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posted January 15, 2012 10:40 PM            

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I love it! But I know several people who don't. I finally got two people to tell me why. They said it tastes like lemons to them. If you hate seafood, why?

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posted January 15, 2012 10:45 PM            

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I don't 'hate' it, but definitely don't like it!

1. Smell (no offense!)
2. Appearance (no offense!)
3. Bioaccumulation principle
4. Potential for deadly allergies

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posted January 16, 2012 12:04 PM            

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Hate it! All seafood has this oceany taste to it that I can't stand. The smell is enough to kill my appetite

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posted January 16, 2012 03:18 PM            

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I second what ss9 & C/S729 said.

Plus, I'm allergic (to a few). And I'm glad of it too! lol

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http://www.cracked.com/article_17246_when-lobster-was-spam-5-gourmet-food s-that-used-to-be-cheap.html

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It's no surprise that lobster didn't use to have much of a reputation. It is, literally, a sea insect. The lobster belongs to the same animal group as both the spider and the common bug, which should be your first clue. They were initially thought of as giant hassles that got in the way when fishermen were fishing for, you know, fish. You know in Forrest Gump when they first pulled up their nets and a bunch of junk fell out? The lobsters were the equivalent of that toilet seat.

The lobsters they presumably found crawling around the bottom of the fish bucket were originally what fishermen gave to their indentured servants to eat. People were so averse to eating it that they ground it up and used it as fertilizer, instead. Being seen as someone who had to eat lobster was something you generally didn't tell anyone until at least the third date.

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posted January 16, 2012 10:57 PM            

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A sea insect, no wonder. I feel so bad for them when I see them crawling on top of each other in tanks, limbs floating around from being stepped on by other lobsters.

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posted January 17, 2012 12:16 AM              

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not a fan.

Gone totally vegan again so no more flesh for me anyway.

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posted January 17, 2012 12:29 AM            

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I like lemons. I don't remember it tasting like lemons, to me.

I don't like the smell, for one thing. I feel no draw towards it whatsoever. I used to eat Tuna mixed with chopped onion and salad cream, but I haven't eaten that since I was a teenager.

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posted January 17, 2012 12:53 AM            

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Love it (except salmon - yuck) cooked and raw

Tuna - Raw or cooked Rare, pan seared especially coated with sesame seeds
Swordfish
Haddock
Snapper
Catfish
Tilapia
Large Sea Scallops -- YUM
Shrimp
Lobster
Crab
Clams
Mussles
Calamari
Variety of sushi

now my mouth is watering. Think i will go out to my fave seafood restaurant right on the coast tomorrow, sit on the deck with a cool drink order something fresh and listen to the waves and gulls.

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posted January 17, 2012 12:56 AM            

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& it shouldnt taste like lemons unless the chef squeezed lemon juice on it first. Usually a lemon wedge is put on the side with white fish or shrimp, etc as it goes well with them.

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posted January 17, 2012 10:27 AM            

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Some people have taste bud differences, so it tastes sour to them.

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posted January 17, 2012 11:43 AM            

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I absolutely positively love seafood of all kinds. One thing I haven't tried yet are raw oysters. I know people swear by them but to me they just look like snot. Supposedly they don't taste like it though, so I'll have to try and see.

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posted January 17, 2012 03:44 PM            

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Yin! Long time no see How've you been?

Same here with the oysters. My ex loved raw oysters but I couldnt get up the courage to try them because of how disgusting they looked. I was afraid i might gag or possibly throw up and didnt want to risk doing that in public.

They probably do taste good since so many people love them.

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posted January 17, 2012 04:16 PM            

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OMG! Yin - thanks for dropping by

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posted January 17, 2012 04:34 PM            

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Hiya, girlies. Hard to stay away from the old haunting grounds. This looks like a nice, safe forum. We'll see how it goes, I guess.

T. I look at your pic and it reminds me of how much I actually like you. Despite... you know.
I just wanted to say I'm sorry if I ever hurt you in any way.

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posted January 18, 2012 02:34 AM            

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Take your time.. this forum is perfect for you, Miss Health Food Know It All!

Hey, know you can share those recipes from your country.. the black bun cake? Or something like that.

Did you know that I changed to rice and coconut milk? It isn't so bad at all.

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posted January 18, 2012 02:41 AM            

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Oh yes, raw oysters tastes like slimy sea water.

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posted January 18, 2012 03:15 AM            

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Again in the minority here. I like seafood.
I love certain types of fish like salmon and I cook it the Japanese way (teriyiaki salmon anyone?). I don't really have any food hates. I will try anything once. I'm curious about most food. I don't understand people who only eat like 5 things all their life and are afraid to try something new.
I do eat sushi but not a big fan of copious amount of raw food (of any sort -seafood or not) due to oversensitive digestion. A well-cooked dish doesn't have to be fried or overdone neither does it have to 100% raw to be healthy. My Libra Jup is showing: I hate extremes.

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posted January 18, 2012 06:47 AM            

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I love most seafood except for what I concider gross-octopus, squid-
Lobster is my favorite food in the world.
My husband won't touch any of it.

Raw oysters I tasted once and threw up.

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posted January 18, 2012 10:57 AM            

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i hate de boning fish but absolutely love it!

ugh i want some unagi and spicy tuna sashimi salad topped of with kirin beer!

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posted January 18, 2012 02:10 PM            

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Fried oysters are super yummy. I've only had one raw oyster on a dare. It tasted great. I don't eat them for fear of parasites. I eat nothing raw.

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posted January 18, 2012 03:36 PM            

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Awww Yin, thank you

If you did, I don't remember now. lol

I think we bumped heads here once, but i don't remember exactly why. I usually find it hard to hold grudges anyway.

Nice of you to say & nicer to see you back!

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posted January 18, 2012 04:34 PM            

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Let me rephrase that--I said I eat nothing raw, but I meant that I eat no meat raw--fruits and veggies are different.

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posted January 18, 2012 04:54 PM            

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I looooooooooooove shrimp (there are two different stories of me as a young'un eating the tails and all), but am not all that fond of most other seafood.

The reason? The taste. It's...fishy.
I don't know why shrimp taste different than the rest to me. They just do.

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posted January 19, 2012 09:15 AM            

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Originally posted by charmainec:
Take your time.. this forum is perfect for you, Miss Health Food Know It All!

Hey, know you can share those recipes from your country.. the black bun cake? Or something like that.

Did you know that I changed to rice and coconut milk? It isn't so bad at all.

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Yeah, Saggie tends to put on the "know-it-all" hat. Guilty!
The black butt cake, you mean? LOL.

Yay for coconut milk but what do you mean rice and coconut milk? (Oh, I used to love coconut milk out of a can and then I started using coconut flour and coconut oil as well as fresh coconut water. Now I don't like the taste of canned coconut milk at all. Yuck.)

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posted January 19, 2012 02:21 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Let me rephrase that--I said I eat nothing raw, but I meant that I eat no meat raw--fruits and veggies are different.

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Oh yeah I meant it the same way in my post above. Fruits and veggies and nuts/seeds are different of course!

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