Food that most people like, but you don't.

MGuy · Post by **MGuy** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:33 am

Blasted wrote:
FrankTrollman wrote:I don't eat seafood. Like, at all.

-Username17
This.

With the exception of certain crustaceans which have little taste to begin with.

+1

Ravengm · Post by **Ravengm** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:29 pm

The rawer/larger tomatoes are, the more I can't stand them.

Tomato paste/sauce is awesome. I love pizza and spaghetti.

Tomato slices on a burger make me want to vomit.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:57 am

I couldn't think of popular crap that I can't stand since I mostly go for the bland processed garbage that is popular.

Then I realized... Diet shit! All those fake sugar substitutes are crazy popular and they make me want to spit them out immediately. Splenda, nutrasweet, any of em. They all have a horrible aftertaste of bitterness that disgusts me.

Oh, and anything remotely alcoholic. Again, too bitter for me. Gross. Only will drink for the purpose of getting drunk (very rare), or in drinking games since it is supposed to be a punishment anyway, and it certainly is.

Vnonymous · Post by **Vnonymous** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:59 pm

Ravengm wrote:The rawer/larger tomatoes are, the more I can't stand them.

Tomato paste/sauce is awesome. I love pizza and spaghetti.

Tomato slices on a burger make me want to vomit.

I'm the exact same.

I also cannot stand Tuna at all.

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:07 pm

erik wrote:I couldn't think of popular crap that I can't stand since I mostly go for the bland processed garbage that is popular.

Then I realized... Diet shit! All those fake sugar substitutes are crazy popular and they make me want to spit them out immediately. Splenda, nutrasweet, any of em. They all have a horrible aftertaste of bitterness that disgusts me.

Oh, and anything remotely alcoholic. Again, too bitter for me. Gross. Only will drink for the purpose of getting drunk (very rare), or in drinking games since it is supposed to be a punishment anyway, and it certainly is.

I hate diet shit. They should fucking ban it. Or replace the "diet" with "bitter" because that's what diet sugar is; bitter.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:31 pm

It's so you consume less of it. THAT is the Diet-Part in that shit . .

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:03 pm

Ironically it doesn't work. In fact, it's actually a total FAIL.

Drink More Diet Soda, Gain More Weight?
Overweight Risk Soars 41% With Each Daily Can of Diet Soft Drink

"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more."
"You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "It's very easy to take more than nothing." Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

There is actually a way that diet drinks could contribute to weight gain, Fowler suggests.

She remembers being struck by the scene in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice is offended because she is offered tea but is given none -- even though she hadn't asked for tea in the first place. So she helps herself to tea and bread and butter.

That may be just what happens when we offer our bodies the sweet taste of diet drinks, but give them no calories. Fowler points to a recent study in which feeding artificial sweeteners to rat pups made them crave more calories than animals fed real sugar.

"If you offer your body something that tastes like a lot of calories, but it isn't there, your body is alerted to the possibility that there is something there and it will search for the calories promised but not delivered," Fowler says.

Perhaps, Bonci says, our bodies are smarter than we think.

"People think they can just fool the body. But maybe the body isn't fooled," she says. "If you are not giving your body those calories you promised it, maybe your body will retaliate by wanting more calories. Some soft drink studies do suggest that diet drinks stimulate appetite."

I drink my tea with out any sweetener real or fake.

Hicks · Post by **Hicks** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:03 am

Peanut Butter; I can't even chew on more than three peanuts at a time as the oil makes me retch.

Liver; it tastes exactly like what it is: a waste filter stuffed brim full, and tastes like shit smells.

Refried Beans; looks like chunky diarrhea and tastes like vomit.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:01 am

Hicks: Is it just crunchy peanut butter or is it any peanut butter.

I've always found almond butter to be a milder nut butter.

mhensley · Post by **mhensley** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:42 am

tomatoes, celery, coffee - all three taste vile to me

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:26 am

I used to thought that this was just snobbery on the tea-drinkers' part, but really, tea tastes a lot better without sugar in it. That is, tea you brew yourself and not that shite you get in vending machine cans or at fast food restaurants. I can't even drink sweet tea anymore, all I taste is the sugar. Since I live in Texas ATM, this is a problem.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:19 am

tomatoes and cucumber. nausea from just the smell.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:49 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:I used to thought that this was just snobbery on the tea-drinkers' part, but really, tea tastes a lot better without sugar in it. That is, tea you brew yourself and not that shite you get in vending machine cans or at fast food restaurants. I can't even drink sweet tea anymore, all I taste is the sugar. Since I live in Texas ATM, this is a problem.

HERETIC!

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:07 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:I used to thought that this was just snobbery on the tea-drinkers' part, but really, tea tastes a lot better without sugar in it.

I'm not sure why it is snobbery, but I agree. I generally don't put sugar in my tea, and I also tend to order unsweatened tea if I can. I'll generally make one exception if the tea is an Indian spiced tea since that does work well with the cinnamon and cloves in the "Chai."

Recently, (due to a mistake of not reading all the fine print several times) I started brewing/drinking something called "Tulsi" as well. (Also known as "Holy Basil.") I've got three different "breakfast" blends at work (English, Irish, and Scottish) green teas and white teas, and a tin of loose leaf "gunpowder" green tea for special occasions.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:10 pm

Green tea gives me the shits. I'm not saying that as hyperbole, it literally gives me the shits.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:26 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:I used to thought that this was just snobbery on the tea-drinkers' part, but really, tea tastes a lot better without sugar in it. That is, tea you brew yourself and not that shite you get in vending machine cans or at fast food restaurants. I can't even drink sweet tea anymore, all I taste is the sugar. Since I live in Texas ATM, this is a problem.

I had sweetened iced tea for the first time in years this weekend. I like it, but I agree that it's not the same. I started drinking unsweetened tea a while ago to give me something with flavor to drink that didn't contain sugar. I got used to it pretty quickly and prefer it.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:41 pm

We might need to do a separate thread one day just for tea. I got a package from my mom, one containing brown rice tea and the other containing black tea soaked in bermagot oil. It's so fucking delicious I don't even know what to say.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:48 pm

Best tea is long island iced tea.
even if there is no tea in it.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:31 am

Fuck the booze. Thai tea is better.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:50 pm

Stahlseele wrote:Best tea is long island iced tea.
even if there is no tea in it.

I'm not one to really go into Long Island Iced Tea, mostly because it's a plethora of booze. I did find one exception and that was at the Captain Morgan's pavillion outside Wrigley Field in Chiacago with Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum. That had just the right amount of "kick" to it.

Of course the fact that it was raining like a son of a bitch and the game wasn't for a couple of hours (we had just finished the tour of the stadium) might have been a factor.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:19 am

Stahlseele wrote:Best tea is long island iced tea.
even if there is no tea in it.

Lies. Long Island Iced Tea is a crappy drink. If you want tea to get you drunk try mint tea with a shot of 151 in it. It's a really good time.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:59 pm

Neeeek wrote:Lies. Long Island Iced Tea is a crappy drink. If you want tea to get you drunk try mint tea with a shot of 151 in it. It's a really good time.

Well even though it's called "tea" mint tea isn't tea. That said, there are a lot of great drinks with "mint" in it. From my Key West days I'm fond of a good Mojito, although the original Cuban recipe uses sugar cane juice and spearmint (as opposed to the regulat mint you get normally). Oddly enough I find mint julip and acquired taste that I haven't yet acquired. (However I dutifully drink it for the Kentucky Derby.)

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:43 pm

As a Louisville native I have an opinion on mint juleps, which is that 98% of them suck. Strong opinions on how to add mint to bourbon notwithstanding, I've had the most success with the following:

-Infuse a silly amount of spearmint in a simple syrup several days beforehand, adding the mint, pre-muddled with caster sugar, when mostly cool. Since the mint will brown one should strain it before use.
-Use something higher than 80 proof.
-Rub a bruised leaf on the rim of the glass
-Use far less syrup than most recipes suggest. Before the ice starts melting the drink should be close to 80 proof.
-Save a sprig as garnish, because the whole point is to have to stick your nose in it when sipping.

Bourbon selection seems limited quickly outside of Kentucky, but I have some recommendations, in descending order of price. Any decent rye whiskey is also acceptable, even though purists would flip.

1792 Ridgemont Reserve
Evan Williams 10 Year Single Barrel. Any vintage is fine.
W.L. Weller (or other wheated bourbon. Maker's Mark only if necessary)
Ancient Ancient Age
McAfee's Benchmark

Anything fancier than this should not be used in a cocktail. I'd only use the top two in such while wearing my fancy pants. The original drink likely used unaged corn whiskey, adding flavorants in order to choke down something fairly unpalatable.

It's noteworthy that the KY Derby Festival recommends Woodford Reserve, and Churchill Downs uses Early Times. The former is grossly overrated, owned by a distiller who paid richly for the privilege, and the latter isn't a bourbon, the Japanese export variety excluded.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:02 pm

tzor wrote:
Neeeek wrote:Lies. Long Island Iced Tea is a crappy drink. If you want tea to get you drunk try mint tea with a shot of 151 in it. It's a really good time.
Well even though it's called "tea" mint tea isn't tea.

Most people have never heard the word 'tisane', so I think 'herbal tea' is pretty much acceptable now, substituting for the specific herbs as desired. Besides, most of the time actual tea is preceded by a qualifer anyway, making its composition clear enough.

And if you want alcohol in your tea there are a variety of sweet tea vodkas that mix with iced tea well enough. Or with a little patience and a water filter you can flavor it however you want, and save cash to boot.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:57 am

By the way, I heard this a long time ago so I don't have a link offhand, but I heard once that the whiskey market, in tring to get a foothold in China discovered that they prefered to mix the whiskey with iced green tea.

Dewers and green tea anyone? Yea, I didn't think so either.