Once in a (rare) while, my wife insists that I eat something I don’t like the taste of, like fish or bitter melon. So my usual response is to cover it in something that will overpower the taste. I used to use barbecue sauce or Frank’s Red Hot sauce (depending on the dish), but now I’ve discovered that I can put yellow mustard on just about anything and it will end up tasting like mustard. Problem solved!
Anyone else have any favourite overpowering condiments?
It’s not really a condiment but cheese is my go to for this. I’m not a real fan of broccoli but with cheese smothered on top it’s tasty, and I love broccoli/cheese soup.
Nowadays I just avoid eating anything that would need to be drowned out, but when I was younger, and sometimes had to eat liver, I would drown it out with HP sauce. So my answer is HP Sauce. You could still taste the liver though :(.
It will burn holes in your taste buds, your nostrils and into your sinus cavities, and you won’t have to worry about tasting anything for a long, long time.
I can’t think of anything that would be necessary. There are only a handful of easily avoided flavors I dislike strongly (coffee, beer, coconut, and licorice), so there’s no need to cover up anything.
The last thing I ate that I hated was haggis (forced myself to swallow one bite). I can’t imagine anything so strong that it’d hide that taste. Maybe hot tar.
I honestly don’t recall ever doing it. Being an old fart and brought up in Australia, sauces and other condiments weren’t always at the table. The sauce only appeared for certain things. So I eat it as is or not at all.
Although, on reflection, I add hot sauces to lots of things, but to spice up bland stuff, not mask the taste of objectionable items.
I heated up a can of “Italian Wedding Soup” last night and it tasted strongly of tin can, so I put in a spoonful of Parmesan cheese and a shake of dried basil, which improved it. The addition of an appropriate cheese can really transform food.