vegetables that they don’t like - which led me to reflect that, actually, I don’t think there is any vegetable I dislike. (Some lists describe rhubarb as a vegetable - I wouldn’t (and I wouldn’t describe it as food, either) - but I think it’s generally used as a fruit so it isn’t included here). So: what vegetables don’t you like? Here’s the poll. Please bear in mind that polls are limited to 50 items, so I had to combine categories and cut a few of the more exotic varieties to get down to that number. Some of the editing down was quite brutal - I can only apologize. Feel free to comment, of course. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/1))_ (Hope that worked) j ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/2 "2023-10-25T16:35:15Z")
I marked mushrooms. Keep them away from me. I also marked eggplant, but only had it once. Perhaps it was the way it was prepared. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/3 "2023-10-25T16:38:48Z")
Jack **FRUIT** is a vegetable, but rhubard (the stems/stalks of leaves) is a fruit? More serious question: how do we handle “never tasted/dunno how I feel” options? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/4 "2023-10-25T16:40:26Z")
I just realized here are two entries for french beans - ::sigh:: - sorry. Looks like I can’t edit the poll. I suggest that, if you dislike them, check 'em both - they deserve it! j ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/5 "2023-10-25T16:41:37Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > how do we handle “never tasted/dunno how I feel” options? If you never tasted them, you can’t dislike them. Fair? j ETA - your point about jackfruit is fair. I wondered about that one.So far as I can tell it seems to be used as a vegetable in some vegan recipes (for example). ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/6 "2023-10-25T16:43:51Z")
I didn’t see cucumber. I would have chosen it were it available. blech… ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/7 "2023-10-25T16:46:44Z")
Hmm - you’re right, no cucumber. I compiled the list using a “list of vegetables” website and then editing down to fit the poll spec. Cucumber was never on the original list. A strange omission which I failed to spot. j ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/8 "2023-10-25T16:47:54Z")
I picked ‘none’ because the only vegetable I detest is beets, and it I didn’t see that initially; at first I thought ‘beetroot’ was something different, like ‘turnip greens’ are different than ‘turnips’. But now I think ‘beetroot’ is meant to be beets. So, oops. Doesn’t look like poll choices have an edit window like posts. BTW, I have to say it’s pretty rude to refer to @Mangetout as a ‘vegetable’. They are also a very likeable poster, so I don’t think that one is going to be chosen much, if at all. (haha JK, though I did have to google ‘mangetout’ to learn it’s the French word for young pea pods.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/9 "2023-10-25T16:48:50Z")
For me, cauliflower is the worst. Hate the flavor, hate the texture, hate the way it looks. Just yuk. I get that people like it and that’s fine, but I don’t want any. ETA: Weirdly I’m fine with romanesco, which is a broccoli/cauliflower hybrid. So fractal and crunchy! [![](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdbjokCVAClKTCWncYddB7IfzZhuwb5aeTDn00K46EhdXE796OSTUPdAnQVIPy7nDDP9pLCytYN9uRtuE) ](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdbjokCVAClKTCWncYddB7IfzZhuwb5aeTDn00K46EhdXE796OSTUPdAnQVIPy7nDDP9pLCytYN9uRtuE) ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/10 "2023-10-25T16:50:10Z")
> [@solost](#): > > BTW, I have to say it’s pretty rude to refer to @Mangetout as a ‘vegetable’. Hah! This where we find out if he’s Mangetout by name and mangetout by nature. j ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/11 "2023-10-25T16:50:20Z")
I didn’t include spinach but honestly every time I buy spinach it just sits there reminding me that I’m not eating it. Still, I like a good spinach salad. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/12 "2023-10-25T16:57:17Z")
I, too, had to Google mangetout. Depending on the maturity of the pea, those are snow peas or sugar snap peas in America. Pumpkin/squash includes zucchini, and other summer squashes. I think “swede” is an alternate name for rutabaga, which is a large yellow turnip. I’ll accept that jack fruit is used as a meat substitute, not really as a fruit. I wouldn’t have included it in a list of vegetables, but eh. And while rhubarb is a stem, i guess it’s generally used as if it were a fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/13 "2023-10-25T17:00:08Z")
I haven’t tried some of these (e.g. Jerusalem artichoke). It’s rather interesting, looking at the results, that my selection and others selection are pretty diverse. It looks like this really is a fairly subjective area. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/14 "2023-10-25T17:02:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > ETA: Weirdly I’m fine with romanesco, which is a broccoli/cauliflower hybrid. So fractal and crunchy! Wow, that is trippy. Looks totally Photoshopped. I was actually not aware that there was a broccoli/cauliflower hybrid, and find that kind of strange, since I thought broccoli and cauliflower are already closely related, having both been bred form the [Brassica plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica). Wow, two things I was today years old when I learned them, in the course of a few minutes in a thread about vegetables: **Mangetout** = French word for pea pods or snow peas **Romanesco** = broccoli/cauliflower hybrid Actually 3 things, if you count learning that broccoli/cauliflower hybrids exist, as well as what their name is. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I think “swede” is an alternate name for rutabaga, which is a large yellow turnip. I believe that’s a UK thing, and refers more to the cooked and mashed form of the vegetable rather than the vegetable itself. My Scottish Grandma used to make Swedes for a Christmas dinner side. [![](https://assets.tmecosys.com/image/upload/t_web767x639/img/recipe/ras/Assets/411ABD19-2206-4106-A1ED-833398315B4F/Derivates/8E2E38FD-F1F9-4C86-8C9B-06CD2E011C19.jpg) ](https://assets.tmecosys.com/image/upload/t_web767x639/img/recipe/ras/Assets/411ABD19-2206-4106-A1ED-833398315B4F/Derivates/8E2E38FD-F1F9-4C86-8C9B-06CD2E011C19.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/15 "2023-10-25T17:05:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > (haha JK, though I did have to google ‘mangetout’ to learn it’s the French word for young pea pods.) It also means “eats everything”. Especially if [it comes in cans.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk5KvJPikK010VM4uJumeNG3_QnvYi0e4) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/16 "2023-10-25T17:05:48Z")
I’ve never heard of calabrese, either. I assume it was an alternate name for broccoli, since there are so many unfamiliar-to-me vegetables names in this poll. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/17 "2023-10-25T17:07:00Z")
Several list items I wouldn’t buy for myself, but I’m okay with eating them prepared by a knowledgeable cook. Foremost would be zucchini – it’s tolerable in Chinese food, and zucchini bread is hard to resist. So, no “No” votes. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/18 "2023-10-25T17:07:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It also means “eats everything”. Especially if [it comes in cans.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk5KvJPikK010VM4uJumeNG3_QnvYi0e4) That meaning I _ **was** _ familiar with, having taken some French in college (and I do enjoy Mangetout’s vids). ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/19 "2023-10-25T17:09:59Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve never heard of calabrese, either. Huh, neither was I. My vegetable-related knowledge is growing by leaps and bounds reading this thread! ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085/20 "2023-10-25T17:37:54Z")
Hmm - one thing I’ve realized is that whilst I’m moderately good\* at spotting a US name for something I know by another name, I’m pretty poor at identifying things where there might be a US name I’m unfamiliar with. So Big Thanks to everyone who has been filling the gaps. j \* - but not as good as I thought I was. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-doper-diet-data-which-vegetables-do-you-dislike-poll/992085.md?page=2)