What food do you enjoy eating but hate the smell of?

a year ago by Okokimup to c/cooking

hdsrob 30 points a year ago

Fish Sauce.

Love the flavor that it brings to dishes, even to uncooked sauces, but holy crap the smell.

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tal 13 points a year ago

Yeah, came here to say this. East Asia has a whole collection of sauces based on fermented fish that taste amazing and have no offensive smell when cooked, but dear God, the smell of the stuff before it's cooked is horrifying.

EDIT: I guess I should clarify, for anyone who hasn't had it. It's not so much that fish sauce itself tastes delicious alone, but it has a ton of umami flavor. Same sort of stuff you get from, say, powdered boletes mushrooms or MSG. It makes savory dishes just taste way better when you add it to them.

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Deconceptualist 2 points a year ago

I'm guessing oyster sauce is another? I suspect it's one of those magic ingredients that makes restaurant Pad Thai so good, but I've been hesitant to buy a bottle of my own.

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tal 1 point a year ago

Could be, but I haven't tried that one myself.

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turkalino 6 points a year ago

We call it feet sauce in my house

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OneOverZero 2 points a year ago

The first person to think "hmm couple drops of this fish sauce in what I'm cookin might be good" had to be a little crazy. They were 100% right though lol.

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RBWells 21 points a year ago

Eggs smell so bad cooking but taste so good.

Broccoli too.

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SoftestSapphic 4 points a year ago

Yeah why does eggs cooking smell like wet, microwaved dogs?

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tal 3 points a year ago

wet, microwaved dogs

Honestly, that's not helping me much as a reference point.

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SoftestSapphic 4 points a year ago

Imagine wet dog smell but warmer

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klugerama 1 point a year ago

Yeah that smells different

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Okokimup 18 points a year ago

This post brought to you by the acorn squash I just sliced. See also roasted red peppers and cilantro. I don't have the soap thing, but it do be like a stink bug sometimes.

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jordanlund 13 points a year ago

My wife totally has the soap thing, and I must be a carrier for that gene, because I can see where the soapy flavor is coming from, but it doesn't bug me.

For the smell/taste thing, I have the opposite. I love the smell of roasting coffee... can't stand coffee.

Ditto unsmoked tobacco, smells amazing, cannot tolerate smoking.

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hdsrob 7 points a year ago

unsmoked tobacco, smells amazing

Agree completely on this. Pipe tobacco in particular always smells great (but can't stand the smell of smoke).

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spittingimage 4 points a year ago

It's one of life's little injustices that coffee never tastes as good as it smells.

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threelonmusketeers 2 points 4 months ago

My wife totally has the soap thing, and I must be a carrier for that gene, because I can see where the soapy flavor is coming from, but it doesn't bug me.

Perhaps your wife has two copies of the soapy variant of OR10A2, but you have only one? I.e., your wife has (C;C) at rs72921001, while you have (A;C).

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jordanlund 2 points 4 months ago

That seems likely!

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hdsrob 5 points a year ago

do be like a stink bug sometimes

Seems to be certain times of the year here (US South). Sometimes we go months without a bunch that smells like them, and other times it's every bunch for a month (and we almost always have a bunch in the fridge).

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0ops 14 points a year ago

Why does pesto smell like feet yet taste so delicious?

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Brokkr 10 points a year ago

Probably the cheese (depending on the recipe). Parmesan has aroma compounds also found in other less desirable substances.

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evasive_chimpanzee 1 point a year ago

Yup. Butyric acid, it's what makes parm and Hershey's chocolate taste like they do, but its also what makes vomit smell like it does.

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Goun 1 point a year ago

It smells like feet but tastes terrible

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Lazerouselaseras 14 points a year ago

Lentils. May be a combo of being sick/smelling them all the time but I literally have to open all the windows when I boil them

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MelonYellow 14 points a year ago

Really don’t care for cabbage. My mom always said it smells like pig slop, not that I’ve ever smelled pig slop. But yeah I never liked it and I think that had something to do with it lol.

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anon6789 7 points a year ago

I came to vote for cooked cabbage. Love it in lots of things, but hate the cabbage stink and that keeps me from making it more often.

Cannot confirm nor deny it smelling like pig slop. 😁

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OneOverZero 5 points a year ago

Personally I love some cabbage and sausage cooked up in a nice fresh chicken broth. But I definitely can see where the smell would be a turn off for a lot of people 🤣

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just_another_person 12 points a year ago

Vinegar is pretty universally hated a scent. Most foods wouldn't be the same without it.

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anon6789 3 points a year ago

All vinegars or just white vinegar?

I use it a decent bit and have rice, cider, malt, coconut, and balsamic and think they all smell pretty good. It may be my brain just associating the smell with the finished product though.

White vinegar I only use for cleaning, so I still think that is nasty smelling.

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just_another_person 1 point a year ago

All vinegar smell seems to be universally hated. It does add the right acidity when needed and you don't have citrus around though.

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Deconceptualist 2 points a year ago

I don't know about universal. My partner hates it but I don't, and I don't think anyone in my family does either. It's a sharp scent for sure, but I adapt to it pretty quickly.

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Hobo 3 points a year ago

I like the smell of most vinegars. Maybe I'm just weird though. Especially the smell of vinegar on fried foods.

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OneOverZero 2 points a year ago

Doesn't bother me either. Just reminds me of food and salad dressing.

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BeardedBlaze 3 points a year ago

Gonna need a source on that universal hate.

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Substance_P 11 points a year ago

Any kind of fermented or pickled radish or daikon, smells like a fart, tastes like heaven.

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LemmyThinkAboutThat 10 points a year ago

Butterfish It is delicious but smells so bad that nobody in my family wants to cook it at their house so we would go to our grandparents’. The aroma lingers for more than a day if you don’t properly aerate the place. Febreeze, candles and other air fresheners do not work.

Bagoóng It is a Filipino condiment made of shrimp paste. There are other variations but still stinky.

Durian @DisOne@lemmy.zip is right about the heavenly durian milkshakes! My siblings and I would eat them outside — we weren’t allowed to bring them inside the house.

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krooklochurm 4 points a year ago

There were signs all over my hotel in Thailand prohibiting the consumption of durian on the premises.

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LemmyThinkAboutThat 4 points a year ago

LOL, yes! And in buses as well.

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hansolo 9 points a year ago

Overly ripe papayas.

Always smell like rot. Taste like magic.

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agamemnonymous 1 point a year ago

I could never eat papaya at any stage of ripeness without a generous squeeze of lime, it's just so bad.

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Goun 1 point a year ago

What do regular papayas taste like?

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hansolo 2 points a year ago

If they're not as ripe, less magic.

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DisOne 8 points a year ago

Durian smells so bad, but durian milkshake is just heaven

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FauxPseudo 5 points a year ago

This is exactly what I came here to say. Put a lid on that milkshake and I will scarf it down.

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TheGiantKorean 2 points a year ago

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Trebuchet 8 points a year ago

Pate. The smell of chicken liver is awful.

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Catoblepas 6 points a year ago

Did you know KFC used to sell deep fried chicken liver in some areas? My mom was crazy for it 🫣

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Trebuchet 4 points a year ago

I can imagine that it melts in the mouth, but i feel sorry for anybody in the vicinity when they were cooking it!

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Catoblepas 7 points a year ago

I don’t eat meat anymore, but when I did the smell of bacon frying would literally make me sick. Came very close to hurling once just from frying bacon in a pan. I still liked the bacon itself though.

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dadarobot 3 points a year ago

I think pig generally smells pretty bad while cooking.

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knobbysideup 3 points a year ago

I heard it's because pigs are genetically similar to us.

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Kolanaki 6 points a year ago

Stinky cheeses are all I can think of that fit the bill. Limberger is really good, but smells like dirty feet. Though, it's nowhere near the pungency cartoons always made it seem like as a kid.

Mostly, tho, smell highly influences the taste. If it smells bad, it usually tastes bad too.

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ladytaters 5 points a year ago

Tripe. I can't stand the smell while menudo is cooking but it's so damn tasty!

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drre 3 points a year ago

i love andouillette but this is definitely something to cook leewards.

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TheAlbatross 5 points a year ago

Anything with black salt in it. Eggs don't bother me, but the extra sulfurous scent in black salt is so off-putting to me. Tasty when used right, tho!

Used to be able to say natto, but it's so tasty, cheap and nutritious that I've overcome my aversion and now it smells good to me.

Honorary mention to Swedish cod roe paste (Kalles). I, personally, didn't mind the smell, but my roommate would call it "pussy paste". She was more nose sensitive, it seemed, though, as she was the only roommate who very politely asked me to wait until she'd eaten before I prepared the natto.

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SayJess 4 points a year ago

Tum mak hoong, in a way. To anyone not from SEA, it can be quite off putting. Being formerly married to a Laotian woman, I got used to the smells pretty quick. Now all of that fermented stuff smells good to me.

Some of the ingredients, on their own, have very powerful aromas. Fish sauce is the one people would know off hand. Also used is shrimp paste and crab paste, which are very pungent.

However, when combined with the rest of the ingredients, it creates this awesome papaya salad. Depending upon how many peppers you put in, the heat level can be insane.

My then-MIL originally taught me to make it with fish sauce, crab paste, and shrimp paste. Another family member taught me to make it with Padaek, which is an ingredient that you store in a bag, in a bag. It is some gnarly stuff, with chunks of fermented fish mixed in it, so you know it’s good. Kidding aside, it provides some truly amazing flavors. But dear lord, it is pretty rank.

Highly recommend trying Tum Mak Hoong! Laotian food is so good. When you order the papaya salad, make sure you order Laap to go with it.

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RebekahWSD 4 points a year ago

I like eating the candied jalapeños. They also smell fine once canned.

Cooking them is bad as it's vinegar, more vinegar, a lot of vinegar, and hot vinegar and turmeric and jalapeños makes the kitchen feel deadly lmao.

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lowspeedchase 4 points a year ago

Personally I love the smell, but whenever I eat Natto everyone in the house is upset.

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Maeve 3 points a year ago

Any kind of greens.

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captain_aggravated 3 points a year ago

I have to remember the smell of chicken broth is just part of the process to get to chicken and dumplings.

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ouRKaoS 3 points a year ago

The smell of peanut butter is terrible, but I love eating it.

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HubertManne 3 points a year ago

I don't think I have any. Im pretty picky and is something smells bad I can't move on to eat it.

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scytale 2 points a year ago

Pure, concentrated cinnamon powder. Put the right amount into recipes and it's amazing.

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