Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux
thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 1 day agoGrew up poor, didn’t know it. Lots of Mac 'n Cheese w/ hotdogs and canned vegetables. I remember the first time I had a fresh green bean, I was put off by the texture. Wasn’t used to vegetables with structure.
Wasn’t used to vegetables with structure.
Lol this just perfectly described my experience perfectly. I grew up eating mostly canned vegetables. When I started cooking as an adult, I didn’t think I liked vegetables. Until I followed recipes cooking with fresh veggies. The “structure” is totally different! And delicious.
oh god, i did most of the cooking at one point and hamburger helper was my entry to cooking. at like 12.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Haha, I had a similar experience because of canned mix veggies. For a long time I didn’t think I liked beans because I always hated the texture of the canned lima beans. I also thought all veggies would taste the same because canned mix veggies all adopt an odd homogeneous taste.
thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Wow, I had forgotten how much I used to detest lima beans. Don’t think I’ve had them since I was a kid. I wonder if I’ll like them now.
thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
If you cook them until they’re mush with plenty of oil/butter, a bit more salt than I’d like to admit, pepper, dill, and a few drops of hickory smoke flavor, they’re amazing.