Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-11-13, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2024-11-12 7:43 p.m., Carol wrote:

D wrote:

 

Hmm, for a winner, I'd recommend my bacon, bacon and bacon club
sandwich! ;)

 
LOL, The point is to try a new food.  I wasn't impressed with

huumus at >> first but it grew on me.

 
The first time I had hummus I thought it was pretty bad. They were
handing out samples in the grocery store. I had to wonder why they
were giving people a chance to find out how bad their  product was.
I tried it a couple times are parties and it got better. Then one
day I had it as a middle eastern restaurant that was run by an
Armenian couple and it was wonderful. I have liked it ever since.

 
Grocery store hummus often isn't very good.  And I find I like it
warmed a bit to take the refrigerator chill off it.

Room temp is best for me.

 > Same for turnips but I found I like them as

one part of the mix with a vegetable soup and the peelings work

really >> nice in vegetable broth (simmered peels and ends then
double strained).

 
I still can't do turnips.

 
I like them pickled.  They have a kind of weird texture when cooked.
You expect them to be like potato, but they aren't.  I'll eat them,
but I don't seek them out.  Same thing with cooked daikon.

Humm!  I like cooked Daikon.  Do you make KimChee?  Daikon is in most
of mine for crunch.

I have learned to like squash and I found that
roasted parsnip is very good. It still sucks when it is boiled. But
turnips?? No thanks.
 
My wife did not like cilantro the first few times she had it but
has totally changed her attitude about that. She now likes it a lot.

 
I was the same way.  Obviously, neither she nor I have the "soap"
gene, but it took a while to get used to its unusual flavor.  It
tastes more different from what I grew up eating than almost anything
I can think of.

I wish I didn't have the 'soap gene' as some of the recipes I'd like to
try use it.  I replace with parsley but know it's not the same taste
intended.