Any raw foods you just can't seem to EVER like? [Archive]

kiwiLOVE

04-14-2007, 10:09 PM

Since becoming raw I've started to enjoy foods that I never would have, if still cooked.

But it seems like, no matter how hard I try, broccoli & I will just NEVER get along. LoL. :p

eatyourbroccoli

04-14-2007, 10:17 PM

yea, i dont like broccoli either.

seriously..

when i made my screen name on here, broccoli was the only vegetable i could think of at the time. how SAD was i?! :eek: :p

juliebove

04-14-2007, 10:26 PM

Avocado. :eek: I can eat broccoli raw, but not cooked.

eatyourbroccoli

04-14-2007, 10:29 PM

Avocado. :eek: I can eat broccoli raw, but not cooked.

mmm avocado :D one mans trash is anothers treasure. ill trade you my broccoli!

Crazy Healer Lady

04-14-2007, 10:37 PM

Solace

04-14-2007, 11:49 PM

OK sorry but eggplant is just wrong anyway you make it !

RawVegan4Health

04-15-2007, 12:04 AM

spicyfull

04-15-2007, 12:27 AM

Hold the Mint...........

Solace

04-15-2007, 12:37 AM

I love stuff made with tomato, but I have never like a plain raw tomato in whole, sliced or chopped form for some reason. Salsa is fine. I know, weird. I can't explain it, but it's true. I have to have something with the raw tomato to make it edible for some reason.
Tomato right off the vine from a good organic garden might change your mind ! I know if it has been sitting for more than a day after its ripe a tomato's taste starts to change.

Nini

04-15-2007, 12:45 AM

Except this one leafy green... I'm not sure what it is called, but they've mixed it with a certain brand of organic greens.

Probably is the same one I can't stand. I always pick it out and toss it away. Sometimes I feel it takes up 1/3 of the bag! It looks kinda spiky and part of it is white. Real bitter tasting.

juliebove

04-15-2007, 12:46 AM

mmm avocado :D one mans trash is anothers treasure. ill trade you my broccoli!

I don't really LIKE broccoli. I can eat a piece or two from a veggie tray and it doesn't gag me the way cooked broccoli does. But I won't go out of my way for it.

juliebove

04-15-2007, 12:47 AM

dreamrawalwz

04-15-2007, 08:03 AM

I love stuff made with tomato, but I have never like a plain raw tomato in whole, sliced or chopped form for some reason. Salsa is fine. I know, weird. I can't explain it, but it's true. I have to have something with the raw tomato to make it edible for some reason.

haha. someone i work with has said the same thing. She HATES raw tomatoes, but can do a raw salsa perfectly fine.

dreamrawalwz

04-15-2007, 08:04 AM

dreamrawalwz

04-15-2007, 08:07 AM

Hmm, let's see:

eggplant for sure!
turnips
fennel
mushrooms
bananas
and that weird unknown lettuce

who knows, this list may change. Just a month ago I would have added mangos, but now I love them.

Ama

04-15-2007, 09:32 AM

First I'll start by saying I never liked cooked veggies... couldn't stand the texture and the bland tastes... YUK

As for something I don't like... mushrooms... can't stand them. After going raw I thought my tastes may have changed so I made Alissa's stuffed mushrooms (gave most to my husband, he liked them) and I also made some mushroom burgers, which ended up in the trash.... nope.... tastes have not changed that much LOL

I am also not a fan of bitter greens. I can take them in my salad mix but not by themselves.

rawsurfer

04-15-2007, 09:36 AM

I love it all!!! Except turnips. O_O Can't stand them cooked, and I'm not a fan raw! But everything else, I LOVE! Oh, wait... Except this one leafy green... I'm not sure what it is called, but they've mixed it with a certain brand of organic greens. UGH! Tastes like hate! (oh dear my hippy side is starting to show...)

ya i think they are just fillers to save money because, i agree, they taste like hate. i also just cant do mushrooms (yet, hopefully), and broccoli sprouts taste like mushrooms so i cant stand those either, even though they are a superfood. sometimes i juice them to get the nutrients but mask the flavor.

shine72

04-15-2007, 09:39 AM

I love it all!!! Except turnips. O_O Can't stand them cooked, and I'm not a fan raw! But everything else, I LOVE! Oh, wait... Except this one leafy green... I'm not sure what it is called, but they've mixed it with a certain brand of organic greens. UGH! Tastes like hate! (oh dear my hippy side is starting to show...)

Crazy Healer Lady - Let that hippie side show! Nothing wrong with that!:D I like the thing I think ya'll are talking about. But there is one in some of them or if someone in a restaurant or cafe mixes raw herb salad with the spring mix, there is one that is hot like pepper and bitter. I don't care for that one.

domestic goddess

04-15-2007, 09:47 AM

YES! That wierd lettuce/green. I won't buy any mixed greens with that in it.
Beets.
I am losing my taste for mushrooms.
Green smoothies...though that may not count, as I like everything that goes IN a green drink, I would rather eat it whole...:o

veganman

04-15-2007, 10:52 AM

Cinnamon

04-15-2007, 11:31 AM

YES! That wierd lettuce/green. I won't buy any mixed greens with that in it.

I know for me that the arugula in the mixed baby greens is so very bitter and I just don't like it at all. Maybe this is what some people are thinking of? It even makes me sick to my tummy if I eat it!

There are a lot of veggies that I've always enjoyed steamed that are only "okay" raw like cauliflower and broccoli. I still eat small amounts of them in salads though.

Rawkinlocs

04-15-2007, 12:27 PM

Mushrooms - no matter how they're marinated or stuffed or processed into a "meat" patty or loaf - just can't stomach them!

Cilantro - I thought I wasn't a "true" raw fooder 'cause so many raw foodies seem to love this stuff so much but I can't stand it. I even tried to blend it into a green smoothie and it just ruined the whole smoothie for me. So, can't do cilantro either.

Extrememly bitter greens like dandelion - I just don't like really bitter tastes and again, tried blending into a smoothie and NOPE...couldn't tolerate it.

Young Thai coconuts - I "may" be able to get them in if blended into something...but the coconut itself, the water from it...can't stand it! I tried using the water in a smoothie once and again, HATED it!

Beckla

04-15-2007, 12:33 PM

I can't take cilantro either. Too strong or something.

anything made with raw chick peas

flax that hasn't been finely ground - and I prefer the golden, I've learned

kelp and I aren't good friends. and even though I love seafood and it was hard to give it up - sushi being a staple for me, pre-raw, I can't STAND the fishy taste/odor that dulse flakes give recipes. So I omit them. Anyone want the full thing of flakes I have?? LOL

I don't dig raw breads. I dunno - the texture just doesn't do it for me.

shine72

04-15-2007, 12:55 PM

Email me. I have something for you for the coconut!

puffysmom

04-15-2007, 01:13 PM

I just cannot learn to like avacados. I have tried and tried. Even when it is mixed in with something. I wish i could like them as their r a lot of recipes that use them. Garlic also. Loved them but now they taste bitter to me. I dont know about mushrooms yet. I liked them fried and cooked but was never a fan of them raw. Maybe if I tried some of the more exotics one i would like them better.

RawChicky

04-15-2007, 01:29 PM

I hate carrots. I also can't stand kale at all nor asparagus.

I also can never eat mushrooms or just plain tomato

Somtam

04-15-2007, 01:34 PM

I cannot stand ...

Watercress
Radicchio -- the reddish, purplish thing in the salad mix. Blech.
Dried figs
Over-ripe pears
Dried apricots
Beets

... in that order.

Dimond

04-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Olives. Occasionally if heavily disguised in a recipe, it might be okay.

There are many others I won't eat by themselves, but taste great in a recipe or marinated.

Morningstar

04-15-2007, 04:22 PM

Durian

Ramps

Raw Chic peas

tinystrawberry

04-15-2007, 04:55 PM

i dont like Arugula, but i might someday..
and i don't like papaya very much

dreamrawalwz

04-15-2007, 06:03 PM

Oh yea! I can't stand cilantro or durian. BLEH!

tvillemom

04-15-2007, 06:33 PM

I must admit, there are LOTS of things I haven't tried YET...but so far I don't really care for:
that mystery lettuce that's white and "spikey"
plain tomatoes...even though I like them in salsa, guacamole, or a recipe..I don't like the seeds and slimey part.
The big papaya...the one I tried tasted YUCK:p

On the other hand...things I used to NOT like...but now LOVE:
CAULIFLOWER
WATERMELON
CANTELOPE
AVOCADO
Salad without dressing...just a squeeze of lime!
Great thread!!
Wendi

tvillemom

04-15-2007, 06:35 PM

OH yeah...haven't really found a good coconut yet...they always seem bad when I open them at home...so I'm hesitant to try another. Maybe next time I'll just buy the coconut creme from MARAW!!
Wendi

tvillemom

04-15-2007, 06:35 PM

The seeds in the cucumber....yuck.
Wendi

Nini

04-15-2007, 06:56 PM

I googled the mystery green.......escarole!

See a pic: http://www.fotosearch.com/UNZ311/u16164296/

:)

tinystrawberry

04-15-2007, 06:58 PM

chilove

04-16-2007, 08:42 AM

Hello there,

I wish I could develop a taste for cantelopes and papayas. They are cheap and plentiful but I just don't can't stand them! :-)

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

Ariannah

04-16-2007, 08:45 AM

I don't like parsnips, never have never will. And yeah, I can "tolerate" them dressed up and all recipied, but I shouldn't have to work that hard for a food.

tvillemom

04-16-2007, 08:45 AM

I didn't start liking melons (cantelope or watermelon) OR cauliflower until I went raw!! Amazing how my taste buds have changed since I went raw!:cool:
Wendi

Rawkinlocs

04-16-2007, 08:50 AM

Hello there,

I wish I could develop a taste for cantelopes and papayas. They are cheap and plentiful but I just don't can't stand them! :-)

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

OH how I love cantelope! But I agree about papaya...I just can't get around that "musky" flavor. Funny, I've always loved the "artificial" papaya stuff like the papaya enymes or this juice my mom used to buy when I was younger...but REAL papaya? BLECH!

And looking upon some of the other items listed, I also do not like radishes, jicama, turnips, and probably some other stuff.

Ariannah

04-16-2007, 09:12 AM

Oh I agree about the papaya. I can't seem to make myself want it.

lovenmama

04-16-2007, 09:51 AM

Papaya for me too...and for some reason..I can't seem to like strawberries alone..if they are mixed in a blender with a smoothie..yummy..but just eating a plain strawberry is hard for me???

But I now eat Mango's and Avocados regulary..that's a new one for me

Bingo24

04-16-2007, 10:04 AM

Beets - :eek: BLEECH - taste like dirty to me. . .no matter what you do! I won't eat it -you can't make me!

dreamrawalwz

04-16-2007, 12:32 PM

i loveee cucumber seeds!!! so watery and refreshing.

Dreamrawalwz- i really want to try a durian..what is it that you don't like about it?
and i used to hate cilantro (still don't like it to much, and still can't breathe anywhere near it) but i actually found myself craving it the other day. i think that you should try new things atleast three times, at different periods of your life.. just to see, because your taste buds definitely change!

Haha well, where do I start? To me it smells like a dirty gym sock. The inside kind of grosses me out. The one I bought had a nutty flavor AT FIRST then that went away and left me with a funky texture and nasty taste in my mouth for HOURS. I tried a bite of another one at a raw potluck and nope, still hate it. I've heard they're a love or hate relationship lol.

Damzlfly

04-16-2007, 12:47 PM

I'm not a huge papaya fan myself pre-raw but have not had one post...I will buy one today and let you guys know...other than that I love everything...

Tinacampy

04-16-2007, 12:55 PM

Probably is the same one I can't stand. I always pick it out and toss it away. Sometimes I feel it takes up 1/3 of the bag! It looks kinda spiky and part of it is white. Real bitter tasting.

"tastes like hate"... funny... are you talking about frisee?

I like most of the salad greens but some of them in smoothies are TERRIBLE. My worst experiment was arugula in a berry smoothie. Ewww. I also don't like raw tomatoes but like salsa and pico de gallo... sp?

I can't do raw asparagus and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it cooked... Mushrooms too - hate them raw, but love them cooked.

vitavegan

04-16-2007, 02:02 PM

lettuce (ice berg and romaine)
zucchini (i hate the raw pasta!)

Stina

04-16-2007, 02:35 PM

Pork rinds. Oh, did you mean Raw food?

rawererin

04-20-2007, 07:55 AM

brussel sprouts...ewww... and celery, the first raw juice i attempted included celery (i was so optimistic) i almost hurled, never again.

jerseygirl1969

04-20-2007, 10:06 AM

I can't stand Cauliflower (or broccoli). I just made "mashed potatoes." They weren't too bad in the beginning. I added a lot of cashews to mask the taste of the cauliflower. I had indigestion the whole night and next day, always burping up cauliflower, and passed wind with the horrible aroma of cauliflower all day. No more cauliflower for me.

maraw

04-20-2007, 11:05 AM

Raw turnips don't agree with me at all. And I prefer marinated raw mushrooms over just plain raw ones. Everything else I seem to like raw even more than cooked ~ great blessing for me!!

Meowzr

04-21-2007, 08:17 PM

Cucumbers. Yuck, Blech, Ick! Never have never will. It's too bad too because they are low calorie, portable, light etc.

misslinda

04-21-2007, 09:24 PM

Hmmmm, at this point,

I have not had any raw nuts for a long time-don't really care for them.

Same with raw grains etc

Starfruit taste incomplete to me and mushrooms don't appeal to me.

Vegan Princess

04-22-2007, 09:04 PM

I like this thread. Made me laugh. I don't like papaya. I even retried it in Hawaii thinking it would be better and it wasn't. I hate broccoli...but I am pondering trying it heated up in the dehydrator with rich cheddar cheese sauce on it. I used to eat it cooked with cheese on top back in the day. And zucchini I find ick too.

I love love love cilantro. I always have it on hand. I could make a whole cilantro salad I love it some much.

Cindy

onelife2live

04-25-2007, 07:55 PM

I've always despised green bell peppers.....ewwww...the smell, the taste is just down right disgusting...always got the gag reflex even when trying to juice it with something else to cover it.

Romaine is just very hard in taste....any lettuce with a huge rib in the middle has a "harder" and "stronger" taste to it to me...i don't like it.

Mushrooms...i've always been afraid of them :eek: "Fungoid" concept. Even cooked i can't stand them. But now i'm very curious to give them a try specially for the "faux heatas". I just recently dared myself to touch one while at the HFS...it made me jump when i touched it...:o

magglepie

04-25-2007, 07:59 PM

Tomatoes. The gross me out because of the slimey interior. I have never been able to take to them.

exurb

04-26-2007, 10:05 AM

Beckla your dislike of cilantro is likely genetic. About 1 in 600 people have a gene which makes cilantro seem very distasteful, almost like soap or something offensive.

onelife2live, I share your dislike of green peppers. In fact, green peppers are UNRIPE versions of yellow or red peppers or other colored peppers. That is why they are difficult to digest as they are immature and not ready yet.

I think the green you're talking about is the Frisee lettuce, it is part of the endive family. Mizuna is also spikey and strong tasting and in those commercial organic salad mixes.

Vegan Princess

04-26-2007, 08:48 PM

I used to despise green peppers. I thought they were so ick. But now I sort of like them. Not love, but the taste has grown on me.

StarFire

04-26-2007, 09:05 PM

BRUSSEL SPROUTS :eek: ... now they're just wrong... a freak of nature - definitely not meant to be eaten raw or otherwise! I'll take the spikey lettuce any day over brussel sprouts! (and I can't stand the spikey lettuce!) :D

Ginger

04-27-2007, 02:17 AM

Bananas. Yuck. Never liked em. I can eat them blended with other things but I don't like the flavor or texture.

Things I used to not like but now are ok:
cilantro (used to make me dry heave just smelling it!)
apples
grapes (always loved the concord dark weird ones though)

andypdx

04-28-2007, 04:36 AM

DURIAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian)!

I mean really, the physical appearance alone should be a big warning sign...DO NOT EAT ME!

http://www.greentales.com/files/durian.jpg

If you do manage to get past the hard, spiky exterior, prepare yourself for a flavor that is best described as "eating garlic ice cream over a open sewer"

Next worst is fennel. Black licorice is bad enough. Why would anyone want to eat a vegetable that tastes just like it?

And for you beet haters...I hated raw beets too, UNTIL I had one that was put through a saladacco (raw pasta machine). Believe me, throw a few of these light crispy beet coils into a salad of leafy greens, and you will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE beets!

I promise!

Eva

04-28-2007, 08:40 AM

None for me! I dig it all, have for most of my life. I HAD to eat all the raw veggies on my plate as a kid, grew to love it all!

Man I'd take ALL your trash as my treasure!

My mom's trying raw right now, and SHE is hating some raw fruits/veggies! Isn't that interesting! If she were on here, she'd complain about my beloved avocados. :confused:

Lady Green Jeans

04-28-2007, 10:39 AM

Tinystrawberry,

I like your suggestion of trying things at least three times before giving up on it. A couple hate at first bite that are now favs include cilantro and jicima.
Couple that I could eat if hard pressed would be arugula and watercress. Okra is about the only one I can think of that hasn't grown on me in any way.

Fun thread!

Fuzzypeach

04-28-2007, 12:37 PM

tahini and almond butter. I know that you always eat these with something else, but they never taste good with anything else, blah. I even tried the fudge balls, and all I could taste was almond butter....

thevegancat

04-29-2007, 01:37 PM

Cilantro - Hated the smell/taste of it all my life, makes me gag

Avocado - Euww. Unsuccessfully used in my "green drink" in place of a banana. :p

Garlic/Onions - Onions are okay cooked (and covered by pasta sauce), but I guess cooking the onion defeats the purpose of eating it at all.

Grapefruit - I really try to make myself like it, but I can't.

I haven't tried durian or papaya yet, but something tells me I won't like it.

Zuri

04-30-2007, 11:18 AM

Broccoli. It scares me. Love it cooked though.

vwinters

04-30-2007, 11:30 AM

Sprouts. And it breaks my heart. I want to love them. I enjoy growing them. I like that they are clean and organic and locally grown by me and cheap as all get out. But I don’t like the flavor. Boo Hoo!
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LoveLife

04-30-2007, 11:34 AM

I HATE cauliflower!!!:eek: ...I don't like it any way it could ever be made....I can't even bring myself to try it again..since I haven't in like 10 yrs or so...which i know my tastes may have changed but I just can't do it...also..I love cooked eggplant..but I can't imagine raw eggplant tasting good....

rawererin

04-30-2007, 08:46 PM

celery- totally celery, i hate it!

Naiad

05-02-2007, 08:50 PM

Anything with lemongrass :eek:
Eggplant
Mushrooms
Cauliflower
Pears
Acai juice or fruit

Things I didn't like and have grown to love!

Avocado
Kale
Goji berries
Kombucha

barose

05-02-2007, 09:29 PM

Bananas - too thick and sweet!

RawGoddess13

05-03-2007, 02:56 PM

I HATE mustard greens. I bought two bunches of them in Jan. as I was inspired to add a wider range or greens to my diet instead of the kale and spinich that I always buy each week. I juiced and blended the MUSTARD GREENS and no matter how I used them they burned my throat soooooooo bad!!!! I finished them all though b/c I don't like to waste fresh veggies EVER! NO MATTER WHAT!

RawBecky

05-03-2007, 03:00 PM

I must say that I don't care for asparagus.

honeybee joy

05-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by eatyourbroccoli
yea, i dont like broccoli either.

seriously..

when i made my screen name on here, broccoli was the only vegetable i could think of at the time. how SAD was i?!

LOL funny. I so thought that broccoli was your favorite veggie! I have a friend that loves broccoli and they thing it is gods gift! LOL

I never really liked it, but I eat a piece or two in a salad.

flax, broccoli, kale, cabbage, it was nori for awhile, but I am getting into that. Gosh I have a few more, but I can't remember. I have to admit my tastes have changed since raw and I love alot more veggies then I ever had.

Oh and yes aspergaus. I loved it cooked, but can't stand it raw!

RawBecky

05-03-2007, 07:00 PM

LOL funny. I so thought that broccoli was your favorite veggie! I have a friend that loves broccoli and they thing it is gods gift! LOL

I never really liked it, but I eat a piece or two in a salad.

flax, broccoli, kale, cabbage, it was nori for awhile, but I am getting into that. Gosh I have a few more, but I can't remember. I have to admit my tastes have changed since raw and I love alot more veggies then I ever had.

Oh and yes aspergaus. I loved it cooked, but can't stand it raw!

I never liked it cooked. Maybe that's it. I havn't gotten the nerve to try it raw yet. Hmm, I'll have to try it one day. Maybe!

magglepie

05-03-2007, 07:35 PM

Cilantro - Hated the smell/taste of it all my life, makes me gag

I have to admit, I am feeling the same way about cilantro! I tried it for the first time in one of my salads this week, and the flavor of it just didn't jive well with my taste buds! I have had it once since Sunday, just to see if 'maybe' the taste would sit better with me. It didn't.

Petals

05-04-2007, 12:27 AM

I don't really care for flax seeds in the dehydrator.
jimaca~ don't really like that either~ yuck.
too many sun dried tomatoes in a recipe, but a little are good
cauliflower
green bell peppers

o yes.. and raw chickpeas. GROSS.