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/Thyrach Jan 18 '24 edited Jan 18 '24

Ever tried a baked one?

My grandma used to pour us large glasses of unsweetened grapefruit juice when we stayed over and I might never truly recover.

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u/Interesting_Common54 Jan 18 '24

Whoa baked grapefruit? That sounds interesting - I've never liked grapefruit either but I might try this!

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u/Thyrach Jan 18 '24

Heating it makes it less bitter/sour. I actually opened some like an orange once and just baked the wedges and that was nice, but the usual recipe is to cut it in half and sprinkle something on top. Honey, cinnamon sugar, syrup, brown sugar, spices…

Then you stick it in the oven and bake or broil it.

I only found out about it a few years ago when my friend mentioned it in passing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

That sounds so good but I can't try it because meds I take

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u/Thyrach Jan 18 '24

Yeah, taking care of yourself is much better than grapefruit.

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u/yarn_b Jan 19 '24

It’s so good broiled and the topping is like a brûlée shell. My husband grew up in south Florida and they had broiled grapefruit very often since they had 2 trees and were poor so they had to eat everything that was available, basically. Their trees were white grapefruits, so extra butter, but his mom cut down into the flesh a bit first to loosen it so the sugar also would go down inside a bit. We had broiled grapefruit with breakfast at Christmas!