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Fun fact, I was born without a sense of smell. Texture is a huge part of my enjoyment of food -- probably obviously -- and what caused the OP revulsion are thin

Fun fact, I was born without a sense of smell. Texture is a huge part of my enjoyment of food -- probably obviously -- and what caused the OP revulsion are things I enjoy, as another first-hand anecdote.

bashinator 6y ago
I assume it was more the abrupt change in the taste, rather than anything inherent in the texture. It was the culinary equivalent of not realizing you're stepping off a curb, and flailing for balance.
amsully 6y ago
To pile on. Ben & Jerry's ice cream has large chunks of toppings because Ben Cohen had a reduced ability to smell. He charactized quality heavily towards texture of the ice cream resulting in what Ben & Jerry's is know for today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman)
- paulcole 6y ago
  There’s a good story in the Ben & Jerry’s cookbook about how Ben and Jerry argued about which size chunks of Heath bar to use in their ice cream. They ended up with the perfect mix of little shards and big chunks by freezing a case of Heath bars and throwing it onto the concrete floor from the top of a ladder.
  - lurkeyloo 6y ago
    It was my favorite ice cream...wish somebody else sold something similar...
    - paulcole 6y ago
      Making your own isn’t hard at all if you have the kitchen space to store a machine. The cheaper ($50-70) ones where you pre-freeze an ice pack are plenty to get started. It really isn’t much more than stirring and then waiting. • https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice_cream/ice-21 https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice_cream/ice-... • https://www.amazon.com/Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp/0894803123 https://www.amazon.com/Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp... My favorite thing is to get in-season Hood strawberries and mix those into a real vanilla base. So good!
      - bashinator 6y ago
        You can also just use a regular kitchen-aid mixer, and some liquid nitrogen.
    - acomjean 6y ago
      I went to visit the factory, the have a flavor “graveyard” with gravestones with all the discontinued flavors. I became a little disappointed watching them wear Ppe masks and pour guar gum into the icecream liquid..They said it smooths the texture...
spike021 6y ago
That's crazy and I admittedly didn't know that's possible. Sorry to hear that. :( I have an issue where I have these crazy, unusual "allergic" reactions (doctors I've gone to actually say it's "hypersensitivity" rather than a normal "allergy"), and one of the weird "symptoms" is that if I'm out and about while reacting to something I ate, my sense of smell gets severely heightened. I'll smell food cooking at restaurants and feel more disgusted than not, even for stuff I'd generally enjoy all the time. Pretty crazy how human biology works.
- troutwine 6y ago
  > That's crazy and I admittedly didn't know that's possible. Sorry to hear that. :( Eh, it's okay, but thank you. :) If you have to lose a sense smell is the one. It's a genetic abnormality that you'll find in some Appalachian families so I'm not even particularly unusual among my kin. > I have an issue where I have these crazy, unusual "allergic" reactions (doctors I've gone to actually say it's "hypersensitivity" rather than a normal "allergy"), and one of the weird "symptoms" is that if I'm out and about while reacting to something I ate, my sense of smell gets severely heightened. I'll smell food cooking at restaurants and feel more disgusted than not, even for stuff I'd generally enjoy all the time. > Pretty crazy how human biology works. Wow, now that's wild and I'm sorry to hear it. I'd say being disgusted by stuff you normally enjoy is a rougher burden than just being short a sense!

bashinator 6y ago

I assume it was more the abrupt change in the taste, rather than anything inherent in the texture. It was the culinary equivalent of not realizing you're stepping off a curb, and flailing for balance.

amsully 6y ago

To pile on. Ben & Jerry's ice cream has large chunks of toppings because Ben Cohen had a reduced ability to smell. He charactized quality heavily towards texture of the ice cream resulting in what Ben & Jerry's is know for today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman)

paulcole 6y ago
There’s a good story in the Ben & Jerry’s cookbook about how Ben and Jerry argued about which size chunks of Heath bar to use in their ice cream. They ended up with the perfect mix of little shards and big chunks by freezing a case of Heath bars and throwing it onto the concrete floor from the top of a ladder.
- lurkeyloo 6y ago
  It was my favorite ice cream...wish somebody else sold something similar...
  - paulcole 6y ago
    Making your own isn’t hard at all if you have the kitchen space to store a machine. The cheaper ($50-70) ones where you pre-freeze an ice pack are plenty to get started. It really isn’t much more than stirring and then waiting. • https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice_cream/ice-21 https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice_cream/ice-... • https://www.amazon.com/Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp/0894803123 https://www.amazon.com/Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp... My favorite thing is to get in-season Hood strawberries and mix those into a real vanilla base. So good!
    - bashinator 6y ago
      You can also just use a regular kitchen-aid mixer, and some liquid nitrogen.
  - acomjean 6y ago
    I went to visit the factory, the have a flavor “graveyard” with gravestones with all the discontinued flavors. I became a little disappointed watching them wear Ppe masks and pour guar gum into the icecream liquid..They said it smooths the texture...

spike021 6y ago

That's crazy and I admittedly didn't know that's possible. Sorry to hear that. :( I have an issue where I have these crazy, unusual "allergic" reactions (doctors I've gone to actually say it's "hypersensitivity" rather than a normal "allergy"), and one of the weird "symptoms" is that if I'm out and about while reacting to something I ate, my sense of smell gets severely heightened. I'll smell food cooking at restaurants and feel more disgusted than not, even for stuff I'd generally enjoy all the time. Pretty crazy how human biology works.

troutwine 6y ago
> That's crazy and I admittedly didn't know that's possible. Sorry to hear that. :( Eh, it's okay, but thank you. :) If you have to lose a sense smell is the one. It's a genetic abnormality that you'll find in some Appalachian families so I'm not even particularly unusual among my kin. > I have an issue where I have these crazy, unusual "allergic" reactions (doctors I've gone to actually say it's "hypersensitivity" rather than a normal "allergy"), and one of the weird "symptoms" is that if I'm out and about while reacting to something I ate, my sense of smell gets severely heightened. I'll smell food cooking at restaurants and feel more disgusted than not, even for stuff I'd generally enjoy all the time. > Pretty crazy how human biology works. Wow, now that's wild and I'm sorry to hear it. I'd say being disgusted by stuff you normally enjoy is a rougher burden than just being short a sense!