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Ingredients you only like in one form

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BeardySchnauzer · 25/09/2026 21:13

So I really hate fresh ginger in drinks/food but I absolutely love gingerbread and ginger nuts

I love aniseed balls but detest Ricard

love a piece of fresh coconut and dishes with coconut cream but anything else like sweets or cake with coconut I can’t bear

What do you love/hate?

(I’m not counting things like banana flavoured things because that doesn’t taste like banana as we know it)

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keffie12 · 26/09/2026 21:02

My late mom hated mushrooms, however loved mushroom soup. I dislike swede and turnip as a standalone veg. Love them in a stew or swede mashed with carrot. Love veg. I don't like vegetable soup

ilovepixie · 26/09/2026 21:04

Like coffee, hate it in food. Same with alcohol like drinking it but hate it in food.

Ownedbykitties · 26/09/2026 21:09

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Betterbeingdead · 26/09/2026 21:12

Silverbirchleaf · 25/09/2026 21:25

Don’t like coffee. I do like tiramisu.

I love cheese in sandwiches, on pizza etc. Don’t like cheese scones.

I love coffee I hate tiramisu and coffee cake ..any coffee that's not in a drink I hate

mamaandbabas · 26/09/2026 21:25

Hate ginger in savory things, love it in sweet things. Love the taste of pineapple and coconut, but hate the texture of fresh ones.

BruFord · 26/09/2026 21:28

I can't stand raw celery, but don't mind it cooked in a stew, soup, etc. for flavouring.

I don't like hard-boiled eggs at all but will eat them cooked in other ways.

HughManity · 26/09/2026 21:33

BruFord · 26/09/2026 21:28

I can't stand raw celery, but don't mind it cooked in a stew, soup, etc. for flavouring.

I don't like hard-boiled eggs at all but will eat them cooked in other ways.

Agree but raw celery in a cheese and celery sandwich is good, and eggs are fine apart from fried.
I can't eat custard tarts and quiche can't be custardy. Bleurgh!

Arran2024 · 26/09/2026 21:39

My dad hated garlic, but loved garlic bread!

EdinaTheConfessor · 26/09/2026 21:50

I love coconut in all forms except Bounty. Although I do like Bounty ice cream

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 26/09/2026 21:55

Dislike diced or chunky carrots it's the texture and force fed them at nursery(early 70s)
But like them grated in scotch broth and stir fry.

ihatecoffee · 26/09/2026 22:01

Love cherries but hate anything cherry flavoured. Always tastes like marzipan which I hate

Talking of which, I love almonds but hate marzipan!

Also coffee - love the smell especially of freshly brewed coffee…but cannot stand the taste…lattes, cappuccinos, cakes, sweets - can’t abide any of them

Flowerponyfan · 26/09/2026 22:14

My son hates butter spread on anything, but is happy to eat it if totally melted with garlic, herbs etc.

Missmousie · 26/09/2026 22:45

I'll happily cook with olive oil but you couldn't pay me to eat an olive, I think it's something to do with smell and the texture of the little horrors.

Missmousie · 26/09/2026 22:46

I'll happily cook with olive oil but you couldn't pay me to eat an olive, I think it's something to do with smell and the texture of the little horrors.

Rpop · 26/09/2026 22:58

HughManity · 25/09/2026 21:36

Like chocolate, dislike chocolate cake.

Like chocolate but just don’t want chocolate ice cream.

Kickinthenostalgia · 26/09/2026 23:01

i like strawberry/banana milkshake but hate strawberry’s and bananas

I like tinned tuna and salmon but don’t like fresh tuna and salmon

love coffee cakes or sweets but hate coffee

like grapes but hate raisins

love raspberry flavoured stuff but don’t like raspberry’s

love coconut cake and coconut ring biscuits but hate anything else coconut flavoured or scented

absolutely detest pineapple but will drink tropical juice, that contains pineapple 🙄

Endoadnowarrior · 26/09/2026 23:38

I like whole almonds, sugared almonds, flaked almonds- absolutely detest anything almond flavoured... marzipan, amaretto, bakewell tarts, frangipane etc. The taste and smell makes me feel physically sick.
I cant eat fruitcake that's even had marzipan on and peeled off because the flavour is insidious yuk!

paristotokyo · 26/09/2026 23:41

Like most fresh fruits but don’t like cooked fruit. Apples are good but I don’t like apple pie, for example.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 26/09/2026 23:54

Love McDonald's Banana milkshake but hate fresh bananas.
Not sure if this counts!

Zanussiforme · 27/09/2026 01:41

Chocolate, hate chocolate cake, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate desserts but love chocolate bars and boxes of chocs

ForRealHedgehog · 27/09/2026 03:03

Love corn on the cob, hate corn kernels in things. Love mushrooms on pizza and in a pasta dish, hate cooked mushrooms on their own.

Harmonypuss · 27/09/2026 04:19

Ihaveaskedyouthrice · 25/09/2026 21:36

Love cheese melted. Pizza, toasted sandwiches etc I find delicious.
There isn't any amount of money you could pay me to eat normal cold cheese 🤢🤢🤢

My ex was the opposite of this, with the occasional exception of a little on a pizza

MoonWoman69 · 27/09/2026 08:32

Love fresh raw celery, absolutely detest it cooked, love scrambled eggs on toast, can't stand them as part of a fry up breakfast. Especially when the juice from the tomatoes mingles with them! 🤮

Disappointeddotcom · 27/09/2026 09:32

Absolutely hate coconut and anything containing coconut including anything that even smells of it like shower gel but my favourite cocktail is a pina colada

dontforgettofloss · 27/09/2026 09:37

OnlyFrench · 25/09/2026 22:17

Cream - love it in savoury sauces, pasta etc, can’t bear it on or in sweet stuff

I’m the opposite, I love cream on sweet things, but if I get a taste of cream in a savoury dish it puts me off it

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