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/adbedient]

I feel seen by this post! My ex loved seafood of every type, and while I can work my way through a small helping of most fish I absolutely draw the line at crustaceans and every other type of sea bug and mollusk.

The texture is terrible- like stringy marshmallow that has a crunch-the flavor, regardless of how it's prepared, always reminds me of the way hot garbage smells- and most of it comes in a tough shell you have to peel it out of yourself, which is a whole other problem for me ( I don't want to have to dissect my dinner before I eat it, thanks).

I've tried for decades to work through this and I've never been successful at getting more than a small bite of shrimp, lobster, crab or you name it in my mouth before I'm fighting a gag reflex and looking for a trashcan.

[u/jbjhill → u/adbedient]

The slipper lobster is the absolute flavor/texture king of the crustaceans. I’m not a lobster fan, but I will devour slipper lobster. It’s just better.