Food Preferences
Apr. 22nd, 2019 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unspeakablehorrorFood preferences are completely subjective so I don't get asking someone else if something tastes good when their taste preferences could be completely different from the asker's. I mean I guess if you know the person well enough to know they have similar tastes to you, but asking strangers always seems a bit weird. Like, what information does that give?
I do like to know very precisely what's in my food, and if I don't I often regret it because I'm very finicky and dislike a number of common foods (eg. onion, bell pepper, mint), but that information does a lot more to tell me if I'll like something than asking someone else whether they liked it.
Also I can never quite tell if statements about the objectively best-tasting foods or cooking methods are serious or not, even if I've at times acted as if I'm judging foods in an objective sense based on how I feel about them. I am always joking, though, even if I do think that if someone doesn't like a food in one recipe, it doesn't necessarily mean they would dislike it in others. I think a lot of standard US recipes, especially for vegetables, are just kind of boring and don't do enough to add flavor or satiation (a big problem with a lot of 'diet' or 'healthy' recipes).
But I mean if boiled vegetables with nothing added are awesome to you, you do you. Just don't try to feed that to me haha.
I do like to know very precisely what's in my food, and if I don't I often regret it because I'm very finicky and dislike a number of common foods (eg. onion, bell pepper, mint), but that information does a lot more to tell me if I'll like something than asking someone else whether they liked it.
Also I can never quite tell if statements about the objectively best-tasting foods or cooking methods are serious or not, even if I've at times acted as if I'm judging foods in an objective sense based on how I feel about them. I am always joking, though, even if I do think that if someone doesn't like a food in one recipe, it doesn't necessarily mean they would dislike it in others. I think a lot of standard US recipes, especially for vegetables, are just kind of boring and don't do enough to add flavor or satiation (a big problem with a lot of 'diet' or 'healthy' recipes).
But I mean if boiled vegetables with nothing added are awesome to you, you do you. Just don't try to feed that to me haha.
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Date: 2019-04-24 09:51 am (UTC)I hear you - I will cheerfully eat almost anything as long as it’s made well, so whether or not I personally like a given food is pretty useless information for anyone trying to decide if they might like it! When people ask me if something is “good” in the way that means "Do you think I'd like it" I tend to talk about flavor profiles - as in if you like kale, cabbage, or asparagus, then there’s a good chance you’ll like brussels sprouts.
Though I do think “boil them till they’re sad” is objectively the worst way to cook vegetables, LOL.no subject
Date: 2019-04-25 02:22 am (UTC)But yeah. And I have the opposite issue. While I do love a lot of foods, there are also some very common foods I hate. Like I have never acquired a taste for bell peppers. Doesn't matter if they're fresh or cooked, the biggest compliment I could give a dish with bell pepper is that I didn't in any way notice the bell pepper. Some people love bell peppers, though, and mostly people don't seem to feel as negatively about them as I do.
I do love vegetables like aspargus, cabbage, and brussels sprouts, though(esp. brussels sprouts!).