1y ago

What is something you don't like, that you wish you did like? and why

Could be as trivial as a type of food, a TV show, or something more serious.

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Tomatoes. I like all kinds of things made from tomatoes but cannot stand them in their original form. I try them from time to time, big ones, little ones, all kinds, just to see if my tastes have changed, but so far nope. It’s especially odd because it don’t feel this way about any other kind of fruit or vegetables.
- Team tomato haters 💪
- Do you like BLTs? I used to hate tomatoes, and then someone recommended that I try to make a BLT with some green tomatoes. They have a bit of a different flavor and smell than regular tomatoes and are really good with a little salt. That sort of opened the door for me to actually start liking regular tomatoes.
  
  I like the BL part. They were on the table about once a week when I was a kid and couldn’t stand them. My grandmother made green tomato pie on occasion though and I didn’t hate it.
- @Phogger @MisterHavoc what is it about them? The texture? Skin? Level of liquid? Flavor profile?
  
  For me it’s definitely the flavor and I think the scent even hits me wrong.
  
  @Phogger interesting 🤔 the inner scientist in me wants to sit you down in front of a variety of tomato types and prepared different ways to nail down exactly what about them makes you dislike them but be ok with when they're in something else haha. Though I imagine this would not be as fun for you.
  So they're ok in like ketchup or paste or sauce but not whole? What's your take on them in sandwiches? Or sprinkled with sugar? Or chunky sauce?
  
  I think the taste of raw tomatoes just bothers me. Keep them away from my sandwich, and I never tried them with sugar because I didn’t know that was a thing that existed until right now. Sauces lose points the chunkier they get.
  Things like ketchup, marinara, not-chunky salsa and so on don’t taste like raw tomatoes so maybe that’s all it is. Interestingly, I do like sun-dried tomatoes in a salad or maybe on a pizza.
  
  @Phogger Hah I find that kinda funny - that there's a precise chunky to saucy ratio that must be achieved for not-too-tomato-ish sauce 🍅 😋
  My mom used to slice up tomatoes and do the sugar sprinkle as a quick summertime snack. Pretty refreshing and, at least to me, changes the flavor profile of the tomatoes. Maybe you'll like it 🤷
  
  I will certainly try to remember this the next time tomatoes are about. You never know right?

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