You know what I don't get?

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Minted peas.

Who the fuck decided that peas would be improved by being minty, and why did anyone ever go along with this?

Minty peas. It just doesn't fucking work. It never has. It never will. Ruin a whole panful of perfectly good peas, why don't you.

Nope.
A London Dry gin tastes of juniper. It doesn't need any other flavouring, unless you don't like gin.

I am laughing at gin being vodka with an identity crisis.

Tis true!

I like Bombay Original, but it's definitely flavoured.

A nicely roasted parsnip is my favourite veg 😆

Can I add toothpaste flavoured ice cream. What a monstrosity.

With juniper, which is what gin is supposed to taste of, not grapefruit or strawberry or cardamon. Otherwise it's just vodka with an identity crisis

The idea of deliberately flavouring anything with grapefruit is frankly baffling.

Peas are gross and don’t blend well with anything. Just taste violently of pea. Fresh mint or mint sauce is similar. So I’m happy for them to join up and stay away from my plate entirely.

Mint and pea soup is delicious!

"Oh no, the doctor says I can't drink grapefruit juice on these pills, whatever will I dooooo," said no sane person ever.

Gin is also disgusting - perhaps minty pea gin could become the next thing I avoid entirely.

Are people still pretending Aperol is nice too?

Does anyone voluntarily eat grapefruit?

I worked as a cleaner and care assistant for years - the last thing I want is to be reminded of bleach and anything vaguely resembling bodily fluids with pointy bits! 😂

My parents have a special curved knife specifically designed for excising individual grapefruit chunks from their nasty leathery casing — and even they don't actually eat grapefruit.

Love mint and peas!
But nuts in chocolate is an abomination.

Cloves. Everything at Christmas stinks to high heaven of cloves, and it makes me gag. Foul little things.

Iceberg Lettuce. I don't know who decided it was edible, but they were very very wrong.

And cinnamon. Everywhere smells of this at Christmas. Yuck.

Peas are versatile and do well with a lot of herbs. Outside of the UK basil, chives, cilantro (coriander), dill, marjoram, parsley, and thyme are also popular but as with mint it's really easy to overwhelm the poor peas with a too heavy touch or a taste someone happens to dislike.

I always feel sad when I see perfume reviews where people say that a lemon perfume reminds them of "Lemon Pledge" or a coniferous scent is like "Pine Sol" or a lavender scent is like "Fantastico". These cleaning products are made to smell like something that occurs in nature, and if you're never smelled the natural ingredient you'll bypass it and make the chemical association automatically. It reminds me of the ads raising money to send impoverished inner city children to summer camp so they can smell a fir tree or see a cow for the first time.

I love grapefruit.

Have never classed peas as a real vegetable- so insubstantial 🙄 pea and mint soup- lovely

Peas - the King (or Queen) of vegetables, serve mixed with tomato ketchup and/or a teaspoon of chilli sauce.

Mint - spider repellent.

I quite like iceberg lettuce. Unfortunately the lettuce doesn't feel the same way about me. I could eat a massive greasy burger topped with bacon, burger sauce, and two different kinds of cheese, in the richest brioche bun I could find, and be absolutely fine. (Well, as long as it's a gluten-free brioche bun.) Add more than a spoonful of shredded lettuce to that and I'll be writhing around with heartburn all evening. And nobody will ever believe me when I point the finger at the bloody lettuce. I sound like someone who's come home from a night out so pissed they can't breathe straight, claiming that their violent puking must be down to a dodgy kebab.

Fucking LETTUCE FFS. The food with the least amount of food in it.

Chocolate and salt!!!

I mean what the actual fuck!!!

I mean, yes, but on the other hand, these:

Apples.

Which idiot pulled one of these pulpy, toe nail filled balls of nasty woody flavouring off a tree and thought ‘tasty! Must tell all!’

You can in add the fool who thought cooking them (and thereby turning them in to an even further pulpy, nasty, mess) was of benefit to humans. Give ‘em to the horses.

I always have tins of M&S pea and mint soup in the cupboard - the whole family love it.