Rejected Foods

I Have cut my Carb intake by 90 % since a diagnosis of being Pre Diabetic. Cutting rice, bread, pasta,potato dramatically has brought my Blood Sugar levels back to normal.
 

Lon, I've been reading some of your posts and should probably be following your advice. My Dad has similar food guidelines to yours. 93 and he could run circles around most of us.
 
NancyNGA said:
Oh, I just thought of another one---collard greens.:p Never heard of them before moving south. And I love fried oysters, just not raw.
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Love ‘em, with a little bit of bacon drippings and a splash of vinegar. My mom never cooked them, but my grandma and a few aunts did. I was surprised to find out they’re quite nutritious and low in calories.
 

NancyNGA said:
Oh, I just thought of another one---collard greens.:p Never heard of them before moving south. And I love fried oysters, just not raw.
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I like fried oysters too, on a recent trip to Florida, we ate at several seafood restaurants on the gulf, none of them had fried oysters on the menu.
 
applecruncher said:
and I love it :)
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In rural Missouri, the county worker who graded our road every few weeks, liked my wife's vegetable garden, and mentioned "Vining Okra", which he grew, and promised to get her some plants. He was transferred elsewhere before he could. imp
 
fureverywhere said:
I adore sushi and fish with the exception of eel and anything with bones. Something new that's oddly refreshing is cucumber juice mixed with something fruity. It has to be super sweet though.
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Not to be critical or anything like that: I believe some "fish" are not fish, and thus have no bones, like shark, and maybe swordfish? Is that what you mean? I love fish, but am very leery of tiny bones, one of which caused the worst experience of my entire life, medical experience, that is. Bone lodged next to gum caused severe abscess in my jawbone, in the tooth's root area. imp
 
Lon said:
I Have cut my Carb intake by 90 % since a diagnosis of being Pre Diabetic. Cutting rice, bread, pasta,potato dramatically has brought my Blood Sugar levels back to normal.
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Good for you Lon! I did the same thing about a year and a half ago. Lately though, I have been sneaking carbs here and there and also am temporarily on medication for something else that increases my blood sugar. Altho I am Type 2 diabetic, I prefer injecting insulin to control during this time than those god-awful pills that made me so sick back when I started.

Keep up the good work!
 
applecruncher said:
I'm fine with hard boiled eggs, but won't touched poached or any runny eggs. In fact, scrambled eggs sometimes don't agree with me.

Mentioned upthread I hate cream of mushroom soup, but I love deep fried mushrooms and mushrooms on pizza are fine. Also like the large portabellas; they're very meaty.

Cheeses - only like swiss, mozarella, and pepperjack.
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I wouldn't touch cream of mushroom soup in a can because of the additives like MSG but do make a quick and easy homemade cream of mushroom soup for recipes which uses fresh mushrooms and organic milk and spices. It's really delicious and a healthy substitute for the canned stuff for those who do like mushrooms. Which I do.
 
imp said:
Not to be critical or anything like that: I believe some "fish" are not fish, and thus have no bones, like shark, and maybe swordfish? Is that what you mean? I love fish, but am very leery of tiny bones, one of which caused the worst experience of my entire life, medical experience, that is. Bone lodged next to gum caused severe abscess in my jawbone, in the tooth's root area. imp
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You're smart to be concerned about fishbones Imp. Someone I knew was misdiagnosed with throat cancer which later turned out to be a tiny fishbone lodged in his throat. Lucky the error was discovered before he had a throatectomy and chemo. Jeez. :(
 
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chic said:
I wouldn't touch cream of mushroom soup in a can because of the additives like MSG but do make a quick and easy homemade cream of mushroom soup for recipes which uses fresh mushrooms and organic milk and spices. It's really delicious and a healthy substitute for the canned stuff for those who do like mushrooms. Which I do.
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Chic, I agree. Homemade mushroom soup from scratch is so delicious that even if the canned was not bad for us, it's just not as tasty!
 
chic said:
I wouldn't touch cream of mushroom soup in a can because of the additives like MSG but do make a quick and easy homemade cream of mushroom soup for recipes which uses fresh mushrooms and organic milk and spices. It's really delicious and a healthy substitute for the canned stuff for those who do like mushrooms. Which I do.
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If I promise to be good (for awhile, anyway), might you be persuaded to pen that recipe here? I would have no idea where to start, other than with mushrooms! imp
 
Well, about those yucky oysters, my Dad told of guys in bars eating them raw, and swallowing them down with beer. Raw eggs, too! Some virility thing I learned later, as a young adult.

And, to boot, seems no one has mentioned caviar or fish roe, I don't think: to my way of thinking, anyone who eats fish sperm, or eggs, gets a question mark in my book! The scene in "Big", where Tom Hanks, as an adult, frantically scrapes caviar from his tongue was absolutely hilarious! im
 
"Semolina" and "Whole Wheat"

Happened to think of another of "Imp's Imponderables"; could be of importance to folks watching carbs. Please beware, many pasta products are emblazoned with the words "whole wheat" on the face of the box. Check the ingredients: some are 50% "Semolina flour", 50% Whole Wheat flour. The good reliable brands mark the face "100% Whole Wheat", that also listed in ingredients.

So, I just had to find out: what the heck is Semolina, anyway? My wife thought "flour". Webster says, "the gritty or grain-like material remaining in the bolting machine after the fine flour has passed through". Well, that's nice! Apparently Semolina is in reality, a waste product maybe thrown away sometimes, used as filler in pet foods, OR, thrown back in the white flour to make pasta!

It's tough trying to keep up with, and understand thoroughly, the jargon used as manufacturers convolute wordings and quantities in nutritional labeling, for me, anyway! imp
 
I'll eat anything put in front of me except raw onions, although I admit it would be a struggle to choke down a raw egg. For some reason raw onions give me terrible stomach pain. Cooked onions are fine. My grandmother used to adore raw onion sandwiches. Ewwww!
 
Chic, can you give us a bit more info on MSG? As I understand it, originlly it was employed as a "meat tenderizer", but is evidently used now much more universally. Ill effects? Adds sodium, no doubt, but other harmful effects, I do not know about. imp
 
chic said:
I wouldn't touch cream of mushroom soup in a can because of the additives like MSG but do make a quick and easy homemade cream of mushroom soup for recipes which uses fresh mushrooms and organic milk and spices. It's really delicious and a healthy substitute for the canned stuff for those who do like mushrooms. Which I do.
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Canned or homemade, doesn't matter (to me). I want nothing to do with cream of mushroom soup or cream of anything soup. Yuk.
 
When I was a kid, my mother used to put a loathsome concoction called "Cream of Wheat" in front of me at breakfast. I couldn't gag it down them, and I'm sure I couldn't now. I spent many a morning sitting there looking at it ("you'll sit there until you DO eat it!") and listening to her talk to me about the starving children in Japan and how happy they would be to get it. My suggestion that she send it to them, then, was not well received.

I'm pretty much the same about most cooked cereal, especially oatmeal.
 
Butterfly said:
When I was a kid, my mother used to put a loathsome concoction called "Cream of Wheat" in front of me at breakfast. I couldn't gag it down them, and I'm sure I couldn't now. I spent many a morning sitting there looking at it ("you'll sit there until you DO eat it!") and listening to her talk to me about the starving children in Japan and how happy they would be to get it. My suggestion that she send it to them, then, was not well received.

I'm pretty much the same about most cooked cereal, especially oatmeal.
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Almost identical to my own experiences with Cream of Wheat, as a small kid! Except the part about hungry children. I did manage to eat the stuff, but only if it was adequately smothered with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar! Another was "Farina", not even sure what that stuff was! imp

EDIT: Looked up, here's what it says; no wonder it looked yucky back then!
"Farina is a cereal food, frequently described as mild-tasting, usually served warm, made from cereal grains (usually semolina). In contemporary American English use, it is usually referred to as Cream of Wheat or Malt-O-Meal, which are brands of farina as stated on their packaging. Wheat farina is a carbohydrate-rich food, often cooked in boiling water and served warm for breakfast, or cooked with milk and made into semolina pudding. It is used as an ingredient in many dishes and in processed foods such as breakfast cereals and pasta.
The word farina comes from the Latin farina, meaning meal or flour.
Farina is made from the germ and endosperm of the grain, which is milled to a fine granular consistency and then sifted. Because the bran and most of the germ are removed, this cereal is sometimes enriched with Vitamin B and iron. Farina, by itself, is most often served as a breakfast cereal, but can also be cooked like polenta. Farina can also be used to make farofa. Cream of Wheat, Malt-O-Meal, and Farina are brand names of a type of wheat farina used for breakfast cereal. Farina Mills and Farina Creamy Hot Wheat Cereal are trademarks of the Malt-O-Meal Company."
 
Avoid:

Cauliflower: I think Mother Nature forget to finish those.
Brussel Sprouts: Gag reflux just looking at them.
Kale, Anchovies: Never tried them read the reviews.
Most fish other than Cod, Halibut and Tuna. Taste aversion and bones.

Limited amounts:

Have trouble with tomato skins, Asparagus, lettuce and apples with my false teeth, still like them all.

Okay by me:

Oatmeal, Cream O' Wheat, grits like them all. Dress them up with cinnamon, almond butter and raisins.

Like anything you can throw in a salad, (except cauliflower or too much cilantro).

Eat meats liberally even organ meats, not too fond of the texture of tongue. I even like a cold liver sandwiches with mustard.

But by and far my meal of choice is a Spanish omelet, love them eggs. Soft boiled to custard. Ate them all through the bogus warning years.
 
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Son_of_Perdition said:
Eat meats liberally even organ meats, not too fond of the texture of tongue. I even like a cold liver sandwiches with mustard.

But by and far my meal of choice is a Spanish omelet, love them eggs. Soft boiled to custard. Ate them all through the bogus warning years.
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Kinda glad you brought this up! Between us, we may prove to help some readers whose appetites are affected, with their diet efforts! My Mother, when I was a kid, often bought beef tongue, cooked it up in a delicious white gravy, often with fresh dill in it. Solid muscle meat, no bones, likely pretty nutritious; there is a thick, protective, leathery covering on them which must be carefully cut away before cooking. Married 36 years now, I made up tongue one time, cannot recall if I was able to convince my wife to even taste it.

Occasionally, for breakfast, brain, which I think was from beef, was cooked up along with scrambled eggs. I ate it, but was not terribly fond of it. The mixture had a rather rubbery consistency when cooked completely.

My Dad for years asked for kidneys! The one time my Mother relented and cooked some up, the entire house stank worse than the most offending outhouse ever encountered! Only he ate it, happily, at that!

To round out the menu a bit less disgustingly to some, ox-tail soup was another kitchen favorite, cooked up with barley, nice and thick, those weird-shaped bones actually had tasty meat on them.

I'm getting hungry. Let's go to lunch! :)
imp
 
Tongue is another one of my BIG yucks. I gag when looking at it. I don't know why I have such a negative reaction to it, but I do.

Imp, I was also subjected to Malto Meal and my reaction was the same as to Cream of Wheat. I do like grits, though, with butter and salt. Completely different texture.

I don't do organ meats, except liver and onions.
 

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