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06 Dec 11
Originally posted by KewpieCanned asparagus, canned?
I've done the same with asparagus. Met the canned variety as a kid and refused to eat it for 50 years. Now I live in an area where it's grown and discovered how good it is. What a waste of all those years!
That's just wrong.
The only thing i can think of is wine but i think it's the same as your scenario where the quality that i had tasted as a child wasn't as good as it could've been.
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Originally posted by Trev33Also, it's an age thing. There are very good, biochemical reasons why children like or dislike some tastes more than adults do. Many children are not particularly enamoured of the taste of alcoholic drinks; they're not sweet enough for them. Hence also the popularity of alcopops among the nearly-children.
The only thing i can think of is wine but i think it's the same as your scenario where the quality that i had tasted as a child wasn't as good as it could've been.
Another example is vegetables. Apparently, the bitter tastes in some vegetables taste much stronger to children than to adults. Hence the proverbial hatred of children for Brussel sprouts (and, in coutries where it's common, chicory). Although to be fair, they're also often greatly over-cooked, which doesn't help for adults, either.
One of my own: as a child, I loved peanut butter (the real thing, not the sugary muck you can get in some places). I had it on my sandwiches every single day. My sister loathed it. Now, I like it, but not nearly as much; I hardly ever have a peanut butter sandwich. My sister still loathes the stuff. Unfortunately for her, my nephew now loves it almost as much as I used to...
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06 Dec 11
Some things don't change too. I despise coriander, or 'pak chi' in Thai. I always have since childhood, and still do today.
That makes life somewhat difficult in Thailand, as 50% of dishes almost always contain coriander. 🙁
If a meal I request on the spot cooking for, then no issues. However, even most street foods and stall foods are pre-cooked, containing the dreaded pak chi.
Somethings don't change......
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06 Dec 11
Originally posted by mikelom"I always have since childhood..."
Some things don't change too. I despise coriander, or 'pak chi' in Thai. I always have since childhood, and still do today.
That makes life somewhat difficult in Thailand, as 50% of dishes almost always contain coriander. 🙁
If a meal I request on the spot cooking for, then no issues. However, even most street foods and stall foods are pre-cooked, containing the dreaded pak chi.
Somethings don't change......
-m.
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06 Dec 11
Originally posted by Shallow BlueI don't know, i always liked beer and rum (from about 11 or 12), i still don't particularly like white wine only red and that took a trip to Argentina to get my taste buds going. TBH i think it was just the quality of red wine i was exposed to when i was younger, some reds still taste like vinegar... Guinness on the other hand was probably the age thing, never liked it and now i love the stuff.
Also, it's an age thing. There are very good, biochemical reasons why children like or dislike some tastes more than adults do. Many children are not particularly enamoured of the taste of alcoholic drinks; they're not sweet enough for them.
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06 Dec 11
Originally posted by mikelomCilantro for our American't friends. I don't care for the stuff either, the seed i can get along with but the herb, i wouldn't say i hate it but i'd prefer to do without it. Funny how so many people don't like it.
Some things don't change too. I despise coriander, or 'pak chi' in Thai. I always have since childhood, and still do today.
That makes life somewhat difficult in Thailand, as 50% of dishes almost always contain coriander. 🙁
If a meal I request on the spot cooking for, then no issues. However, even most street foods and stall foods are pre-cooked, containing the dreaded pak chi.
Somethings don't change......
-m.
07 Dec 11
Originally posted by mikelomAt last, someone who, like me, despises coriander leaves. I had felt isolated and estranged by my distaste for this foul-tasting herb, but now mikelom has released me from this feeling of alienation. A palate friend who abhors the noxious, abhorrent and evil Thai ingredient. I love Thai and Indian food, but PLEASE steady on the dreaded coriander. Always have hated it. Always will. Evil stuff!!
Some things don't change too. I despise coriander, or 'pak chi' in Thai. I always have since childhood, and still do today.
That makes life somewhat difficult in Thailand, as 50% of dishes almost always contain coriander. 🙁
If a meal I request on the spot cooking for, then no issues. However, even most street foods and stall foods are pre-cooked, containing the dreaded pak chi.
Somethings don't change......
-m.
08 Dec 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAbhorrent tastes are very difficult to describe.
How would you describe the flavor you've despised in coriander (or 'pak chi' in Thai) since childhood?
Did you ever chew on something that made you feel that all of your teeth roots were wrotten, the sour and sweet and salty acids were coming OUT OF YOUR tongue ONTO your palete from within all mixed on the senses, whilst chewing a perfectly enjoyable piece of meat or sea-food that made you want to vomit?
Coriander is gross, bad for bodily acids, and like chewing prickly-nettles.
That's how I would describe it, in answer.
But then, maybe I'm not a Stallion like you. 😉
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09 Dec 11
Originally posted by mikelomwow, high marks for hyperbole.
Abhorrent tastes are very difficult to describe.
Did you ever chew on something that made you feel that all of your teeth roots were wrotten, the sour and sweet and salty acids were coming OUT OF YOUR tongue ONTO your palete from within all mixed on the senses, whilst chewing a perfectly enjoyable piece of meat or sea-food that made you want to vomit?
...[text shortened]... how I would describe it, in answer.
But then, maybe I'm not a Stallion like you. 😉
-m.
There is much cilantro in mexican food, of which I am a big fan. Especially in salsa and guacamole, since the taste diminishes when cooked.
I've never had a problem with it. Seems a rather minor thing to get so worked up over.