Comments on Cranky Fitness: Carrot-Raisin Salad and Other Atrocities

I cannot mix fruit with anything. I will eat fruit...

2009-07-01T16:18:32.436-04:00

I cannot mix fruit with anything. I will eat fruit, drink fruit juice, etc, but if it's mixed with something like bread, cake, chocolate, a smoothie, or even raisins in a couscous, i...just...can't. And it works the other way around as well- if something has even a hint of fruit in it, i won't eat it. I cry when i see raspberry coulis on cheesecake.

I think the only food aversions I have are to orga...

2009-06-30T05:11:41.122-04:00

I think the only food aversions I have are to organ meats (I just can't see the point of eating a filtering organ, like kidneys or liver) and things flavored with asafoetida. My brother-in-law is Indian and even *he* says asafoetida tastes like old socks.

Pretty much anything else I'll eat. I'm not crazy about some things (very ripe bananas, candied yams, honey mustard dressing), but I can stand 'em. My mom used to feed me everything from Danish rice pudding to little dried fish with the heads still on from the Chinese grocery, so it's her fault.

Yep, carrot-raisin salad makes me wanna urp. My mo...

2009-06-29T14:03:25.860-04:00

Yep, carrot-raisin salad makes me wanna urp. My mother-in-law makes it with apple cider vinegar instead of mayo and that's just as bad. Here, let's have something that tastes the same going down as it will coming back up ...

Lyn is so right on the carrot and raisin salad- it...

2009-06-29T11:43:05.833-04:00

Lyn is so right on the carrot and raisin salad- its the mayo that's wrong! I have not tried pineapple juice) but its good with OJ too (freshly squeezed if possible) or lemon juice and a LITTLE good olive oil

that has far too much sugar in it.

2009-06-29T05:08:40.608-04:00

that has far too much sugar in it.

Crabby, we're soulmates on the celery thing. One...

2009-06-28T15:24:18.112-04:00

Crabby, we're soulmates on the celery thing.

One of my favourite food combos that I'm reasonably sure isn't good for me are cheese whiz and mayonnaise sandwiches. Though I usually make them on whole wheat bread. And nowadays mostly use no-fat salad dressing instead of mayo. (The trick there, of course, is to use extra dressing to up the flavour quotient a tad.)

Interesting topic and I'll check out a couple of those links. :)

The only combination I can think of is steak and k...

2009-06-27T20:58:12.180-04:00

The only combination I can think of is steak and kidney, but it's not the steaks fault. It's just that kidney (and heart, tripe, liver etc) and all the things that TK mentioned are awful in the first place! That and I can't do crushed garlic rolled into a ball and coated with either butter or nutella.

It just hit me that "crab brains" sounds just so h...

2009-06-27T15:13:22.553-04:00

It just hit me that "crab brains" sounds just so horrifically zombie-ish when posted in printed comment form on this particular blog...

Can't think of much I can't stand to eat except if...

2009-06-27T15:10:56.282-04:00

Can't think of much I can't stand to eat except if in a sushi restaurant it would be sea snails, monk fish liver, and crab brains which are all just VILE! Sea cucumber (actually an animal) yum!

There's lots of food I like that doesn't like me though.

About the only example of if/then combos I can think of is:

Jello, eh, ok. Fruit cocktail, eh, ok.

Jello salad with fruit cocktail?

Yuck, NO way!

Hey! I love carrot and raisin salad. Really!!!

2009-06-27T11:44:49.906-04:00

Hey! I love carrot and raisin salad. Really!!!

too bad.. since the ingredients of carrots and rai...

2009-06-27T11:40:43.551-04:00

too bad.. since the ingredients of carrots and raisins are actually fairly yummers.

yup with a recently experienced conk on the head, literally and figuratively here ... less is more :)

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The creamed onion thing made me laugh. I thought o...

2009-06-27T09:05:18.971-04:00

The creamed onion thing made me laugh. I thought of them yesterday afternoon!
Like the previous poster we had the same rule, you had to stay at the table until you had eaten your meal. There were some pretty long nights at my house.
I am truly not a fussy eater but there are just somw things that don't work. My mother used to make this thing to use up leftover turkey - it was turkey, celery, bread crumbs, almonds, and onions held together with mayonaise and baked in muffin cups. Absolutely awful! Luckily that only showed up when we were down to little bits of turkey!

Hilarious!!! I HATE BANANAS. And anything that sm...

2009-06-27T08:44:00.659-04:00

Hilarious!!!

I HATE BANANAS. And anything that smells like banana. In any form. Ugh.

I love raisins out of a box but hate cooked mushy raisins in muffins, bread, or any kind of food.

HATE celery. Even with peanut butter.

Tricia, you are so very lucky that you hate potato chips!

I also dislike beets and brussels sprouts, but that means I just haven't quite grown up yet. I think.

Phew - so its not just me. I like tomatoes and to...

2009-06-27T07:35:03.109-04:00

Phew - so its not just me. I like tomatoes and tomato soup but drinking tomato juice makes me gag. I have to heat V8 juice before I can eat it.

Likewise I love cooked whole salmon or fillets. But I can't eat smoked salmon - the texture is awful or canned salmon - the smell of it reminds me of catfood ... bleugh.

AWESOME POST! Love your fancy schmancy coined ter...

2009-06-27T05:40:57.843-04:00

AWESOME POST! Love your fancy schmancy coined term -- you should get a trade mark on it ;)
I do not like cookies or cakes with fruit in them. I *love* fruit alone, but if I am going to have a cookie or slice of cake, the only fruit I want even close to it is a high fructose corn syrup pseudo-strawberry sauce or something. I'm just sayin'...
Also don't like tomatoes raw, but love tomato sauce! Love carrots raw and cooked, but YUCK as a juice. Oh, this topic is too fun!

Thank God for Lyn...finally a poster that knows wh...

2009-06-26T22:15:18.532-04:00

Thank God for Lyn...finally a poster that knows what she is talking about.

And POD, she just ain't right! :-)

Is it just me, or are you guys totally hilarious t...

2009-06-26T20:47:22.983-04:00

Is it just me, or are you guys totally hilarious today?

Also, I've been running around with a bunch of Life Stuff going on and have been TERRIBLE about making blog visits this week. I swear I will get back on track soon!

Oh my gosh, people!! None of you like carrot-raisi...

2009-06-26T19:22:29.277-04:00

Oh my gosh, people!! None of you like carrot-raisin salad?!?

Okay, listen. DO NOT put mayonnaise in it!! THAT is the atrocity. But grate some sweet, fresh carrots, add some nice golden raisins and some crushed pineapple and pineapple juice?? Heavenly! You can add pineapple chunks, apple chunks, a bit of shredded coconut, some chopped nuts if you like.... but *just* the pineapple juice for dressing. NO MAYO!

And Crabby, have you tried celery dipped in dark chocolate? Fabulous!!!

Kiddinggggggggggg...

I'm not sure who started it, the peanuts or me, bu...

2009-06-26T19:07:07.226-04:00

I'm not sure who started it, the peanuts or me, but we have a serious hate going on.

Even just the smell of peanut butter makes me gaggy. And the chicken satay I had a few weeks back (formerly a serious fave) was a gross.

I used to lurve PB&J, peanut sauce curries, all of it but over the past couple of years I have been getting more and more grossed out by that little legume.

All of the other nuts and I are bestest buds 4evah. They are just fine alone or in pretty much anything (provided they are fresh!) In fact, the other nuts should be very jealous of almonds.

Bananas may be going the way of the peanuts, I'm afraid. I was never a picky eater as a kid - what the heck happened?!?!

(Found you from FBG. I figure anything with "cranky" in the name is worth a look.)

Celery serves only one purpose in life: to enhance...

2009-06-26T18:40:48.546-04:00

Celery serves only one purpose in life: to enhance the flavor of chicken soup and traditional turkey stuffing.

Otherwise there is zero point in consuming this bitter stalk.

And adding peanut butter to it? Only if you found out the peanut butter had done something very, very bad and you wanted to punish it.

I'm happy with everything: nuts in baked goods, s...

2009-06-26T17:29:21.318-04:00

I'm happy with everything: nuts in baked goods, sweetened veggies, carrot & raisin salad, raisins in my oatmeal cookies, chunky tomatoes or any kind of tomato sauce, onions, olives, mushrooms... I can't think of a single food aversion, except...

ANYTHING from the sea.

But, I was dropped a lot as a baby and my mom was a terrible cook so I learned to like anything or starve (except seafood of course).

I LOVE THIS POST! I am exactly with you on all of ...

2009-06-26T16:46:41.203-04:00

I LOVE THIS POST! I am exactly with you on all of your analomies, except that I can get some celery down with really good dip, or if it's chopped up in a roux. :) I'll top your Coconut entry- Coconut in candy, cakes= nasty & chewy; cococnut in my pina colada = HEAVEN! Btw, that picture of carrot salad makes me want to vomit.

I'm not a fan of olives either but religiously use...

2009-06-26T16:45:44.782-04:00

I'm not a fan of olives either but religiously use olive oil in everything. I have been trying to be less bratty and adding olives to dishes here 'n there and haven't found them totally disgusting. I think it's their texture for me so if I can hide that I can deal.

Peanut butter on celery is awesome and is one of my favorite snacks.

I cannot eat cooked spinach but most of my salads consist of raw spinach. It just has more flavor and texture than icky lettuce.

I hate peas but will chow down a plateful of mac 'n cheese with peas and tuna in it like there's no tomorrow. I never realized how gross it sounded til I wrote it out but it's a major comfort food for me.

Yeah, what's with ruining perfectly good peanut be...

2009-06-26T16:18:48.164-04:00

Yeah, what's with ruining perfectly good peanut better by spreading it on celery? Blech!
And why can't coffee taste more like coffee ice cream? That would ROCK!!!!!

Call me crazy, but I'm not a fan of ketchup...I mu...

2009-06-26T16:03:32.142-04:00

Call me crazy, but I'm not a fan of ketchup...I must be from another planet.