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What are foods that a lot of people dislike but you like? (lemmy.world)
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Mine are brussels sprouts, beets, anchovies and livers

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[–] 49 points 1 month ago (6 children)

There are a lot of vegetables people don't like because they are often prepared poorly. Brocolli, brussel sprouts, etc - seasoned and roasted, they're great. Boiled to mush, not so much.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Brussels sprouts have also been bred over the last couple decades to be much less bitter and have generally a better flavour than what we'd have had as kids.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    You're right, they're much more palatable these days. But even decades ago, roasting them with a liberal amount of salt, and maybe a bit of lemon juice on top, they were still decent. Boiled to mush with a single-digit number of grains of salt tastes bad regardless of the decade.

    My theory is that back when most people smoked regularly, adults couldn't taste anything and were generally not great in the kitchen because of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    TBF getting high quality and well prepared veggies is hard and it's expensive. the stuff sold in mass supermarkets is mid at best and that's what most people have access to.

    I grew up on awful quality veggies that tasted like shit, because my mom boiled and steamed everything and added no seasoning. also she did this with frozen stuff and we never had fresh. a lot of canned shit too that tasted awful.

    this is the reason i never enjoyed vegetables until I was in college. they thought I was this shitty picky kid... but they were just awful cooks who prepared awful food.

    when i took some pro cooking classes the chef asked me if my parents ever cooked with salt, because he was shocked how little i used...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I still use a lot of frozen veggies--not as good as locally sourced fresh ones, but with decent seasoning and cooking them properly, they're still good. Not sure why people thought boiling everything was the answer for however many decades there...

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