I knew a guy like this. He said he didn’t like sunflower seeds for the same reason he didn’t like shrimp. “Too crunchy”. Apparently he was eating the shell and all of both of these things…
I had that experience with lychees. Nobody told me you weren’t supposed to eat the crunchy center!
I had the opposite experience eating pomegranate the first time. So fucking delicious, but the pips were an unsettling crunch/texture that I couldn’t get over. However, it’s too much work to remove the pulp from the pips, so no fresh pomegranate for me. :(
Its not bad once you realize the structure of the pomegranate. It also helps if you leave it in the refrigerator.
I’d love advice for being able to enjoy a pomegranate. Does the pulp peel off the pip better if it’s cold?
Yes, it also helps if theyre not overripe. The secret is knowing where to pull so an entire section of pulp or pips pulls away.
I have always eaten sunflower seeds and peanuts w/ the shell on. I know the other way, but I prefer them shell on.
Cleanest colon in the lower 48
For most of my life I willingly ate them shell and all
At least you didn’t know that wasn’t the social norm. Eating sunflower seeds whole is like swallowing splinters and causes constipation. As for shrimp, it’s just an unpleasant chew as far as I’m concerned.
Okay but a properly fried shrimp is peak with the shell on. Good snappy crunch to it, they help hold the flavor in, wonderful. And for tails I usually don’t even care how they’re cooked I just go ahead and eat the tails shell in saves a lot of hassle and they’re pretty good
Also a good source of [compound that lubricates your joints].
Depends on the shrimp.
Smaller ones are good. Bigger ones have tougher shells, no bueno.
Did he like bananas?
No, but he loved coconuts
But that’s how you eat sunflower seeds. You don’t chew or swallow the shell, but you put it in your mouth and crack it with your teeth.
Nah I confirmed. He was just tossing them in his mouth and eating them whole. This is how the conversation came to be in the first place. He was a work friend and I offered him some sunflower seeds and he said “nah man too crunchy” and that unravelled the whole thing. He was a pretty sheltered guy, eating mostly processed garbage and nobody cooked in his house growing up. He was a nice guy just pretty oblivious at times. I once got him to eat one of those Airborne capsules you put in water and drink as a chewable.
My father likes to tell this tale of when he made fried spaghetti because he was a poor student and his buddy liked it so much that he asked how to make them. My father replied “Like normal spaghetti. But you fry them in a pan.”
That’s what he did. Instead of cooking he fried the dry spaghetti in a pan.
Well at least anon was nutritionmaxxing, because frozen fruits and vegetables have higher content in nutrients than those stored at room temperature. Not cooking them also keeps a lot of the good stuff intact. But please go ahead and cook and eat vegetables and fruit regardless of temperature. Because it’s more important to have plenty of them regularly in your diet and the nutrition differences barely matter.
Furthermore, although somewhat funny post, there are way too many people who don’t know how to cook even basic stuff. This is bad. For them, their health, finances, and independence, and a shame on a societal level.
Yeah this is silly and cringe but eating frozen fruits while they’re still frozen is amazing.
I won’t dog on them since the context implies this is ESL, but seeing “etc.” punctuated as though it’s an acronym is unholy.
tbf, ignorance is something you giggle at once, before getting over it and educating them. Hopefully OP and their friend got over it and managed some actual change
This isn’t ignorance, it’s pure idiocy.
“Eat some frozen peas!”
“Ew WTF why are your frozen peas frozen?”
No, it’s just ignorance. Expecting the name to be literally accurate is completely understandable. Unashamedly pointing and laughing just makes you a dick.
Peas and carrots are too full of sugar. I mean, they’re better than chips or candy bars by a long shot, but minimizing them or mixing peas and carrots with other less sugary veg is a better idea.
Edit: triggered people who somehow think I said you can’t eat peas and carrots. Whatever. SJW away.
You do understand all sugar isn’t created equal, yes? And sugar interacts with other components of a given food? Carbs don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re comparing actual whole foods to literal trash.
Please educate yourself and also stop spreading bullshit.
No, they are actually correct about the effects of starchy vegetables. They have some benefits - like carrots having beta-carotene, but they are about as unhealthy as refined grains are. Maybe slightly worse. Their consumption should be kept on the lower side, and their detriments can be mitigated or even canceled out by being eaten in the same meal as other high fiber whole foods and sources of unsaturated fats.
This is something an alien would do. It would perfectly fit as a scene in the Resident Alien series. And now I’m kinda disappointed it wasn’t.
