By the way, I had brussel sprouts for dinner two nights in a row now. Yummmm.
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By the way, I had brussel sprouts for dinner two nights in a row now. Yummmm.
That's wild. Me, too. I had no idea there was a reason for it. I just have to eat them slowly and mindfully. If I chomp 'em down, hello hiccups.Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
Now let's see: LOVE cilantro. LOVE strong, dark, black coffee. Pulpy OJ, the best. Banana, there's about a 5 minute window when they're right for me. Love those Mojo bars. Love Lara bars. Hate the rest of the "bar" world. Liked the Cliff Shot Bloks, Cran-Razz flavor.
Despise olives. Barf. Loathe beets. Raw tomatoes--thin slice, good. Chopped, good. Big slice or whole tomato--puke. Can't explain that one. Texture.
And that's your nightly report on "Foods Lise Does and Does Not Like". :p
Hard to think of foods that make me gag. Tequila and whiskey will. (Although, a margarita goes down too well.) And those green olives with pimentos. Ugh.
There are lots of foods I thought I did not like, i.e. green pepper raw, but have learned to appreciate them. And while some foods I don't go out of my way to eat (okra), I can handle the foods in limited quantity/occasions.
What is it about that short banana window?
Oh and foods I like... too many that's the problem. Cran-Razz bloks are my new ride food pick me up.
SKM
Love Clif Snot Razz and Clif Blocks Cran-Razz. My tummy handles both of them sooooo well. Lara bars and Clif Nectar bars; very happy. Clif recovery drink, much happiness. Clif electrolytes.... not so much. And I have two huge cans of the powder!
I think it tastes like sweat. Warm sweat. When I tried it at Seattle Bike Expo it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I've tried mixing it at different concentrations, no go. It doens't mess with my tummy, but it tastes icky when I make it. I think I'll try adding some lemon juice tomorrow and/or maybe a bit of honey or sugar.
The whole Clif line is peachy-keen with my occaisionally fussy gluten-enteropathic digestive system, so I'm eager to find a way to bump-up the taste of the electrolyte.
Ha! Too funny, Beth. I'll call them frappa-lappa's for short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beth-Ro
Well, my mom's English and so I grew up drinking tea a billion times a day, so coffee was the natural next step. Now I'm a fiend for the stuff. :p
~BikeMomma
Ever notice how the banana window gets shorter in the summer?
I like the power bar gel - banana strawberry. I'm getting pretty good at slime-ing one down whilst on the bike. Problem is - I won't litter and the outside gets sticky - yuck. So, my jersey pocket gets a little gooey and my cell phone is a little sticky, but it all washes out. Obviously, I don't care enough about the sticky stuff to actually stop & gag one down.
Cilantro is good stuff! Salsa isn't salsa without it! If it gets minced, it releases nasty oils & becomes quite strong.
Ditto on pears - gritty food - ugh. And catfish...you know what THEY eat...EEWWWW!!
How about tuna? Anybody have a good way of making it not taste like...tuna? It's such a great protein source.
Add cilantro to the tuna, and maybe some lemon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogmama
mmmmmm, that sounds good.
I ate an entire can of turkey Spam on Friday. Didn't taste like tuna at all. Didn't taste like turkey, either....
Gotta love salted fat!:D
tlkiwi - I keep re-reading your post - it gives me the giggles. For the most part I wholeheartedly agree - especially creepy, sloppy stuff, but nothing, nothing will ever turn me off 42 Below Feijoa vodka. Mmmmmmmmm.
My most despised food has to be jelly. Uck! And when you think of what gelatine is from... Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
Off to make myself a feijoa vodka now....
Well, my mom's English and so I grew up drinking tea a billion times a day, so coffee was the natural next step. Now I'm a fiend for the stuff. :p
~BikeMomma[/QUOTE]
Tea...love tea. Drink hot tea every morning and iced tea the rest of the day. (I am southern, after all. It's in the credo.) My mouth just never made the conversion to coffee. I think I would have better luck with chitlins! :p
YES!!! I am not alone! I despise the taste of coffee. There is nothing, no flavored creamer, or whatnot that will get rid of that nasty aftertaste!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beth-Ro
I also can't do scrambled eggs (texture thing), lima beans (just yucky), Brussles sprouts (barf!), organ meats (eww!) or hominy (gag!).
Oh, have any of you ladies tried freezing your bananas? If said 'nanas are getting ripe, peel, slice into chunks, toss into a container and freeze. I do this once the freckles start to appear and they keep for quite awhile. Easy to toss into a smoothie mix.
I guess I would accept that if there were nothing else to drink in the house, but why would I have bought it in the first place when there are all those other, non-feijoa varieties of 42 Below goodness I would much prefer. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwi in oz
P.S. For those who don't know what a feijoa is... http://www.feijoa.org.nz/ Now, excuse me while I run around finding and correcting the spelling of 'feijoa' in my previous post. :p
P.P.S. Woe is me! :eek: It's too late! The window of editing feasibility has slammed shut!
Let's not get on to the topic of drinking and booze , fellow Kiwis
in Aotearoa/Enzed or overseas...
remember what happened last time when we got a pointed post from the moderator
We must be sensitive to other anthropologies of alcohol...at least when we are sober
I LOVE spinach... never had it growing up.
Clif Bars give me gas. Not horrible (like the wrong combo of cooked onions and garlic adn roasted veggies that are delicious BUTT...) but... they're not worth it.
On tonight's ride over a flat (before the bad fall) we were discussing the versatility of GU (the wrapper was used for a boot when I had an old tire fail and we speculated on its usefulness as "slime")... with the words of wisdom that "Gu should not be used for butt balm."
the only good thing about coffee is the smell of the beans before it's brewed. Again, the whole Starbuck's thing past me by.
Orange juice. I use to love orange juice. Pregnancy and the whole diabetes testing during it (you know the "orange" flavored stuff you drink) ruined that. I tried about a year ago to drink some oj and couldn't do it.
Sorry, but brussel sprouts are just wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
I used to be against them (and quite radically so!) and now I enjoy them!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dachshund
Sprinkled with just a pinch of sugar (or a tiny spoon of maple sugar) it takes of the bitterness and makes them fabulous...
I had a friend that actually got upset when I discovered I liked a particular dish at Cheescake Factory. "But it has eggplant in it!!" If you didn't know what it was, you think it was grilled mushrooms. (Evelyn's Favorite Pasta, if anyone is curious) Same person freaked when I ordered Beet Soup.:rolleyes:
RoadRaven,
The KiaOra ad was my favourite as a kid - could never stand the horrible synthetic squash though.
My gag food of choice is:
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Egg custard. My mum made me eat a dishful one day for dessert - and I repaid the favour by barfing it back up again all over my parents' bed in the middle of the night! :rolleyes:
Never been able to even look at one without heaving since.
And coffee - being terribly British, I'm a tea-head.
Despite recent attempts to consume the most frothalicious cappucino, I'm still at a loss why anyone would chose this beverage over paint stripper and go into quite impressive facial spasms whenever I try.
Oh - and cherry flavoured stuff - reminds me of the threadworm medicine I once had to glug as a kid - the digestive/intestinal effect was quite rapid and not something I'd ever want to repeat!
Turkey Spam? Didn't know there was such an animal. Add Spam to my "ick" list. It featured in a lot of my mom's "specialities" when I was growing up (spam and baked beans, for example).Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Now, I already know I'm a big ol' freak:p but I love brussel sprouts & a good fried Spam sandwich every now and again is a good thing.
Has anyone tried honeycomb tripe?? It's used in a dish called Menudo. Now, I'm half Mexican, and I managed to avoid the dish for years, but finally relented & tried it a few months back when my aunt was making some.
Mind you, tripe is rectal lining from a cow, and I can honestly say that it is the most disgusting thing on this planet!!
Love- CLif Bars. Especially that cranberry flavor, or the peanut butter.
any vegetables, especially brussell sprouts, broccoli, etc
well, almost any food substance really:rolleyes:
Hate- Luna Bars. They taste so dry and hard. Maybe its the soy that turns me off.
coffee, although I like caramel lattes with extra sugar and whipped creme
chicken made any where other than my kitchen.
Oh my, had some milk and covered oreos once, went for a short spin very shortly after...yucky feelings came to visit my tummy! Another time....had icecream coming home from work, it was in the 90's so I was easily tempted to stop in and get in the airconditioned building besides getting the coolness of the icecream...did not feel so good on the rest of the ride home. I have had the italian ice (like sherbet) on a previous day and it did not have the same effect as the icecream with milk product. My conclusion... I now have a no milk before a ride rule.
you sure it wasn't a Clif Bar??:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lise
OK my favorite Balance Bars - Mocha Chip favorite - everything a Clif or Luna Bar is not. Favorful, chewable and good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jennifer
I love veggies, will eat most types of Clif bars and tolerate GU, but I hate, and cannot tolerate egg yolk of any kind. Egg whites can be mixed with salsa and eaten, and eggs when incorporated into such things as cakes and cookies are ok, but fried eggs, soft or hard boiled eggs, deviled eggs, poached eggs, eggs benedict...they're all just BAD!
My husband turned me onto those strawberries and creme things at Starbucks (yum). The other day I decided to pull up the nutrition info off their website and found that one of those has almost 500 calories for a tall!:eek:
They're off my list, now! And I thought it was just strawberries and milk?!
I can't stand Clif bars anymore, either. And the original power bar?? Ugh! The only bars I seem to like are the power bar triple threats and Lara bars, which are cool because they are all natural, uncooked, vegan, kosher, etc. And they taste pretty good (in small quantities). There is one Kashi bar I like as well, but I can't remember the flavor.
Husband got me back into vegetables too, which I hadn't eaten for years, so he's still on my good side.:rolleyes:
fake banana flavouring is pretty yuckie.. the starter for this thread.. That said I'll eat just about anything. The only exceptions I can think of are
tripe
tendon
chitlins.. the smell alone hurts me.
li hing mui
other than that there's things I'm not a fan of or wouldn't search out on my own but if I'm hungry and it's in my way.. It's gonna get eaten. After 3 disapoints in a row at starbucks though I doubt I'll ever pay for a baked product there again. They've consistently disapointed me..
SPAM is the best though. fry it in some soy sauce. slap a slab of rice on top. wrap it up in nori. perfection. Long Live The Spam.
I just found the worst food ever. I thought I would "be good" on my 200k Saturday, so bought lowfat mozarella sticks instead of regular. Friday night, in the hotel, I hadn't really eaten much for dinner, so I was going to have string cheese with my glass of Syrah! Mmm. And watch Animal Planet. I took one bite- I can't even describe the rubbery yet sawdusty taste. I tried to swallow it, but ended up spitting up the chewed up part into the toilet. ICK!!! Left the whole pack in the fridge there.
Salsa.
I just found out that it's a migraine trigger for me. I didn't eat it very frequently for years and years, but found some I liked lately, so I have been eating it more often.
Never, ever again.
More for everyone else! :)
My list:
Organ meats, I do like liverwurst, but that is so much fat I rarely eat it anyhow.
Bologna, used to be a favorite, fried, but the fat again. and it is just too CHEAP What's in it?
Cooked zuchini- once had some that was bitter-I now avoid it.
Cilantro-tastes like soap.
Blood sausage. A favorite as a kid for breakfast,my family called it by the Polish name Keishka, then I asked what it was in English now I think of it as Blood sausage and get nausous just thinking about it.
Blue cheese dressing. Tastes and looks like vomit.
Macaroni salad -store bought- something tastes bitter, I must be peculiar.
Cherry Pie- its slimy.
Whipped cream- sometimes makes me feel like my throat is closing up and I'll be choking. It's not the taste or texture, because I feel that way even after I eat itI. But not always, so It must be some additive. Fake whipped topping, the ingredients are too gross!
I used to dislike any kind of crucifer, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage (except in cabbage rolls, etc.)
Now I love cabbage, avoided Brussel spouts until last year I tried fresh instead of frozen, and they weren't bitter. After being married to someone who hated almost everything, it was a releif to be able to eat again. I probably would still be avoiding weird vegetables if I hadn't suffered all that gastromic deprivation.
As a kid I couldn't eat hardboiled eggs, the dryness of the yolk made me choke. Mom wouldn't let me color eggs, nor eat only the white. Finallly learned to choke down those yolks as an adult. I think of all the cholesterol and fat I could avoid now that I know it is healthier NOT to eat the yolks, but feel to guilty to toss them!
Also, I LOVE custard. My favorite dessert. (Never ate it as a kid)
I have difficulty experimenting with strange animal products, sometimes I will sometimes I won't. I think it makes me thinkabout the death of the animal. Animal products I'm used to don't bother me anymore. ( I kow I "ought" to become vegetarian, because I don't think I could slaughter animals personally, so it is dishonest to eat them. Except killing fish doesn't bother me, even though I like keeping pet fish. But eating octopus does bother me. I ordered some by accident in an Asian restaurant, described as seafood soup.
It was dead already, so I figured I might as well eat it, but it saddened me. They are very clever animals.
Jellyfish was interesting. An Asian freind raved about it. It didn't have any flavor of its own that I could detect, and it was prepared in a cold salad. It had a texture somewhat like calimari but crunchier.
Trying new vegetables and fruits I always find interesting. I may not like them, but there is no "squeamish" factor here.
Hated seaweed, flavor was too strong, and repeated on me. Until I ate sushi several times.
Wow, I love a bunch of stuff on your list.
Liverwurst and bologna- love- but feel too guilty to usually eat.
Zuchini- love in any form- raw, cooked, bread, cake, etc.
Bleu cheese dressing- but with French- together. Love.
Cherry Pie!! Whipped cream, especially sprayed straight out of the can!!
Macaroni salad! (Have to admit- there's a huge variation in taste/quality with that).
Mmm brussels sprouts- especially homegrown.
Mmm seaweed- especially salad.
You do realize I'm going to try this tonight!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Sounds similar to my bleu cheese mixed with bar-b-q sauce---I love dipping my roasted chicken in that:D
JoyfulGirl mentioned hating li hing mui. I love those little sour-salty pickled dried plums. The Mexicans have a version with lime called saladitos. MMMMMmm, just thinking of it makes me drool. For those who don't know what they are, I've attached a pic.
I don't have very many foods on the do not eat list. In fact, I eat almost everything on everyone else's do-not-eat list.
organ meats
chicken feet
congealed blood cubes (asian thing)
blood sausage (same category as above?)
oreos (traumatized from having them stuck in my braces)
beans, although I'm warming up to refried beans
ginseng tea
I shouldn't eat milk/cheese products becuase I'm slightly lactose intolerant. However, I do it anyway. It just gives me gas. I'll suffer gas for a slice of pizza. My fiance can't have any milk at all. Being a devout cereal lover, he now has all his daily cereal with Silk Soy Milk.
I must say, having the flowers by the li hing mui makes it look MUCH tastier!
I think processed food is evil. We should stay away from that stuff as much as possible.
Just save your yolks for the custard!Quote:
Originally Posted by plantluvver
We'll never be able to dine together ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
Shimpie- Sorry to diss on the li hing mui ;) My first experience with it was my boyfriend piling this shriveled super salty thing on the top of my beautiful, perfect, plain mound of white rice that I was ready to dig into. The salt permeated the whole bowl. I've held a grudge ever since. It's really the boy's fault but I kinda like to keep him around so I just take it out on the food.
My mom loves the saladitos you mentioned and my boyfriend holds out for stuff from hawaii.. I threaten to go to the feed store and just get em salt blocks. AuntieK's right though, the blossoms make em look down right appetizing.
Awww, there has to be something we agree on! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Robbin_G