Do You Really Like Vegetables?

[chequita guevara]

I have this theory that people who hate vegetables have generally had them overcooked;

Nope. Most folks who don't like veggies are supertasters. The amount of taste buds on our tongues come in three different varieties, and supertasters have high numbers of the taste buds that pick up bitter compounds in veggies. My wife is one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

[Alinestra Covelia]

Okra is awesome too. I like to cut it into spears and then pan fry them until they're a little scorched. They go very nicely with caramelized onions.

[OzzyKP]

I've always loved my mom's creamed peas. Sweet potatoes.

Recently, my girlfriend has been making some roasted veggies, zucchini & squash mostly, with olive oil & some seasoning, and damn they taste good. Typically veggies are things I feel I need to eat cause they are healthy, but these I actually like.

[MrFun]

If I was going to make a blanket statement, I'd have to say no.
I like potatoes cooked in most any manner.
Spinach? Brussel sprouts? Cauliflower? Broccoli? BEETS, for God's sake!

Just thinking about it makes me ill.

I'm not a carnivore; I'm an omnivore. So yes, I do like a variety of types of vegetables. My dinner in evenings would not be complete without a side of some type of veggies. You may be missing out on important nutrients if you're not compensating by some other means, Slowwy.

[SlowwHand]

Nope. Most folks who don't like veggies are supertasters. The amount of taste buds on our tongues come in three different varieties, and supertasters have high numbers of the taste buds that pick up bitter compounds in veggies. My wife is one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

So, for this isolated incident, I'm not strange?

[MrFun]

You may still be strange in other ways.

[SlowwHand]

I assume that.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Unfortunately Slow, you don't fit it because one of the things supertasters have problems with are alcoholic beverages .

[Dinner]

I like lots of fruits and veggies.

[Whoha]

Vegetables are great, how would we have cows, pigs, and other tasty animals without them?

[Alinestra Covelia]

Vegetables are great, how would we have cows, pigs, and other tasty animals without them?

This question has bothered me a lot in Fallout 3.

[chequita guevara]

Unfortunately Slow, you don't fit it because one of the things supertasters have problems with are alcoholic beverages .

It's not like all supertasters hate all things (though veggies tends to be something almost all of them hate). Plus, for cultural reasons, you might overcome and aversion to, say, beer. I imagine a man in Texas who doesn't drink beer is considered something less of a man.

So, no, Slowwy. You're not weird. You're just wired to detect poison.

[SlowwHand]

Double

[Imran Siddiqui]

Let's not let him off the hook that easily (though I realize commies don't like people taking responsibility for things ). If you look at the wiki article, they say perhaps they could get over one or two bitters, but not a bevy of them. Here is the list:

As a whole, supertasters are less likely to enjoy and thus consume certain foods, although individual supertasters can certainly enjoy and consume these foods. Documented examples for either lessened preference or consumption include:

alcoholic beverages[11]
Brassica oleracea cultivars
Brussels sprouts[13][14][15]
cabbage[13]
kale[15]
coffee[13]
grapefruit juice[14]
green tea[14]
spinach[13]
soy products[14]
carbonation in drinks such as in soda, beer, etc.[16]
Other foods may also show altered patterns of preference and consumption, but only indirect evidence exists:

chili peppers - capsaicin burn is more intense in supertasters
tonic water - quinine is more bitter to supertasters
olives - for a given concentration, salt is more intense in supertasters

If it is just veggies... then its not a supertaster thing.

[snoopy369]

It's also, obviously, certain veggies (generally green leafy, IIRC, or their relatives such as broccoli). So carrots, peas, corn, should all be fine (relatively so anyhow). Not nearly as bitter and much sweeter.