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Eating your veggies (lemmy.world)
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[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 34 points 6 months ago

Never understood the veggie hate, even as a kid. My brother still avoids them and he's 30. I'm genuinely surprised he hasn't contracted scurvy.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 12 points 6 months ago

I can explain. My parents just made bland, steamed vegetables. Idiots never learned to season and make vegetables tasty. Like it's so easy.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 6 months ago

Steamed vegetables are great. You're just supposed to do more than steaming it. And not to oversteam.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 6 months ago

Evolution is a hell of a natural force.

[-] BurnSquirrel@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Relevant Mr lovenstein

For me personally growing up, everyone just steamed them into a wet tasteless mush. This is not the way. Almost all of them are good sauted or baked, even brussel sprouts with a bit of salt and a dash of oil

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Especially Brussels sprouts

[-] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Part of it, too, is selective breeding ~~(aka genetic modification, but that's a dirty word)~~.

https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/

Edit: I may be misinformed. I thought selective breeding was technically considered GM, but it sounds like only editing outside of breeding might be what qualifies. Didn't mean to make this post about technicalities, just meant to point out that genetics has also played a part in arguably more palatable plants.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Children are generally adverse to bitter tasting things. Hunter gatherer poison defense. Some folks are just more acutely sensitive to it.

Usually it's brassicas that cause that yuck reaction. Cabbage, broccoli, cale.

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 10 points 6 months ago

My wife insists that broccoli is disgusting.

I like it. It's not like super flavorful or anything, but I'll roast and salt a little broccoli for something to add to my fettuccine. She always passes and refuses to even try it.

More for me.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Broccoli is, like, one of the least disgusting vegetables.

Anything that tastes vaguely like soap, however, ruins a whole dish for me.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago
[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

It tastes like soap to me but I’ve just grown accustomed to it, and something’s missing if it’s not there.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

I recently discovered adding red pepper flakes to broccoli and holy shit it is delicious.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's weird for me then because I loved vegetables as a kid but I still hate bitter things. I don't enjoy beer or coffee. Can't get enough broccoli or asparagus though.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Beer and coffee you can aquire pretty easily if you want to, because of the drugs. I'm fat enough without beer though, so it's still nasty to me. I speak with such confidence because I aquired a taste for campari which is about as bitter as Satan's asshole. I hated it at first, just putting it on my tongue was an exercise in torture. Now I like it.

[-] Akareth@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

FYI, people who do not eat any fruit or vegetables (on the carnivore diet) do not get scurvy.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 6 months ago

That was a joke, friend

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