There are some exceptions at times (like pickles), but for the most part, I hate the texture of crunchy vegetables. Particularly onions, broccoli, and cauliflower, but pretty much any veggie, is worse uncooked or undercooked imo. I hate most raw vegetables by themselves or in salads, but undercooked ones may be even worse because I was promised and expecting something cooked. Crunchy peppers or onions ruin a pizza as one example. Under-done carrots and potatoes in a curry, which I had yesterday, is another perfect example.
This may not be a universally unpopular opinion but I definitely feel like I’ve had a lot of people seem surprised by me not liking raw veggies.
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A question, though–how do you feel about pickles on pizza?
Heh, thanks. I don’t remember trying pickles on pizza but I could see it being weirdly good. After all, we already put other pickled things on pizza: jalapenos, olives, onions (I think?), pepperocinis… Probably others I’m blanking on.
Not them, but I like pickles on a cheeseburger pizza. Needs the acid with all the richness.
Upvote for being an actual unpopular opinion.
You will have to rip my crunchy bellpeppers from my cold, dead (and equally crunchy) hands
No need, please take them away from here!
I dunno that this is super unpopular overall, but it’s a damn good post!
Me? I think it depends on the vegetable, and the use case.
Like broccoli? It sucks in crudites. You can’t really taste it, it’s crunch at the florets and outright unpleasantly hard at the stem. But you give that even a light steam,and the flavor opens up. The stems become tender (if not flavor rich).
Carrots though? Fucking great raw, as well as cooked. They taste different, the mouth feel is distinct, and they provide a degree of satisfaction as part of a raw veggie platter that tops any of the usual options. 10/10 raw and 10/10 steamed, roasted, stewed, candied, or pretty much any way.
Peppers are similar imo. Onions, I err on cooked for the most part, but some dishes are great with some diced onion. Chili, hot dogs, some salads, etc.
Green beans though? They suck raw. They’re acceptable cooked al dente, but you also don’t want them cooked to fill soft either. Might as well just open a can at that point.
Peas? Suck raw, imo. Never seen an application for them. I pan roast those suckers with some thyme and butter, and I’m in heaven.
But food is always subjective. About the only thing that’s objectively true is that some amount of fats and salt make anything more likely to be enjoyed. Our tongues and brains are just wired that way. But even there, preferences can override, and three preparation matters because it can be over done.
One thing that I’ve learned in my fifty odd years is that if someone enjoys something I don’t, I can just be happy they like it. I may offer to expose them to what I enjoy, and will usually jump at a chance to experience what they enjoy, but ain’t no room in my life for hating on someone’s food preferences. So, in that spirit: fuck raw veggies, my lemmydawg!
This post was clearly made by a millennial who only eats boomer food
Celery+peanut butter Water chestnuts & More Get crunchy woke
I don’t get the joke or how exactly my food is “boomer” but I will say that celery is awful. Texture and taste of it are just abysmal to me.
I feel like the existence of celery is an outsized chunk of the idea that food tastes better with more calories. (And no I don’t believe this idea but if celery was all I was going on, I probably would)
To be fair i like celery because it’s just crunchy
Monster.
At least im not the person who came up with the peanut butter+raw onion sando
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Also, to be fair
This is actually quite common. I know several people who don’t like certain veggies just because of the crunchiness.
With that said horrible opinion. The crunch is what I love about veggies. I’ll deliberately add flavorless veggies to things just to add the crunchy texture.
Now take my upvote and enjoy your mushy soggy soft veggie crap.
You monster.
Take my upvote and go eat your boiled slop!
lol people seem to think it’s one extreme or the other. I never boil anything at home. I like to stir fry and oven roast veggies. Works well for me, and maybe some people might hate the results but I’m willing to bet that most people wouldn’t.
I was raised in over cooked vegetables. By a nutritionist who was convinced she was a master chef. Ewww.
I cook my veggies, but lightly. Mostly a mix or broccoli, romanesco (seasonally available) and carrots in a 425° oven for 5-6 minutes. Slightly softened but still crunchy.
I can understand that, some of my food dislikes are permanently ingrained due to being made to eat things I didn’t like. I think my mother may also have over cooked things but for me I think it pushed me the other way compared to you. Maybe because that is what I was used to, the crunchy extreme isn’t my jam. I do maintain though that I don’t require things to be mush. In fact that’s by far the grossest thing you can do to broccoli imo
Yeah, my parents absolutely instilled some food hates in me. Ironic since my mother was forced to eat things that her parents knew she disliked already, turning into lifelong hate… then did it to me. At least I broke that particular idiocy with my own cooking and those I cooked for.
If you use just a bit vinegar in salads, quite a lot of raw veggies become much better (works well on lettuce and tomato, even better on things with weirder flavour like arugula).
Just put the seasoning about 10 minutes before you consume (and don’t leave it seasoned with vinegar overnight).
Interestingly, vinegar will make the veggies less crunchy.
i suppose that is unpopular, nothing is more ongoing then a crunchy vegetable being soft.
Is there a typo in there? I assume you mean nothing is worse than a crunchy vegetable getting overcooked but I may be missing something else you meant to write instead
yes, you are right, i constantly fight with auto correct.
I dont like fruit and veggies much. But Oranges (vitamin C) and bell peppers (ummm. Vegatibles?) Are 2 i try to keep in the fridge for snacks.
Maybe im the wierdo for eating peppers raw, but if you saw a live cockroach in the communal microwave (neighbour casually using it too) you will eat the bare minimum too to avoid the communal kitchen.
I can tolerate a salad, but I agree with you especially about half-cooked vegetables. I even like to bring a whole head of cauliflower to a boil in enough salted water to cover, turn it off after it’s boiled a couple minutes and let it sit on the stove at least another 15 minutes (feel free to go do something else) or until you can stick a fork in deeply. Pour off the water, add whatever you like and eat it with a spoon.
Yeah, no. Pretty much the only time vegetables shouldn’t crunch is when they’re in a curry or stew where everything is expected to be partially homogenized. (Side note: if you’re making Japanese curry from those cubes, the soup should be almost half onion when you start but those onions should be completely dissolved into the soup by the time it’s done cooking. If you can see onion you didn’t cook it long enough.)
Soggy veggies have the texture of rot and it’s disgusting
