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 stanman wrote:
Cucumbers. I've seen the way my girlfriend lovingly eyes them at the store. Nobody should be made to feel so woefully inadequate by a vegetable.

*Puts on Pedant Cap again*

Fortunately for you, cucumbers are also fruits.

while far more of a carnivore than a herbivore its hard to actually think of a vegetable i'd want gone

(especially not Cauliflower or Brussel Sprout both of which are great as long as they're not boiled for ages, cook until just soft and both are tasty)

but I'll throw in Jerusalem Artichokes (or Sunchoke in the US according to google), they don't taste of much and are chock full of inulin the body cant break down leading to lots of gas, lots and lots of gas as the bacteria in your gut go to town

 Ahtman wrote:
I think what has been more interesting than the fact people have a vegetable they dislike, which really isn't a surprise, is how sensitive some are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

We all have our triggers.

 Ahtman wrote:
I think what has been more interesting than the fact people have a vegetable they dislike, which really isn't a surprise, is how sensitive some are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

You forgot the picture, man!




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 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

Yep. We are everywhere. We cook your meals. We haul your trash. We connect your calls. We drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not feth with us. (Or else you'll be Brussels sprouted!)

Ain't no no meat eater giving me blood. No sir!

Go find a fatty that eats McDonald's 3 times a day.

 Ahtman wrote:
I think what has been more interesting than the fact people have a vegetable they dislike, which really isn't a surprise, is how sensitive some are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

I'm actually taken back at how sensitive some people are about how sensitive some people are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

Also, maybe I should save this for a "Favorite Vegetables" thread or a "Wacky Vegetable Stories" thread, but seeing as those aren't too common I'd like to mention I ate a potato raw on Monday.

College truly is a magical time.

I'd have to vote celery out, the last time I had it was a few weeks ago and I still have an odd floral taste in my mouth from it.

I also saw a couple at the supermarket the other day holding what appeared to be a snozzcumber straight out of Roald Dahl's BFG. It was a hideous, mutated, lumpy, brown cucumber thing. It must have been a root of some kind but it was huge! That can go as well just because it was so clearly not a food that should be eaten.

 KommissarKiln wrote:
Also, maybe I should save this for a "Favorite Vegetables" thread or a "Wacky Vegetable Stories" thread, but seeing as those aren't too common I'd like to mention I ate a potato raw on Monday.

Ugh! Why?

 KommissarKiln wrote:
College truly is a magical time.

Oh. Yeah. No one had a microwave you could snag for a few minutes?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I think what has been more interesting than the fact people have a vegetable they dislike, which really isn't a surprise, is how sensitive some are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

We all have our triggers.

It would seem that way, and apparently it is honesty about the evil of brussel sprouts for some.


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 jasper76 wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I think what has been more interesting than the fact people have a vegetable they dislike, which really isn't a surprise, is how sensitive some are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

I'm actually taken back at how sensitive some people are about how sensitive some people are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

Tee hee, you took the thing and did it too! Hilarious!

 Ahtman wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:

I'm actually taken back at how sensitive some people are about how sensitive some people are about others not liking the same vegetable they do.

Tee hee, you took the thing and did it too! Hilarious!

Thanks! I made a funny!

As a culinary professional I would gladly make anyone enjoy a vegetable they hate, you just have to prepare them correctly! Except in the case of allergies and other physical ailments...

But okra? Always nasty, even when used in gumbo or anything else I just hate that texture so much. Who wants to eat a booger?

Altman, considering some people have a genetically encoded antipathy with brussel sprouts, we are veering dangerously towards discussing eugenics.

Some posters have gone so far as to advocate throwing all sprouts in the ovens.


Edit: autocorrect.

I advocate sprouts in ovens, frying pans or the deep fryer. Although I have to admit, the discussion of "having to add stuff to them to make them taste better" being unacceptable is insane to me. Would you just steam a piece of chicken with no spices and claim it tasted good? Or a steak? That sounds horrid and foul to me. I want to add seasoning to my food. All food. If it's good enough of a seasoning to add to meat, it's good enough to add to a veggie.
Hell, even a good steak benefits from sea salt, black pepper and worchester sauce prior to the grill.

 jasper76 wrote:
Thanks! I made a funny!

You certainly did make something.

Iceberg Lettuce. It is crunchy, gross water. That is all.

Do I have to limit myself to ONE vegetable to make extinct? Because there are plenty I really don't like. For instance, I have to agree with the sentiment expressed by someone on the first page about mushrooms. Whoever decided to try to eat them must have been evil. I mean, they live and feed off of dead stuff. The vultures of the plant kingdom. You don't see people eating vultures, do you? Ever think that maybe eating things that eat dead stuff is a bad idea?

Also, cauliflower is just nasty. I can't stand the stuff, even though I like the dark green version of it commonly known as broccoli.

Worst of all, while technically a fruit, the most vile thing in all of God's creation has to be the abominable, despicable, horrible, avocado. I mean, the texture is just wierd, the taste is horrific, and the way they look before they are even cut is just plain ugly. I like to make the joke that the fruit that the serpent enticed Eve to eat in the Garden of Eden must have been an avocado, as if any fruit were capable of causing the downfall of humanity, that would be the one (although I can't imagine Eve wanting to eat one no matter how hard the snake begged her to do it...). I won't eat guacamole either, as it still tastes like avocados even with all the spicy stuff in it.

I could name more vegetables that should be extinct, but these three probably are at the top of the list.

Some stuff mentioned in here that people hate, I actually like though. For instance, I actually like zucchini. It doesn't have much of a taste, but put it in stuff and it acquires the taste of whatever it's in. Same with yellow squash (whatever its proper name is). Indeed, I'm good with most squash.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 KommissarKiln wrote:
College truly is a magical time.

Oh. Yeah. No one had a microwave you could snag for a few minutes?

'


Maybe it's the old cynic in me, but maybe perhaps there was a wee bit of alcohol involved at the time?

What "vegetable" would I like to make extinct? Hmmm...it's orange and like most vegetables, it is disliked by a majority of people...hmmm.

 n0t_u wrote:
Uhhh an avocado is a fruit.

A lot of things we call or use as vegetables aren't actually vegetables, so what's your point?

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I advocate sprouts in ovens, frying pans or the deep fryer. Although I have to admit, the discussion of "having to add stuff to them to make them taste better" being unacceptable is insane to me. Would you just steam a piece of chicken with no spices and claim it tasted good? Or a steak? That sounds horrid and foul to me. I want to add seasoning to my food. All food. If it's good enough of a seasoning to add to meat, it's good enough to add to a veggie.
Hell, even a good steak benefits from sea salt, black pepper and worchester sauce prior to the grill.

Yes, I love Steamed Chicken and Vegetables.
And When I make a steak, its just a little bit of salt to keep the water in to and onto the grill it goes.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I advocate sprouts in ovens, frying pans or the deep fryer. Although I have to admit, the discussion of "having to add stuff to them to make them taste better" being unacceptable is insane to me. Would you just steam a piece of chicken with no spices and claim it tasted good? Or a steak? That sounds horrid and foul to me. I want to add seasoning to my food. All food. If it's good enough of a seasoning to add to meat, it's good enough to add to a veggie.
Hell, even a good steak benefits from sea salt, black pepper and worchester sauce prior to the grill.

"Hmmm. I will try some of your dead, burnt meat."

New report by Imperial College says we should eat 10 portions (80gm portion size) of fruit and veg a day.

Cauliflower is one of the best! Also sprouts!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39057146

Does cilantro count? It tastes like hand cleaner, and people love to pile that garbage on food.

If not, Onion. I hate onions.

There is a genetic defect that makes it so some people register cilantro as tasting like soap. Looks like you have it, my friend!

Witloof (chicory?) has to rate pretty high. Supposedly you can make it great with bacon and cheese, but I've never seen anyone pull that off, and it's really bitter.

Arbiter_Shade wrote:

But okra? Always nasty, even when used in gumbo or anything else I just hate that texture so much. Who wants to eat a booger?

Pickled okra is the bomb! In gumbo form is ok. Fried is gakky.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 KommissarKiln wrote:
College truly is a magical time.

Oh. Yeah. No one had a microwave you could snag for a few minutes?

'


Maybe it's the old cynic in me, but maybe perhaps there was a wee bit of alcohol involved at the time?

Not this time. For more context, I was at some friends' apartment around lunch time and I don't have a meal plan for dining halls because I'm close enough to commute. It was half on a dare (hence no microwave) and half because I was that hungry. We agreed that I'd probably be 'hardcore' enough to do a raw onion, but we didn't feel it necessary to prove it.

The lesson learned that day was that preparing vegetables makes a huge difference in how palatable they are, e.g. cooked potato >> raw potato. Probably applies to the other stuff on this thread.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
There is a genetic defect that makes it so some people register cilantro as tasting like soap. Looks like you have it, my friend!

There are several ones like that. You know there is one for asparagus and urine? Some people can't smell it.

 Vash108 wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
There is a genetic defect that makes it so some people register cilantro as tasting like soap. Looks like you have it, my friend!

There are several ones like that. You know there is one for asparagus and urine? Some people can't smell it.

Can we get a list going of veggies that people have a biological predisposition to have a negative reaction to?
Brussel sprouts=bitter
Cilantro=soap
Asparagus=urine

What else we got?
I'm happy to say I don't have those predispositions, and I love cilantro on almost anything and I can eat brussel sprouts with any meal.

I have allergies to onions and strawberries, I enjoy the taste of both but they absolutely destroy my digestive tract. Asparagus smells and tastes like urine to me, I'm probably more sensitive to the trace amounts of sulfur or ammonia in it. I also really dislike eggs for the same reason the sulfur content makes them smell terrible and rotten to me.

I'm also ultra sensitive to liquids that have Nutrasweet in them, it smells and tastes beyond bitter. If it's used in a solid food I don't notice it as much but in any sort of liquid it's horrible and even sitting across the room from an open can or glass of diet soda makes me feel slightly queasy. (Jello is still liquid enough to trigger it) On average my sense of smell is really bad and I don't notice most scents but that one stands out particularly strong for some reason.

Onions. Holy heck, do I hate onions.
Whenever I'm faced with having to pick them off something, or accidentally bite down on one, I often think who was the first person to dig one of these nasty azz bulbs out of the ground and take a bite. That guy had to be starving to death and clearly out of his mind to think it tasted like something edible and...not poison.