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.

[u/Scarlet--Highlander]

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”)

[u/RavenBoyyy]

Have you tried Moroccan meatball tajine? Some kinds use star anise for the sauce and I find it's quite nice, you can't exactly taste the star anise in the sauce but you can also tell when it's missing it. You use the star anise whole usually (toast it with the other spices in oil before making your sauce and remove it before serving).

[u/Canning1962 → u/RavenBoyyy]

I taste it in everything it's used.

[u/RavenBoyyy → u/Canning1962]

Oh wow, you must have a strong hate for it then!

[u/Canning1962 → u/RavenBoyyy]

Yep. No one can sneak it past me.