Changing Tastes
Jul. 29th, 2016 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Do you find that what you like has changed over time? I know there are a few things I like better than I did as a kid, but mostly I have remained a fairly adventurous eater. There have been a few changes, though, and I wonder whether it is the food itself or how it was prepared. Today's example is okra.
When I lived in Brazil, I tried the traditional Minas Gerais dish of chicken and okra stew. I thought it was pretty loathsome because of the gluey texture. I haven't had it for years. However, a few years ago I made a spicy andouille sausage and needed something to use it in; the solution was a chicken and smoked andouille sausage dish that also had okra. This week, okra was on clearance sale so I bought 2 pounds of it. I didn't have any andouille, though, and didn't feel like making any, so I found a recipe for that Brazilian chicken and okra stew. I just tasted it and mm.mmmm..mmmm.... The okra had quite a lovely texture. Maybe I didn't cook it as long as it was cooked in restaurants in Brazil?
When I lived in Brazil, I tried the traditional Minas Gerais dish of chicken and okra stew. I thought it was pretty loathsome because of the gluey texture. I haven't had it for years. However, a few years ago I made a spicy andouille sausage and needed something to use it in; the solution was a chicken and smoked andouille sausage dish that also had okra. This week, okra was on clearance sale so I bought 2 pounds of it. I didn't have any andouille, though, and didn't feel like making any, so I found a recipe for that Brazilian chicken and okra stew. I just tasted it and mm.mmmm..mmmm.... The okra had quite a lovely texture. Maybe I didn't cook it as long as it was cooked in restaurants in Brazil?
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Date: 2016-07-29 10:10 pm (UTC)I've only had fried okra, no other kind. I can see how it could become pretty slimey if it wasn't cooked correctly.
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Date: 2016-07-30 11:26 am (UTC)Hmm, I will eat oysters now, which was a big no can do as a kid, much to my Da's distress. Won't eat peanut butter as a rule (caution: never eat anything you really like before getting the stomach flu. Afterwards, you won't like it quite as much).
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Date: 2016-07-30 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-31 03:58 pm (UTC)Speaking of such, I saw powdered peanut butter in the store yesterday. Go figure.
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Date: 2016-07-31 06:13 pm (UTC)Nice to read your okra adventure. Reheating cooked okra seems to do it no good. That may have been the case with your first soup taste.
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Date: 2016-08-07 03:21 am (UTC)