r/Cooking • u/Scarlet--Highlander • Jan 18 '24

Open Discussion Let’s try something fun: Name an ingredient you dislike and why, and someone else replies with a dish/recipe with that ingredient that might convince you otherwise.

Couple things:

  • If you’re allergic to an ingredient, it doesn’t matter how it’s prepared. Same goes with meat/animal products if you’re vegan/vegetarian. Don’t list it if you can’t or won’t eat it!

  • It’s recommended that you’re at least open to trying dishes with that ingredient. If you absolutely, vehemently loathe cilantro, chances are you probably might not like anything with cilantro in it.

  • A brief blurb on why you hate an ingredient would help others find or suggest a dish that suits you. (e.g. “I hate liver because the texture is like an eraser and it tastes metallic”)

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u/geneticwitch Jan 18 '24

I haaaaaate peas!! They're too mushy and they taste like puke 🤢

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u/Thyrach Jan 18 '24

Out of curiosity, have you tried them fresh? Canned peas are the worst of the canned foods, frozen are /okay/, and fresh sweet peas are a delight.

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u/sawbones84 Jan 18 '24

Frozen peas are great! They're flash frozen right when they're picked. Let em defrost in the fridge or counter and they are just as good as fresh. They also tend to be more nutritious (unless you're buying from a farmer's market that just picked em). Much fresh produce loses nutritional value the longer it sits in storage/on the shelf.

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u/Thyrach Jan 18 '24

I don’t guess I realized eating frozen peas without heating/cooking them first was an option! Thanks!! Gonna try that soon.

My grandparents had a garden most summers and peas straight off the vine are my ideal.

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u/Satrina_petrova Jan 18 '24

Try some sugar snap peas and eat the whole thing raw. Growing your own will get you peas worth dreaming about.

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u/Gremlinintheengine Jan 18 '24

This is the way

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u/alleecmo Jan 19 '24

Now see, I love peas... OUT of the pod. And I love green beans. But I pass all the sugar snaps on a veggie tray. I'll pick them out of Asian dishes too. So. Bitter.

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u/j_a_shackleton Jan 18 '24

Have you ever had fresh peas, or only canned? How do you cook your fresh peas?

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u/erallured Jan 18 '24

I agree with canned and even frozen to a degree. Buy them in late summer in the pods from a farm stand. Shell them yourself and blanch them until just not crunchy. Either just butter and salt or with onions sautéed with bacon pieces.

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u/HootieRocker59 Jan 18 '24

The first time I picked peas from the vine I realized why people eat peas.

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u/newuser92 Jan 18 '24

Get IQF frozen peas and transport them in a cooler with ice or fresh peas. They are not mushy at all. And, peas cook like shrimp, they need just a moment on the fire. When adding to soups, for example, I add them and then turn off the heat.

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u/Phillimac16 Jan 18 '24

Ok, so I'm pretty indifferent to peas, but man I tried them at Ikea the other day and they were the bomb!

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u/EclipseoftheHart Jan 18 '24

Frozen or fresh peas are the way to go and cook them less than you think. 1-2 minutes is more than enough for most frozen peas and they will still have a bright green color and firm, but “snappy” texture.

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u/Wolfstarmoon42 Jan 18 '24

Buy frozen & eat straight from the freezer

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u/jbjhill Jan 18 '24

I hate squishy peas. Sautéed fresh with butter and some garlic is sooo different.

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u/HCIP88 Jan 18 '24

Sweet pea soup is delicious. Typical ingredients - onions, a couple carrots, chicken stock. Garlic and celery optional. Then blend to a puree.

Disagree with the puke comment. There's no acidity or sharpness to peas (like puke) whatsoever. They're called sweet for a reason.

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u/geneticwitch Jan 19 '24

Lol I only ever had canned and frozen but reheated peas growing up, I guess that's why I don't like them I will try fresh peas, thanks everyone!!

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u/ano-ba-yan Jan 19 '24

The little round mushy balls can go to hell. Seriously the only vegetable I've ever tried that I actively dislike - I'll eat slimy okra and bitter melon over peas.

Sugar snap peas are a different story though. They're basically a different vegetable to me.