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I'm also quite curious, because palak paneer and other vegetarian indian dishes are awesome, veggies or not, and you didn't specify these sorts of options when

I'm also quite curious, because palak paneer and other vegetarian indian dishes are awesome, veggies or not, and you didn't specify these sorts of options when you specify disliking vegetables in any form. If you hate tomatoes, does that mean you despise chili, or pasta? Are curries terrible? Is an apple pie better off with just shortbread?

TeMPOraL 7y ago
> and you didn't specify these sorts of options when you specify disliking vegetables in any form I haven't had a chance or inclination to eat much Indian food yet. I'm going to try, at some point. > If you hate tomatoes, does that mean you despise chili, or pasta? Not really. Here's the thing: it all depends on the processing, and usually the more processing was involved, the better I like the end result. So e.g. I don't like raw tomatoes, e.g. in a sandwich or on a pizza. But I do like tomato soup and tomato sauces, and I double-plus love ketchup (the commercial kind). Similarly for other kinds of vegetables and fruits. I like very few of them "standalone" - particular few kinds of apples, carrots, cucumbers and bananas. But for instance, I don't want to see any of the four anywhere near bread. Maybe one day I'll try and note this down to see if I can find connections.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Some thoughts: I grew up in a meat and potatoes family. Learning to eat vegetarian meals was a long process. I grew up in Georgia and it's a long ways from Hawaii. All I knew of pineapple was canned pineapple. For probably the first thirty years of my life, I had a terrible opinion of pineapple. Then I lived on the West Coast, a lot closer to Hawaii, where fresh pineapple was readily available most of the year at not crazy prices. I finally tried fresh pineapple that hadn't been rotting in transit for weeks and weeks and absolutely loved it. Fruits and vegetables need to be fresh. There is an art to selecting them. People with a meat-centric diet seem to often not really know how to cook them well. Overcooked veggies lose a lot of their flavor and nutritional value. Undercooked vegetables can be hard to digest or have other issues. I have a mild tomato allergy. I can eat pizza and ketchup. I react poorly to raw tomatoes. It's not obvious I'm allergic because I need to keep eating tomatoes regularly over several days before I get hives. But I do need to limit tomatoes and the more processed, the better. Growing conditions, harvesting methods, storage conditions and on and on can impact taste for fruits and vegetables.
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago
  I would recommend then trying roasted vegetables or veggie soups or sauces. Disliking raw carrots by themselves is very different from disliking roasted carrots and carrot soup and carrots in a curry and carrots in a dumpling and carrot cake, all of which drastically change the carrot taste and texture. It's a bit like saying that "i don't like any sort of pork product at all, as I've had unflavored pulled pork and didn't like it".

TeMPOraL 7y ago

> and you didn't specify these sorts of options when you specify disliking vegetables in any form I haven't had a chance or inclination to eat much Indian food yet. I'm going to try, at some point. > If you hate tomatoes, does that mean you despise chili, or pasta? Not really. Here's the thing: it all depends on the processing, and usually the more processing was involved, the better I like the end result. So e.g. I don't like raw tomatoes, e.g. in a sandwich or on a pizza. But I do like tomato soup and tomato sauces, and I double-plus love ketchup (the commercial kind). Similarly for other kinds of vegetables and fruits. I like very few of them "standalone" - particular few kinds of apples, carrots, cucumbers and bananas. But for instance, I don't want to see any of the four anywhere near bread. Maybe one day I'll try and note this down to see if I can find connections.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Some thoughts: I grew up in a meat and potatoes family. Learning to eat vegetarian meals was a long process. I grew up in Georgia and it's a long ways from Hawaii. All I knew of pineapple was canned pineapple. For probably the first thirty years of my life, I had a terrible opinion of pineapple. Then I lived on the West Coast, a lot closer to Hawaii, where fresh pineapple was readily available most of the year at not crazy prices. I finally tried fresh pineapple that hadn't been rotting in transit for weeks and weeks and absolutely loved it. Fruits and vegetables need to be fresh. There is an art to selecting them. People with a meat-centric diet seem to often not really know how to cook them well. Overcooked veggies lose a lot of their flavor and nutritional value. Undercooked vegetables can be hard to digest or have other issues. I have a mild tomato allergy. I can eat pizza and ketchup. I react poorly to raw tomatoes. It's not obvious I'm allergic because I need to keep eating tomatoes regularly over several days before I get hives. But I do need to limit tomatoes and the more processed, the better. Growing conditions, harvesting methods, storage conditions and on and on can impact taste for fruits and vegetables.
SolaceQuantum 7y ago
I would recommend then trying roasted vegetables or veggie soups or sauces. Disliking raw carrots by themselves is very different from disliking roasted carrots and carrot soup and carrots in a curry and carrots in a dumpling and carrot cake, all of which drastically change the carrot taste and texture. It's a bit like saying that "i don't like any sort of pork product at all, as I've had unflavored pulled pork and didn't like it".