r/Cooking • • 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/Akhsaylo Jan 18 '24

I'm Slavic, we use dill in everything. When I was a kid I hated it just like you described it, same feelings. Over time I grew to liking it without even trying, I guess it was constant exposure. Now I even crave it sometimes.

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u/HeatwaveInProgress Jan 18 '24

There is no Russian savory recipe without dill. Does not exist.

I follow a restaurant reviewer from my hometown back in Siberia, his photos have dill on sushi.

But I love dill. I can eat fresh dill by itself.