realitista@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoEating your veggieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10
arrow-up1152arrow-down1imageEating your veggieslemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoNever understood the veggie hate, even as a kid. My brother still avoids them and he’s 30. I’m genuinely surprised he hasn’t contracted scurvy.
minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI can explain. My parents just made bland, steamed vegetables. Idiots never learned to season and make vegetables tasty. Like it’s so easy.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoSteamed vegetables are great. You’re just supposed to do more than steaming it. And not to oversteam.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoChildren are generally adverse to bitter tasting things. Hunter gatherer poison defense. Some folks are just more acutely sensitive to it. Usually it’s brassicas that cause that yuck reaction. Cabbage, broccoli, cale.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoMy wife insists that broccoli is disgusting. I like it. It’s not like super flavorful or anything, but I’ll roast and salt a little broccoli for something to add to my fettuccine. She always passes and refuses to even try it. More for me.
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBroccoli is, like, one of the least disgusting vegetables. Anything that tastes vaguely like soap, however, ruins a whole dish for me.
Never understood the veggie hate, even as a kid. My brother still avoids them and he’s 30. I’m genuinely surprised he hasn’t contracted scurvy.
I can explain. My parents just made bland, steamed vegetables. Idiots never learned to season and make vegetables tasty. Like it’s so easy.
Steamed vegetables are great. You’re just supposed to do more than steaming it. And not to oversteam.
Children are generally adverse to bitter tasting things. Hunter gatherer poison defense. Some folks are just more acutely sensitive to it.
Usually it’s brassicas that cause that yuck reaction. Cabbage, broccoli, cale.
My wife insists that broccoli is disgusting.
I like it. It’s not like super flavorful or anything, but I’ll roast and salt a little broccoli for something to add to my fettuccine. She always passes and refuses to even try it.
More for me.
Broccoli is, like, one of the least disgusting vegetables.
Anything that tastes vaguely like soap, however, ruins a whole dish for me.