i don't like

On Tue 13 Dec 2005 10:16:32p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?

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I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if
necessary and I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will
not eat mushrooms or olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

Oysters

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Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary
and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms
or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
--
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Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

raspberries
cranberries

Ms P

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What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I just
can't get past that musty flavor.

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 13 Dec 2005 10:16:32p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?

Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if
necessary and I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will
not eat mushrooms or olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

Oysters

cooked or raw or both?
I had my first raw oysters in key west in april and i thought they were just
okay, but my friend alex was disappointed, he said they were some big kind
meant to impress us with the size, but they didn't have much flavor. I want to
say they were Texas something or other. Either way, enough horseradish and
lemon and tabasco gave them some flavor.

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The Bubbo said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

The only two things I will not eat are lima beans and salmon mousse. I
will tolerate limas if they are cooked in a stew to a point which they
are no longer reminiscent of their true nature. I won't eat salmon
mousse because the first time my mother made it, she used sweetened
agar-agar 'gelatin' and it was so gross I threw up shortly after eating
it. It took a long time before I could eat salmon at all after that, and
I have tried salmon mousse since then, and although it was prepared
well, I couldnt manage more than a bite.

I don't care for fast food, either, but that's more of a
greasy/salty/sugary thing. I have a hard time eating any processed foods
because they always taste too salty and sugary compared to what I cook
from scratch.

You can send all your mushrooms and olives to me, Heather. I'll mix 'em
with the tomatoes my husband discards and make a salad 🙂

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

ms_peacock said:

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Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary
and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms
or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
--
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Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

raspberries
cranberries

Ms P

really?!
One of the things I miss about the house I sold in may is the big raspberry
patch in the back yard. Is it the flavor or the seeds?

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Janet Bostwick said:

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Quoted message said:

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I just
can't get past that musty flavor.

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a goat
farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to hear
that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
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sarah bennett said:

The Bubbo said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

The only two things I will not eat are lima beans and salmon mousse. I
will tolerate limas if they are cooked in a stew to a point which they
are no longer reminiscent of their true nature. I won't eat salmon
mousse because the first time my mother made it, she used sweetened
agar-agar 'gelatin' and it was so gross I threw up shortly after eating
it. It took a long time before I could eat salmon at all after that, and
I have tried salmon mousse since then, and although it was prepared
well, I couldnt manage more than a bite.

Why am I reminded of Monty Python and the Meaning of Life? "It was...the
salmon mousse"

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I don't care for fast food, either, but that's more of a
greasy/salty/sugary thing. I have a hard time eating any processed foods
because they always taste too salty and sugary compared to what I cook
from scratch.

there are a lot of processed foods I can't eat because they taste all
chemically, but there are some I can't give up, like Skippy peanut butter.

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You can send all your mushrooms and olives to me, Heather. I'll mix 'em
with the tomatoes my husband discards and make a salad 🙂

I'll pack 'em up and ship it all tomorrow

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The Bubbo said:

Janet Bostwick said:

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Quoted message said:

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I just
can't get past that musty flavor.

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a goat
farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to hear
that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

oooh! that's one of my very favorites! The same company (I think) makes
a variety with lavender flowers pressed into the outside. The last time
I bought it I had it on pumpernickel toast with honey. SO good!

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

sarah bennett said:

The Bubbo said:

Janet Bostwick said:

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>What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
>.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I just
can't get past that musty flavor.

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a

goat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to

hear

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

oooh! that's one of my very favorites! The same company (I think) makes
a variety with lavender flowers pressed into the outside. The last time
I bought it I had it on pumpernickel toast with honey. SO good!

Cypress Grove Farms!
They make some of the best large production goat cheeses in the US. I really
have this sick love of goat and sheep cheeses. There's a queso de cabra some
spain, semi-firm, tangy, goes beautifully with stone fruits, especially
apricots.

--
..:Heather:.
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Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary
and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms
or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Mushrooms, raisins, all store bought fish.... was spoiled as a child.... my
dad was a huge fisherman and we ate fresh fish all the time. Can't even
walk past the fish case at the grocery store the smell is so noxious!

Lynne

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Quoted message said:

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I
just
can't get past that musty flavor.

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a
goat
farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to
say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to
hear
that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Please, don't cut me off yet. I am operating under the assumption that you
are correct and I just haven't met the right goat cheese yet, so I continue
to try. Many, many years ago I sought out a goat farm and did make some
cheese from goat milk, but it wasn't like the currently popular goat cheese.
Since you like goat cheese, tell me, is the flavor 'musty?' Or is that a
particular style or what? Tell me some more about goat cheeses. Does it
have an optimum ripe stage, or come in various ages?
Janet

The Bubbo said:

sarah bennett said:

The Bubbo said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

The only two things I will not eat are lima beans and salmon mousse. I
will tolerate limas if they are cooked in a stew to a point which they
are no longer reminiscent of their true nature. I won't eat salmon
mousse because the first time my mother made it, she used sweetened
agar-agar 'gelatin' and it was so gross I threw up shortly after eating
it. It took a long time before I could eat salmon at all after that, and
I have tried salmon mousse since then, and although it was prepared
well, I couldnt manage more than a bite.

Why am I reminded of Monty Python and the Meaning of Life? "It was...the
salmon mousse"

Hee! I think I laughed harder than anyone else in the room when I saw
that for the first time with a bunch of friends in high school.

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Quoted message said:

I don't care for fast food, either, but that's more of a
greasy/salty/sugary thing. I have a hard time eating any processed foods
because they always taste too salty and sugary compared to what I cook
from scratch.

there are a lot of processed foods I can't eat because they taste all
chemically, but there are some I can't give up, like Skippy peanut butter.

I have to admit, sugar in PB can be a good thing if you are making bugs
on a log or a fluffernutter 🙂

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You can send all your mushrooms and olives to me, Heather. I'll mix 'em
with the tomatoes my husband discards and make a salad 🙂

I'll pack 'em up and ship it all tomorrow

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

The Bubbo said:

sarah bennett said:

The Bubbo said:

Janet Bostwick wrote:

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>>What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
>>.:Heather:.
>
>goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I just
>can't get past that musty flavor.
>
>

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a

goat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to

hear

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

oooh! that's one of my very favorites! The same company (I think) makes
a variety with lavender flowers pressed into the outside. The last time
I bought it I had it on pumpernickel toast with honey. SO good!

Cypress Grove Farms!
They make some of the best large production goat cheeses in the US. I really
have this sick love of goat and sheep cheeses. There's a queso de cabra some
spain, semi-firm, tangy, goes beautifully with stone fruits, especially
apricots.

I love goat cheese, but some sheep's milk cheeses are a bit too..I don;t
know, "woolen" tasting to me 🙂. There is this sheep's milk yogurt that
I like a lot though, I forget the name of the company, but it comes in a
green container. I was on an oatmeal with yogurt and bananas kick all
last winter, and I tried many different kinds of yogurt. Seven starts
farm full fat maple is still my favorite, though. (see what you started?
I could go on for days about dairy products :> )

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

The Bubbo said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

My mum's cooking - regardless of ingredients!

King's Crown said:

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Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary
and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms
or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Mushrooms, raisins, all store bought fish.... was spoiled as a child.... my
dad was a huge fisherman and we ate fresh fish all the time. Can't even
walk past the fish case at the grocery store the smell is so noxious!

I don't eat much fish, because my husband really hates even the smell of
it, but on occasion, he'll eat swordfish or shark, and he loves shrimp.
He went with me once to the fish market, and he was shocked at how less
of fish it smelled like that the fish counter at the supermarket 🙂

I'll take your raisins, Lynne. I like to plump them in apple cider
vinegar and make broccoli salad with mayo and onions 🙂
--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

King's Crown said:

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Quoted message said:

I get grief for not liking...
mushrooms
bell pepper
onions
olives

though I will cook and eat bell pepper and onion on occasion if necessary
and
I will cook and use all of them for other people. I will not eat mushrooms
or
olives for love or money.

What seemingly normal food do you dislike?

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Mushrooms, raisins, all store bought fish.... was spoiled as a child.... my
dad was a huge fisherman and we ate fresh fish all the time. Can't even
walk past the fish case at the grocery store the smell is so noxious!

I don't eat much fish, because my husband really hates even the smell of
it cooking, but on occasion, he'll eat swordfish or shark, and he loves
shrimp. He went with me once to the fish market, and he was shocked at
how less of fish it smelled like that the fish counter at the supermarket 🙂

I'll take your raisins, Lynne. I like to plump them in apple cider
vinegar and make broccoli salad with mayo and onions 🙂
--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

Janet Bostwick said:

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>What seemingly normal food do you dislike?
>.:Heather:.

goat cheese. I love cheese. I really want to like goat cheese, but I
just
can't get past that musty flavor.

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a
goat
farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to
say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to
hear
that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Please, don't cut me off yet. I am operating under the assumption that you
are correct and I just haven't met the right goat cheese yet, so I continue
to try. Many, many years ago I sought out a goat farm and did make some
cheese from goat milk, but it wasn't like the currently popular goat cheese.
Since you like goat cheese, tell me, is the flavor 'musty?' Or is that a
particular style or what? Tell me some more about goat cheeses. Does it
have an optimum ripe stage, or come in various ages?
Janet

I find that it is more often sheeps milk cheeses that have that musty
odor/taste. Good fresh goat cheese should be tangy, kind of like cream
cheese, but less creamy and more crumbly. Aged goat cheeses sometimes do
have that "musty" flavor, but to some of us it is an aqcuired taste (I'm
thinking of this goats milk cheese soaked in wine right now... but I
cant think of the name right now 🙂 ) I prefer fresh goat cheese to
ripened varieties, FWIW.

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

Janet Bostwick said:

Quoted message said:

**GASP**
We can never ever talk again!!!! PHILISTINE!!!!
I live for goat cheese! Love it! David and I spent our anniversary at a
goat
farm so I could learn more about it. There's a part of me that wants to
say
"you just havent had good goat cheese" but I know how annoying it is to
hear
that (oh, this kind of mushroom isn't like all the other mushrooms you
despise). Ah well, more Humboldt Fog for me!

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Please, don't cut me off yet. I am operating under the assumption that you
are correct and I just haven't met the right goat cheese yet, so I continue
to try. Many, many years ago I sought out a goat farm and did make some
cheese from goat milk, but it wasn't like the currently popular goat cheese.
Since you like goat cheese, tell me, is the flavor 'musty?' Or is that a
particular style or what? Tell me some more about goat cheeses. Does it
have an optimum ripe stage, or come in various ages?
Janet

Musty seems wrong, it's not a flavor I would associate with it. Tangy is a
good flavor to shoot for, it should have a warm, developed underflavor,
something akin to say the undertone of a good cream cheese (but stronger, more
developed). There should be bright upper notes, a tangy-ness, especially when
you breathe out while you are tasting. It's definitely not a 'round' sort of
flavor like you would get from a milder cow's milk cheese, it's more linear,
it runs right across the top of your palate (have I confused you yet?).

I would highly recommend the Cypress Grove chevres to start with, they are
fairly consistent and good. Get a plain one, put it on some warm toast and let
it get a bit melty and soft.

The king of goat cheeses is the Humboldt Fog, any good cheese monger knows it.
get a wedge of this and make sure it's been aged, a young humboldt is just a
chevre. As humboldt ages it goo-i-fies from the outside in, the center will be
the texture of a regular chevre but the outer layer will be softer, almost
scoopable. This is goat cheese heaven for me (until we get to mountain raised
goats from spain, but that's a whole different game). Humboldt Fog has a
distinctive grey line that runs through it, that's a layer of ash, don't even
worry, you won't notice it. You can match the Humboldt or chevre with just
about any fruit, grapes, pears, apricots, but nothing too sweet or you'll
overwhelm it. Just get some good crusty bread, a french or even a fruited
wheat is good. Typically, if I am doing a cheese tasting or a cheese plate I
don't use sourdough, it's too competetive and distracting.

Truth be told, for as much as I love goat cheese (and I do dearly love the
goat cheeses) I can't drink goat milk. Part of it is just that all milk tastes
gross to me, and part of it is that funked up goat smell. Reminds me of every
boy i dated in high school.

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