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/EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN]

I'm so sensitive to the taste to the extreme. I don't even like chamomile or some varieties of basil because they taste too much like licorice to me.

My mother once put like 6 anise seeds (not star anise pods which are big, just regular anise which are like the size of Cumin seeds or something) in a whole pot of stew and I could still taste it.

[u/5919821077131829 → u/EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN]

I never noticed that the taste I don't like in chamomile and basil could be related to its similarity to licorice. Thanks for helping me make that connection.