atlasraven31 comments on What's something that you were surprised to find out a lot of people hate?

Your account was hacked..
You have a serious memory issue.
Saying hateful, rude stuff is something you do so commonly you can't even keep track of the instances.

Pretty much all of those are problems that you should deal with.

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[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 8 points 3 years ago

You told someone to fuck off for being a tankie in your eyes while we were talking about cilantro and onions. It's out of place.

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[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago

Abolutely with you. I fucking hate cilantro and I fucking love onions.

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[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 years ago

Cilantro is one of the best things in life.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

There's a generic thing with cilantro that makes some people think it tastes like soap. I don't have it, but my wife does. I hardly notice cilantro, but even a little ruins a dish for her.

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[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 8 points 3 years ago

I have it. It makes eating at Chipotle impossible.

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

What we taste is a specific chemical that you can't taste. There are a handful of these chemicals that can be tasteless or not based on your genetics. Drinking alcohols all have a chemical like that. If you ever see anyone hold their nose while taking a shot, it means they're a taster of that chemical, and trying nor to taste it.

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

For the longest time I didn't even know what cilantro tasted like. I thought maybe it tasted like nothing to me. The reason for this was once when my wife and I were at a Mexican restaurant, I got some green salsa. I dipped my chip in and complained to my wife that it tasted like nothing. She dipped a chip in and started gagging. She said it tasted like pure liquid cilantro.

One day I was cutting some cilantro for some tacos I was making at home, and I took a big bite. It didn't taste like nothing to me. I just always associated the flavor with lime because anytime I have something with cilantro, I always squeeze a lime over it.

I always thought that was mildly interesting.

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[–] nittiyh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

lol I have the opposite, anything with lime tastes like cilantro now. not complaining though, it’s a great combo.

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[–] Waldoz53@hexbear.net 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

im pretty sure i could eat an onion like an apple. i LOVE them

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago

Red onion has the sharpest flavor raw.

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[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 2 points 3 years ago

cringe

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

I hate both, and I lasted a week in Mexico city, but learned how to request those things off, if I could.

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[–] nueonetwo@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago (11 children)

Oh I'm quite aware, tomatoes too.

Every little bit I eat them to see if I like them (or can force myself to) but I just haven't been able to yet. I really wish I could just get over my dislike but I can't seem to enjoy the taste.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago (10 children)

I saw someone commenting how they specifically don't like "raw tomatoes". I was wondering why you'd be eating raw tomatoes to begin with but they just meant like regular tomatoes, ones you haven't cooked since for them the cooked ones were the norm. And it had so many people agreeing with them about how "raw tomatoes" are disgusting.

It's a weird world out there.

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[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 1 point 3 years ago (9 children)

I also don't like raw tomatoes, but cooked ones are okay.

I'd interpret 'regular tomatoes' as something non-heirloom.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago* (8 children)

I'd call "raw" tomatoes, as in regular eatable ones as just regular tomatoes. Raw to me sounds like unripe. While prepared, I guess that is self-explanatory. But I guess that's more about cultural or language differences.

What do you not like about "raw" (I guess it is now warranted since there's ambiguity, so fair enough) tomatoes? I think they're the tits! First time I hear the term "heirloom tomatoes" btw.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Raw means uncooked, not unripe. They taste sharper and have their skins on, and the seeds are with their gel and juice, between the firm fleshy parts. When tomatoes are cooked, often the first step is to drop them in boiling water for a minute, take them out, and slide the skins off. Because the skin gets tough when cooked. The other thing that happens in cooking is that the flesh softens and the seeds migrate so it's all more or less the same texture. The flavor gets sweeter too.

Personally I like raw tomatoes and cooked equally, but they are different.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago (6 children)

Just sounds so weird, people calling regular tomartoes "raw" lmao. Is that a thing somewhere in the world, maybe the US? They like their stuff factory done lol

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (5 children)

Raw cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes would go along with raw carrots and raw celery and raw cauliflower and raw bell peppers and other raw vegetables on a crudité platter. Guess what "cru" and "crudités" means in French?

The point being that these are all vegetables that can also be served cooked. (Unlike lettuce which is ruined by cooking. I tried it once, blech.) But when dipping, you want that firmness and fresh taste.

It's not a US thing, or anything special, you just seem to have an exaggerated idea of what the word raw means. Maybe you're confused because it can also mean naked ("in Equus, he appeared on stage in the raw") or chafed/chapped ("his nose was red and raw from the snowstorm") or unedited/unfiltered ("the raw data suggests Hillary Clinton will win the 2016 election"). But in this case it just means uncooked/unheated. It could be sliced and spiced and still be raw.

Btw, we don't default to cooked or canned tomatoes, we would specify those as well, for instance in a pasta or chili recipe.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

What does it mean when you just say tomato?

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Depends on the context. For instance I have tomatoes growing in a pot on my balcony.. I might say, "I put some tomatoes in the salad" or "...in my sandwich" and we'd both know I meant raw. Or I might say "this curry has tomatoes in it" and they're obviously cooked. Even if I said they were fresh tomatoes from my garden. Unless I was offering chopped tomatoes as a condiment for the hot curry, then they'd be raw.

The people in the comment thread were just trying to make it clear they have an objection to raw tomatoes but not cooked ones, that's why they specified.

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