# My broccoli tastes like fish

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071 "2007-02-28T20:01:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/1 "2007-02-28T20:01:58Z")

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I’m chewing on some broccoli, and it tastes like tuna. Should I be scared?

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**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/2 "2007-02-28T20:29:12Z")

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Is it from a Chinese place? The beef and broccoli down the road always tastes oddly fishy.

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**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/3 "2007-02-28T23:22:03Z")

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You should be very scared! Broccoli is going to take over the world! Our only hope is to eat it all. Clearly, broccoli has figured this out, and is changing it’s flavor to rotten fish. Suffocate those florets with cheese sauce (they HATE cheese sauce) and help reduce the world’s broccoli population!

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**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/4 "2007-03-01T01:23:22Z")

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quick, open up a can of tuna and see if it tastes like broccoli

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/5 "2007-03-01T03:28:56Z")

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I don’t care if it does taste like tuna, I still…

Do Not Want.

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/6 "2007-03-01T05:04:08Z")

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I must ask: Is **broccoli** still around these days, or has he departed?  
And does he taste like tuna?

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/7 "2007-03-01T06:12:39Z")

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Very strange indeed. I wonder if that has any connection to my farts smelling like broccoli?

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**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/8 "2007-03-01T07:09:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Autolycus]  
I’m chewing on some broccoli, and it tastes like tuna. Should I be scared?  
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That has happened to me before. I suspect that the brocoli may have come in contact with ice that was used by the grocer to pack fish.

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/9 "2007-03-01T07:26:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Imasquare]  
That has happened to me before. I suspect that the brocoli may have come in contact with ice that was used by the grocer to pack fish.  
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Eww, fish ice? Is that even legal?

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-broccoli-tastes-like-fish/394071/10 "2007-03-01T08:26:22Z")

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That’s funny. My _fish_ tastes like _broccoli_.