Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-26-10 08:21 PM
#05 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009; THE SPARKLING HUSBAND PRIMITIVE
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What dishes did you really dislike ("hate" in kidspeak) that you now enjoy. Post the recipe.
One of mine (there are quite a few) is my Mom's lentil soup. It was a typical Italian-American, Depression era dish that filled lots of bellies for little money. Mom made it because she and my Dad actually liked it ..... and also because we weren't all that wealthy.
Start with about a cup of dried lentils, picked over for stones (do stones still show up in modern bags of dried legumes?). Put them in a pot and cover with water. Bring them to a boil, cover, turn off the heat, and let them sit for an hour.
Turn the heat back on and add chopped parsley, basil, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, salt and pepper, and about a 1/4 c of olive oil. all to taste/as you see fit. Cook slowly until the v*****s are all cooked and the lentils done, maybe 15, 20 minutes.
When all is done, add water back to make the soup the consistency you want.
Now add about a quarter pound of spaghetti, broken into one inch pieces. Cook until done. Adjust the water again, and serve.
I really hated this as a kid. I really love it now. Sparkly made it tonight and that inspired this post.
Denninmi (46 posts) Tue Jan-26-10 08:26 PM
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1. Not a dish per se ...
I absolutely detested olives as a child. Thought they were the most vile thing ever (well, with the possible exception of limburger cheese and pickled pigs feet, two of my father's favorites).
Of course, I love olives now.
And yes, you still find stones, bits of stick, pod pieces, etc., in bags of dry beans and other legumes.
Warpy (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-26-10 08:41 PM
#09 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009; THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE
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3. I loathed a lot of things when I was a kid because my mother hated cooking and it showed. I often say I learned how to cook in self defense. She always told people I grew up eating nothing but Campbell's chicken noodle soup and peanut butter sandwiches. It was pretty close to the truth.
I learned to love everything I hated because she insisted on using canned instead of fresh. I learned how to combine things in a pan to make things taste fresh and clean instead of overcooked and unseasoned. I learned techniques to take fresh, raw food and turn them into dinner in 15 minutes after work. I also learned that cooking it meant it was a lot cheaper than processed food.
However, to this day, I can't get liver down.
I've never really blamed my mother for being a bad cook as much as I've always felt sorry for her. She knew she had little talent for it, she hated doing it, but being female in the 50s meant she was stuck with the job and there was no way out of it.
At least when my dad was out of town, there was Campbell's and peanut butter.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-26-10 08:43 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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4. No recipe but I hated Mexican food with a passion. I remember one night the neighbor sent over some tamales and the smell was making what we kinds were having for dinner taste like tamales. I didn't like chili, either.
Callalily (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-26-10 09:26 PM
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5. My mom made the most gawd awful pea soup. My siblings liked it though, and I can still remember my brother lining the whole peas on the rim of his bowl to eat them last.
I didn't start liking pea soup until I made it myself. No recipe to post, but I'm sure everyone here has their favorite.
Tesha (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-27-10 07:21 AM
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7. yes.. tomatoes!
especially the (pardon me) snot eeeeuuuuu gross!
I still hate that stuff, but tomato flesh with cucumbers, capers, and thinly sliced fresh garlic in an italian dressing - along with a hunk of fresh bread are all I need for a late summer dinner.
remember summer?
pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-28-10 01:38 AM
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13. especially the (pardon me) snot eeeeuuuuu gross!
Yes, I think that part was the killer.
My Dad even said he would bet me $5 real money to eat one, as a kid. No way - and I passed on that bet.
Then again he bet me $50 to sleep overnight (in our family's cemetery) with my sister and cousin. Well - he lied, LOL! He drove all of us home. (We girls had a secret though - we were going to sleep in the church, lol).
But we never got any money out of the bet. Not long after, some pyromaniac burned that very historic church.
Vinca (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-27-10 08:24 AM
THE HIP-IMPAIRED VINDICTIVE PRIMITIVE
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8. I wouldn't go near a tomato, mushroom or onion.
That's probably why I was a little fat kid.
Phentex (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-27-10 11:19 AM
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9. I cannot think of a single thing...too many mouths to feed so you ate what you were given. Not a single picky eater in the group. And for the most part, my mom was a good cook. In the plentiful times, we didn't know how good we had it. I look back and wonder how she did it! When things were really bad and there was no "real" food, I learned to love a bowl of rice for dinner.
kfred (75 posts) Wed Jan-27-10 12:10 PM
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10. Lima beans
Still cannot handle them to this day. But here is a giggle. My older sister is known for how she hated peas and would slather ketchup all over them to get them down her gullet.
We still might have cottage cheese with ketchup. We used it to disguise alot of ickies.
But liver? I really, really loved it and still do. Gimme some onions and crisp bacon with it and I'm in love. I've been known to order it at restaurants because I love it so much.
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-27-10 01:54 PM
#03 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009; DOUG'S EX-WIFE
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11. I never had homemade soup until I learned to make it myself.
So, split pea soup was just the worst, it tasted just like the can it came from. My recipe doesn't do anything special but the ham hock works much better if you get the butcher to crack it for you (or if you have a sledgehammer). We usually have it with lots of horseradish, toasted French bread and a couple of cheeses + a green salad. It bears no resemblance to that nasty stuff from Campbells.
A sledgehammer!!! :lmao: :lmao: Here's Beth pounding on the propane tank: :hammer:
As a kid I hated peas and still do. Won't have a thing to do with them. :bird: peas!
Bacon is delicious
How can anyone not like bacon??YES!!!
PIGS would eat themselves if their bacon was fried.
Vegetarians are tempted by the smell of bacon.
Bacon is God. Bacon for President!!!111!!!11
Hmm. A bacon thread...
O.K. bacon is one of the few foods which has a name that tells you what to do with it. You bake it. On a rack above a pan of water. All the grease and fat falls into the water via the bacon strip so the bacon comes out somewhere between crunchy and chewy. I worked in a restaurant for a while and that's the way the pros do it.
But good call Frank. Dead fish don't wiggle on the way down. It's anti climactic.
YES!!!ALL HAIL THE BACON GODS!!!111
One time, at band camp, I slid a slab of bacon up my.... :naughty: :censored:
I like a lot of that stuff. heh.
I have heard of that cooking method, but wondered if I would smoke out the house? Please advise.
BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oven at 325-350 depends on altitude I guess. It takes a while to cook, but it doesn't smoke. Turn bacon over halfway if you care about presentation. You can end the cooking by hitting the broiler for a few minutes to make it crispy, but that's when you can burn it. I was always an iron skillet guy until I tried this. Oh, and get the bacon from the deli counter or the butcher at the store. That packaged bacon doesn't work.
Ah. technical details. Shallow pan, not a lot of water. Use care not to spill pan. Rack and pan in middle of oven.
It's hogtastic.
Bacon makes everything better.I always remember Homer Simpson's First Rule of Food: There is no food which cannot be improved by bacon bits and melted cheese.
I always remember Homer Simpson's First Rule of Food: There is no food which cannot be improved by bacon bits and melted cheese.
And my own corollary: God created bacon to be FRIED.
And the second round of bacon is always better - deep fried in the first bacons' offerings.
I got nothing against any method of bacon cookery except maybe boiled. I was just very impressed at how good it tasted coming out of the oven.
Hmmm. I wonder how it would taste if you used bacon fat in the pan instead of water.
How can anyone not like bacon??
PIGS would eat themselves if their bacon was fried.
Vegetarians are tempted by the smell of bacon.
Bacon is God. Bacon for President!!!111!!!11
Well, bacon suits me fine, if the fat's trimmed off of it before frying.
Yeah that. Peas suck!
If chairman Obama's plans come to fruition you will LIKE a potato and a quart of vodka every other day. You will think it is the best food ever.
The fat adds taste in my opinion.
I could eat it raw. don't tell anyone.
Could? Meh.
I have eaten it raw. Loved it. 'Course, someone might say that that little factoid explains a lot about me now . . . :tongue:
I have heard of that cooking method, but wondered if I would smoke out the house? Please advise.
Foods I won't eat:
Ham
Pretty much any meat that has a lot of fat on it. I'll eat around the fat, but I don't like to eat the fat itself
Bacon that is chewy
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Chicken on the bone.
Rubbery bacon is bad. Never did like cabbage in any form, although I love the smell of sauerkraut cooking. Which brings to mind coffee. Never could drink it, but love the smell. I didn't like green beans as a kid, but absolutely love them now; fresh preferable, frozen great but even canned will do.
I can't wait 15 minutes.
In a pinch lay out bacon on a plate, cover with plate #2, put in microwave... cook..
smell beautiful bacon.
For less greasy bacon, wrap in paper towels first
Which brings to mind coffee. Never could drink it, but love the smell.
The microwave works well, but sometimes the bacon sticks to the paper towels. Ruined bacon - it's a travesty! Have you ever tried the "instant" (precooked) bacon?
Rubbery bacon is bad. Never did like cabbage in any form, although I love the smell of sauerkraut cooking. Which brings to mind coffee. Never could drink it, but love the smell. I didn't like green beans as a kid, but absolutely love them now; fresh preferable, frozen great but even canned will do.
I don't think I have.
I love fresh uncooked green beans :-) I don't remember ever putting up a fuss over eating vegetables.