What is the advantage to having tastebuds?

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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Jeanie wrote:
    Yeah, well here in Australia meat is pretty much ingrained in the collective psyche. But I find that I've had to adapt a lot of recipes to vegetarian, so I've got pretty good at learning quick, yummy things to create.

    We bbq a lot here too. :) But we just bbq the vegetarian stuff first so that it's not in contact with the animal products. I bbq eggplant (makes a really nice eggplant parmagiana on the bbq) and mushrooms and of course there's always vegie burgers. :)

    Yeah, becoming a vegan is very hard work if you want to do it properly and not be missing vital nutrients. It takes work to make sure that all your dietary needs are being met. I have a couple of friends that are vegan and they do ok. But then I guess it takes work to make sure your dietary needs are being met regardless of whether you're a vegatarian, vegan or meat eater. Good luck with it abook. I do admire you your stance. :)

    Thanks Jeanie :) No need to admire me though, it sounds like you eat as much vegetarian meals as I do. I wish I had support from people who I go out with. It makes it harder seeing them eat stuff I shouldn't and then also, I get the feeling they feel like they should eat what I'm eating out of respect or something? I wouldn't want anyone to feel that way...everyone is free to make their own choices and I'm not preachy about it ever. I'd be happier if they just ate whatever floats their boat.
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  • catefrances
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    I like tomato soup, ketchup and tomato (pasta) sauce, but I don't like tomatos by themselves, or on hamburgers or chicken burgers or sandwiches..

    well, thats probably due to the extra crap, like added salt, they put in the tomato products. the stuff that makes you wanna eat those things. personally i think tomato sauce(ketchup) is superfluous.
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  • Jeanie
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    I ate at a restaurant last week and I got a bunch of peas with my meal, so I started eating them and after a few fork-fulls I had to stop. I've only ever liked sweat peas straight from the pod in the garden as a kid.

    That is a pretty yummy way to have peas ryan. Snow peas are really yummy fresh from the garden too.

    But that doesn't sound like you don't like peas. Just that there are certain ways you like to eat them. That's more to do with texture than taste surely?

    I love spinach when it's cooked in things. Love it in soup, love it in spanakopita, love it in stir fry. But don't serve it up to me boiled. :eek: There's something about the texture then that makes me want to throw up!
    Same with parsnips. Bake them and I'm in. Serve them to me steamed or boiled and my stomach turns. I couldn't eat mushy peas on a pie like they do here if my life depended on it.
    So perhaps it's not just about taste but also about texture? :)
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    That is a pretty yummy way to have peas ryan. Snow peas are really yummy fresh from the garden too.

    But that doesn't sound like you don't like peas. Just that there are certain ways you like to eat them. That's more to do with texture than taste surely?

    I love spinach when it's cooked in things. Love it in soup, love it in spanakopita, love it in stir fry. But don't serve it up to me boiled. :eek: There's something about the texture then that makes me want to throw up!
    Same with parsnips. Bake them and I'm in. Serve them to me steamed or boiled and my stomach turns. I couldn't eat mushy peas on a pie like they do here if my life depended on it.
    So perhaps it's not just about taste but also about texture? :)

    oh god no!! not another discussion about texture. :rolleyes: ;):p
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  • norm
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    Jeanie wrote:
    That is a pretty yummy way to have peas ryan. Snow peas are really yummy fresh from the garden too.

    But that doesn't sound like you don't like peas. Just that there are certain ways you like to eat them. That's more to do with texture than taste surely?

    I love spinach when it's cooked in things. Love it in soup, love it in spanakopita, love it in stir fry. But don't serve it up to me boiled. :eek: There's something about the texture then that makes me want to throw up!
    Same with parsnips. Bake them and I'm in. Serve them to me steamed or boiled and my stomach turns. I couldn't eat mushy peas on a pie like they do here if my life depended on it.
    So perhaps it's not just about taste but also about texture? :)

    that's me as well......i love the flavor of mushrooms yet i gag if i eat them.....and just like ryan i don't like tomatoes yet i love ketchup.....for me my dislike is usually related to texture.....as for spinich i don't like it at all...:p
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Thanks Jeanie :) No need to admire me though, it sounds like you eat as much vegetarian meals as I do. I wish I had support from people who I go out with. It makes it harder seeing them eat stuff I shouldn't and then also, I get the feeling they feel like they should eat what I'm eating out of respect or something? I wouldn't want anyone to feel that way...everyone is free to make their own choices and I'm not preachy about it ever. I'd be happier if they just ate whatever floats their boat.

    Yeah, but that's more to do with familiarity isn't it? I mean my Mum has been a vegetarian for over 20 years and people still freak out sometimes when we arrive for a meal or go out for a meal. She doesn't. But they do. But that's people that don't eat with her often. Same thing, to a greater degree happens when people have food allergies. I think people just freak out or something because they're not sure what they should do or say. :rolleyes:
    I think it just has to do with what people are familiar with.
    I reckon your friends will become more comfortable with it the more they are exposed to you just going about your business. :)
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  • catefrances
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    and some people think i'm weird cause i don't eat yoghurt. :rolleyes:
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  • Jeanie
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    catefrances wrote:
    oh god no!! not another discussion about texture. :rolleyes: ;)

    :D LMAO!!! Can't cope cate? ;):p
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    :D LMAO!!! Can't cope cate? ;):p

    well you know i love oysters so someone not eating a food because of texture is just a weird thing for me to deal with.

    and as you know jeanie, it depends more on who's involved in the discussion. ;):D
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    What do you call someone that doesn't eat vegetables or fruits, one that only eats meat? Dead?

    that all meat high saturated fat diet guy guru is dead..
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  • Jeanie
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    cutback wrote:
    that's me as well......i love the flavor of mushrooms yet i gag if i eat them.....and just like ryan i don't like tomatoes yet i love ketchup.....for me my dislike is usually related to texture.....as for spinich i don't like it at all...:p

    So no Popeye for you then cb! ;)

    yeah, texture is massively important to my enjoyment of food.

    I don't enjoy salad if it's limp or drenched in dressing and not crunchy and fresh.

    So could you eat mushroom flavored things? like as long as there was no actual mushroom to bite into?
    I'm sure you eat tomato in soup and pasta, just can't handle the texture of a fresh tomato?

    Yeah, flavor I can mostly cope with, it's texture that I can't handle generally.

    This I know because I can eat pate but there is no way in HELL that you'd ever get me to eat liver!!! :eek:
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:

    This I know because I can eat pate but there is no way in HELL that you'd ever get me to eat liver!!! :eek:

    not even with a nice chianti and some fava beans? :D
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    When I was 16...my first boss (outspoken Asian dude) told me if you can eat an oyster...you can definitely eat Asian pussy as they are identical...

    I suspect some oyster lovers will now be considering alternatives... :D
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  • Jeanie
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    catefrances wrote:
    well you know i love oysters so someone not eating a food because of texture is just a weird thing for me to deal with.

    and as you know jeanie, it depends more on who's involved in the discussion. ;):D

    Yup!! See I got no problem with yoghurt and no problem with oysters smoked, kilpatrick, mornay or any other kind of cooked probably, but there is NO WAY I'm ever swallowing another one of those au naturale snot shots!! :eek:

    Ah yes! The participants!! It's all coming back to me now! :D

    Just on an unrelated texture thought. I CANNOT stand if a a face washer gets near my tongue!! Actually, any kind of fabric on my tongue. :eek:
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  • catefrances
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    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    When I was 16...my first boss (outspoken Asian dude) told me if you can eat an oyster...you can definitely eat Asian pussy as they are identical...

    I suspect some oyster lovers will now be considering alternatives... :D

    not this oyster lover roland. :D
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  • Jeanie
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    catefrances wrote:
    not even with a nice chianti and some fava beans? :D

    yeah, no probs with the beans or the wine. :)

    but the way liver collapses when you bite it and goes all pasty in your mouth!!


    EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK!

    Oh we gotta stop this now!! :eek:
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  • norm
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    Jeanie wrote:
    So no Popeye for you then cb! ;)

    yeah, texture is massively important to my enjoyment of food.

    I don't enjoy salad if it's limp or drenched in dressing and not crunchy and fresh.

    So could you eat mushroom flavored things? like as long as there was no actual mushroom to bite into?
    I'm sure you eat tomato in soup and pasta, just can't handle the texture of a fresh tomato?

    Yeah, flavor I can mostly cope with, it's texture that I can't handle generally.

    This I know because I can eat pate but there is no way in HELL that you'd ever get me to eat liver!!! :eek:


    if i liked soup then i would eat it as long as it is creamy.......yeah that's right i hate soup....:eek:....:p....and i'd eat the plate before liver....:D
  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Yup!! See I got no problem with yoghurt and no problem with oysters smoked, kilpatrick, mornay or any other kind of cooked probably, but there is NO WAY I'm ever swallowing another one of those au naturale snot shots!! :eek:

    Ah yes! The participants!! It's all coming back to me now! :D

    Just on an unrelated texture thought. I CANNOT stand if a a face washer gets near my tongue!! Actually, any kind of fabric on my tongue. :eek:

    oh no jeanie straight out of the shell. mmmm. just feeling that little sucker slide down my throat. love it!!! :D
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  • Ahnimus
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    Jeanie wrote:
    That is a pretty yummy way to have peas ryan. Snow peas are really yummy fresh from the garden too.

    But that doesn't sound like you don't like peas. Just that there are certain ways you like to eat them. That's more to do with texture than taste surely?

    I love spinach when it's cooked in things. Love it in soup, love it in spanakopita, love it in stir fry. But don't serve it up to me boiled. :eek: There's something about the texture then that makes me want to throw up!
    Same with parsnips. Bake them and I'm in. Serve them to me steamed or boiled and my stomach turns. I couldn't eat mushy peas on a pie like they do here if my life depended on it.
    So perhaps it's not just about taste but also about texture? :)

    It's definitely taste with peas. Mushrooms I don't like the taste or the texture.
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  • Jeanie
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    cutback wrote:
    if i liked soup then i would eat it as long as it is creamy.......yeah that's right i hate soup.......and i'd eat the plate before liver....:D

    :eek: LIVER SOUP!!! :eek: (oh I hate the way my brain works some days!)

    Think I'd join you with the plate munching cb!! :D

    Love soup. Specially homemade with lots of vegies. :)
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