What foods you don't ever want to see on your plate?

[Addie]

I had an upstairs neighbor whose daughter had severe anemia. The doctor told her to cook some liver just above raw. The girl would chew it to death, but just refused to swallow it. Her mother felt fine with her doing this. At least she was getting the juices from the meat into her system. I have often wondered if the girl ever did learn to like liver.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I'm upset that I had to stop eating liver once a week and for snacks during the week...

 

[CarolPa]

That's the way my mother cooked liver. I hated it. I thought I hated liver. Then one day I ordered a rib steak rare. It came with a liver and weenie appetizer. I thought, let's give that liver a try. OMG, it was amazing. It was grilled and still pink inside. I have been a fan of liver ever since.

I could not eat liver than was pink inside. It has to be cooked through, just not cooked to death.

I can eat steak that is pink, or even red inside. Just not liver.

 

[Kitchen Barbarian]

I could not eat liver than was pink inside. It has to be cooked through, just not cooked to death.

I can eat steak that is pink, or even red inside. Just not liver.

You're one up on me. I can't eat ANY meat that shows any pink at all. Instant gag reaction. I can tell from the taste and texture if I happen not to see it before sticking it in my mouth. Can't do it.

Partially raw liver is RIGHT out.

 

[CatPat]

I do not like caviar, and Papa catches the sturgeons in the Black Sea for it.

Those are ugly fishes, also! Uckkkkkkk!

With love,
~Cat

 

[CharlieD]

I had an upstairs neighbor whose daughter had severe anemia. The doctor told her to cook some liver just above raw. The girl would chew it to death, but just refused to swallow it. Her mother felt fine with her doing this. At least she was getting the juices from the meat into her system. I have often wondered if the girl ever did learn to like liver.

That is the only way to cook liver, especially the chicken liver. Blood should still ooze out of it when you cut it. Cooked anything over that and might as well throw the whole thing away. Yuk.

 

[CharlieD]

I do not like caviar, and Papa catches the sturgeons in the Black Sea for it.

Those are ugly fishes, also! Uckkkkkkk!

With love,
~Cat

The best fish ever, of course if cooked proparly. Also caviar, mmmmm

 

[CatPat]

The best fish ever, of course if cooked proparly. Also caviar, mmmmm

My family loves it also! And the fish! I do like the fish, just not the caviar.

With love,
~Cat

 

[Addie]

I do not like caviar, and Papa catches the sturgeons in the Black Sea for it.

Those are ugly fishes, also! Uckkkkkkk!

With love,
~Cat

Cat, when he goes out from port, how long is he gone for? My husband would be gone anywhere from 15 to 30 days at a time.

 

[CarolPa]

That is the only way to cook liver, especially the chicken liver. Blood should still ooze out of it when you cut it. Cooked anything over that and might as well throw the whole thing away. Yuk.

Well, I don't share your opinion.

 

[Kitchen Barbarian]

That is the only way to cook liver, especially the chicken liver. Blood should still ooze out of it when you cut it. Cooked anything over that and might as well throw the whole thing away. Yuk.

Actually I think that's partly right - you SHOULD just throw the whole thing away, LOL!

 

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

I hate mint! all mint, and any member of the mint family should be dug out of the ground and burned, with all mint seeds on the planet destroyed. I shouldn't have to smell other people chewing mint gum, or using mint jelly, or peppermint candy canes. The stuff is just nauseating, and grow, enough to make one hurl.

Now, how did that make everyone feel. We who enjoy liver don't say that you have to enjoy it. Just as it's ok to enjoy mint. I promise, I won't breathe in your face after eating liver, or liver products. I hope you will extend the same courtesy to me with respect to mint.

I think the liver thing has been beaten to death. Here's an idea. Let's turn to something constructive, like what foods don't pair well, or what herbs and spices don't play well together, things like that. Let's use this forum to help each other avoid cooking mistakes.

For instance, I can tell you that cinnamon and raisins do not work in marinara sauce. And you can ask how I know that.

Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North

 

[Mad Cook]

Well, I don't share your opinion.

With you there, Carol. I like it lightly cooked but not bleeding.

In the 1920s and early '30s the only treatment for pernicious anaemia (a fatal disease in those days) was to eat large amounts of raw liver. Addie's neighbour's doctor must have been very "old school".

 

[Kitchen Barbarian]

Now, now. It is a "what food we really hate thread" - liver is a pretty commonly hated food. I absolutely cannot abide liver, but I can still laugh about it. Surely those who love liver can laugh about it too! After all, they have less to fear - in that department, at least, LOL!

 

[Cheryl J]

Marshmallows. Can hardly stand the thought of them. Now that American Thanksgiving is coming up, I hope I don't have to see them in sweet potato casseroles or jello desserts and such, but if they're being served at a dinner I'm attending, I'll be gracious and have a bite.

 

[Addie]

With you there, Carol. I like it lightly cooked but not bleeding.

In the 1920s and early '30s the only treatment for pernicious anaemia (a fatal disease in those days) was to eat large amounts of raw liver. Addie's neighbour's doctor must have been very "old school".

Yeah. We had a lot of them. Now you have to go to the clinics in your favorite hospital to see your "Primary Care Physician." No more Doctor's Office Visits! Doctors can no longer 'hang their shingle out'. They get their name of letterhead instead. Along with 20 others on the same sheet of paper.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Yeah. We had a lot of them. Now you have to go to the clinics in your favorite hospital to see your "Primary Care Physician." No more Doctor's Office Visits! Doctors can no longer 'hang their shingle out'. They get their name of letterhead instead. Along with 20 others on the same sheet of paper.

I have a Doctor, my PCP who oversees my Cardiologist and whose office helps with scheduling my mammograms, etc. I was able to choose her.

 

[GotGarlic]

Yeah. We had a lot of them. Now you have to go to the clinics in your favorite hospital to see your "Primary Care Physician." No more Doctor's Office Visits! Doctors can no longer 'hang their shingle out'. They get their name of letterhead instead. Along with 20 others on the same sheet of paper.

Depends My PCP is in a clinic connected to the medical school, which doesn't have its own hospital, my GI doctor is in a private practice with maybe 6 others, and my neurologist is in a practice connected to the largest local hospital system. It's not one-size-fits-all.

Doctors can open a private practice of their own, but it's usually not cost-effective. Some doctors do "boutique" service where they don't take insurance and charge cash for all their services. Only for the well-to-do, of course.

 

[CarolPa]

Depends My PCP is in a clinic connected to the medical school, which doesn't have its own hospital, my GI doctor is in a private practice with maybe 6 others, and my neurologist is in a practice connected to the largest local hospital system. It's not one-size-fits-all.

Doctors can open a private practice of their own, but it's usually not cost-effective. Some doctors do "boutique" service where they don't take insurance and charge cash for all their services. Only for the well-to-do, of course.

What about your psychiatrist, GC? LOL (just kidding)

I have had the same PCP for 20 years. He is in a stand alone practice with 1 other doctor, and 2 NPs. You can get in to see the NP the same day if you have the flu or something when you need treated right away. That is less expensive than going to Med Express, where you have to pay the "specialist" copay. My cardioligist is in a stand alone facility with 4 or 5 others. The same with my gyne. It has only been in the past several years that our hospital opened a couple clinic type places were you can go for bloodwork, xrays, and recently they added PCPs and also some specialists to the clinic.

 

[GotGarlic]

What about your psychiatrist, GC? LOL (just kidding)

Why, did something I said make you think I need one?