On 03/23/2015 01:38 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
On 23/03/2015 5:05 am, Tony wrote:
T wrote in :

On 03/22/2015 04:37 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:26:00 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:02:19 +0000, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Declaring CCleaner to be "crapware" is rather akin to thinking you
don't need to eat your vegetables.

*Please* don't make me eat the broccoli!

I wonder how most broccoli haters, who survive a bout with colon
cancer, feel about that most maligned of vegetables after they pay
the medical bills?



Hi Stormin',

There is a certain segment of the population that
can smell one of the compounds in broccoli. From
what I have heard from one of them, the smell is
so revolting, they can't even be in the same room.

For the rest of us, three words: broccoli
cheese soup! (I make a total comfort food Primal
Broccoli Cheese Soup.)

-T


Ah! A fellow traveler! I happen to like broccoli tremendously, but as
far as the negative aspect, I would say the exact same thing about
myself. Except with me, the negative aspect is *asparagus*. Asparagus
is one of Nature's practical jokes, and a lot of people haven't caught on
yet. I know it is because of a certain gene some people have (or don't
have) that affects their tastebuds so that they either consider asparagus
a succulent, delicious vegetable, or a vegetable that tastes like a wet
diaper (that's the category I'm in).

Tony


The same applies, of course, to the dreaded sprouts. However, there must
be more than one gene involved, because I like asparagus, but hate
sprouts and all those things from the same flavour group - cauliflower,
broccoli, calabrese, cabbage, etc. I have taught myself to eat uncooked
cabbage (cole slaw etc) and calabrese if it is cooked Italian style
(flash fried in garlic butter) but the rest are out. The hatred of all
things vegetable and "green" is a built in instinct with which we are
born to protect the small child from poisoning - and personally, I
think we should go with nature and avoid bitter green things like the
plague.



And, our tastes change as we age. When my mom tried to feed
me asparagus as kid, I literally though she was trying to
kill me. It was quite frightening. Now I eat asparagus raw
while I am trying to cook it (fry with olive oil and garlic
powder).

Broccoli is a delicacy for me (butter, cheese, onion powder).

I never could get with kale. Tastes like penicillin flavored
oak leaves (like medical waste).