What's your favorite food?

[Opsimath]

Peas were the bane of my childhood. I spent hours sitting at the table because I was told I had to finish them before I could leave. I would fill my mouth with milk and swallow them whole when I could. When we moved out of my childhood home and some items that had been in storage for a couple of decades were moved, my hiding places were revealed by the presence of desiccated peas. Even as an adult I will avoid them when I can and I cringe when they are added to the fried or steamed rice. What is strange is that it is not just the taste. I will eat split pea with ham soup rather than go hungry.

Oh, gee, that's most unfortunate. My mom said she does not eat things that she does not like and she was not going to make her kids do it. I believe the same and I never made my son eat anything he didn't think was good. People's taste buds are different. What is good to some is not good to others - if that wasn't true we would all be eating the same things, right? We were encouraged to try it, though. Sometimes we did and sometimes we didn't. Smell being directly linked to taste, if it didn't smell good it didn't warrant a taste test.

 

[fronobulax]

Oh, gee, that's most unfortunate. My mom said she does not eat things that she does not like and she was not going to make her kids do it. I believe the same and I never made my son eat anything he didn't think was good. People's taste buds are different. What is good to some is not good to others - if that wasn't true we would all be eating the same things, right? We were encouraged to try it, though. Sometimes we did and sometimes we didn't. Smell being directly linked to taste, if it didn't smell good it didn't warrant a taste test.

My mom insisted that we at least try new things but usually the expectation was that a small helping would be eaten regardless. I think the peas and a couple of other disputes had more to do with economics - not wasting food, not preparing two different menus to accommodate a child, "who's in charge here?", and a desire to provide nutritionally balanced meals from the available resources.

I should also note I thought I hated vegetables but decades later what I seem to have hated was canned and/or over cooked vegetables.

 

[Opsimath]

My mom insisted that we at least try new things but usually the expectation was that a small helping would be eaten regardless. I think the peas and a couple of other disputes had more to do with economics - not wasting food, not preparing two different menus to accommodate a child, "who's in charge here?", and a desire to provide nutritionally balanced meals from the available resources.

I should also note I thought I hated vegetables but decades later what I seem to have hated was canned and/or over cooked vegetables.

I have generally liked vegetables, although I prefer a lot of them raw (carrots for example) but I agree concerning canned. With apologies to Dread's brother-in-law, canned green beans are pretty bad. During March 2020 COVID when canned veggies disappeared from the shelves all we could get was fresh and they really were far superior to the canned stuff. Still not my favorite but way more edible.

 

[davismanLV]

I love vegetables!! And green beans are a fave but I buy them fresh and keep them around to eat raw. I just grab a handful and use them as a snack. So crispy and sweet and tasty!! Once you cook them, they're still good but most of what I like about them is gone after cooking. Eat 'em RAW!!

 

[dreadnut]

I love raw cauliflower and broccoli as well. Our dogs love the raw stalks of the cauliflower and broccoli, I give them slices for treats.

 

[Opsimath]

I love vegetables!! And green beans are a fave but I buy them fresh and keep them around to eat raw. I just grab a handful and use them as a snack. So crispy and sweet and tasty!! Once you cook them, they're still good but most of what I like about them is gone after cooking. Eat 'em RAW!!

I'll try it. As said I prefer many veggies raw as opposed to cooked. Never thought to try green beans raw. Thanks!

Have you ever had raw sweet potato? People think I'm nuts when I mention it, but as kids my grandmother used to hand us a slice of sweet potato when she was getting them ready to cook. At that time I refused to eat cooked sweet potato, although I love them now, but never turned down a slice of raw. I still eat raw pieces while I'm cutting them up to fry - and I think I like fried sweet potato as well as French fries. However, raw white potato? No thanks, although I knew a gal who craved them when she was pregnant. Never ate them any other time but every day she would peel a potato, salt it, and eat it raw.

 

[davismanLV]

Ooooh, raw potato!!! I used to bum them from my mom and grandmother when they were making potato stuff. It's all about the crunch!!

 

[dreadnut]

My Mom used to always peel the spuds, and cook the veggies to mush. Pretty much got rid of all the good stuff. And she could turn the finest roast into shoe leather. She was a great baker though!

Can't remember the last time I peeled a potato.

 

[FNG]

Raw fresh green beans are pretty tasty. Green beans are good pickled also.

Love raw taters. Honestly I can't think of a potato dish I don't like.

 

[FNG]

I've made this a couple of times, pretty simple but great. Last time I added Brussel sprouts. His potato salad recipe is pretty tasty also.

 

[dreadnut]

Still one of my favorite recipes and simple, simple, simple! Sweet & Sour Pork Chops:

Line a glass baking dish with your favorite sauerkraut.

After a quick pan searing, place pork chops on top of the sauerkraut.

Spread your favorite applesauce on top of the chops. I like to add a sprinkle of Saigon cinnamon.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350F for 1 hour.

Enjoy.