Your Trigger Food Words

14 years ago

You are looking through recipes ... what are the words that jump out at you and say "PICK ME! ME! ME!"?

Some of mine include:

Garlic

Onion

Tomato

Pasta

Almost any protein

Potatoes

Cheese

Bacon

Bacon

Bacon (are you sensing a theme here?)

Lemon

Asparagus

Mushrooms

What words de-trigger or send you in the opposite direction:

Ingredients I canÃ¯Â¿Â½t pronounce

Ingredients I would have to buy but would never use for anything else (Balsamic Vinegar, anyone? Just threw almost a full bottle away.)

Liver

Fruit - I donÃ¯Â¿Â½t like fruit cooked in my food or added to salads, no mango salsa for me, thank you

We basically like meat and potato meals, soups, stews, roasts, pasta dishes

I'm sure I'll think of more as this thread progresses!

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sushipup1
14 years ago
Gorgonzola
ynnej
14 years ago
I would have gladly accepted your balsamic vinegar, a huge trigger food for me.
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lbpod
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Miracle Whip, or Velveeta... YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,
and also, 'Habanero Cheese Whiz'. OMG..........
And let's not forget 'Garlic Balony'.
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when I get a chance...............
noinwi
14 years ago
Easy
triciae
14 years ago
I'm with noinwi. If it dirties every pot/bowl/dish in the kitchen, I'm off to the next recipe.

Oh, and if there's green peppers that's a huge no-no for me. It's not the taste - I really dislike the odor. :(

/tricia
ruthanna_gw
14 years ago
Ingredients that always me take a second look at a recipe are:

Marjoram
Dark rum
Maple syrup
Mushrooms
Liver
Buttermilk
Capers

Ones that make me turn the page:

Hot peppers of any type
Cheese in large quantities
Sweet potatoes
Coffee
Yeast
noinwi
14 years ago
"Ingredients I would have to buy but would never use for anything else"

I have to agree with this. I bought a bottle of fish sauce once for a peanut noodle dish. I never used it again. I try to find recipes that use the staples in my kitchen. So I guess anything I already have on hand would be a trigger for me. I do keep balsamic vinegar on hand, as I like to mix it with mayonnaise for salad dressing, lol.

And ingredients that cost as much or more than all the rest in the recipe. For example, I don't understand buying fancy chocolate to melt down to make fancy chocolate fudge/candy...just buy fancy chocolate and eat it! Or buying candy bars to chop up to add to desserts...just eat the darn candy for dessert! If I see candy bars in a recipe, I definitely pass on it. I will, however, buy chocolate chips for chocolate chip cookies, but on occasion I've just eaten them for dessert too.
thatchairlady
14 years ago
Pretty much agree with EVERYTHING previously posted.

Thought this might be a NEGATIVE trigger?? Makes me a bit nuts when food cooking shows use certain terms. Deconstructed... mouth feel... EVOO... etc.
annie1992
14 years ago
Let's see, triggers that will make me look?

Lemon
Chocolate
Maple
Pears
Potatoes
Cinnamon
Parsnips
Rutabaga
Sweet Potatoes
Vegetables

Ingredients that I'll skip over and never read the rest of the recipe:

Beer/Wine/Liquor
Cheese in Large amounts
Pasta
Olives
Jello
Canned/Boxed/Mixes
Truffles
Pizza

Oh, I'm picky, so I'm sure there's more!

Annie
sally2_gw
14 years ago
Good trigger foods:

Chocolate
Garlic/onions
mushrooms
good cheeses, such as the various blue cheeses, or pam. reg. (although, expensive cheese I only use for special occasions)
lemon
cinnamon
peppers - any kind
black pepper
white pepper
cream
nuts
most leafy greens, veggies

Reject the recipe triggers
Velveeta, American Cheese, cheese "products" of any kind
meats, as I'm vegetarian
arugula

I guess the list of what I like is much longer than what I don't like.

Sally
deegw
14 years ago
Off the top of my head, cream of whatever soup and tarragon
are two ingredients that will make me skip a recipe.
kathleenca
14 years ago
Great topic, Angelaid - thanks!

Good triggers:
artichokes
asparagus
avocado
capers
cheese
chicken breasts
cinnamon
cream
lemon
pork tenderloin
potatoes
vinegar

I'm with Angelaid & noinwi; I try not to buy an ingredient just for a recipe I have't tried before (boring, I'm sure). I threw away a tube of wasabi a few months ago that had languished in the refrigerator for a year or so. I have also learned not to try (for the most part) recipes from restaurant chefs. They have way too many ingredients & way too much prep work for me, since I don't have a prep person working for me.
cj47
14 years ago
This is a really interesting thread!

Pick me:

Leafy greens of any kind
Garlic
Onion
Ginger root
Soy
Lemon/lime/citrus
Nuts
Cinnamon
Some cheeses
Artichoke
Chocolate, especially if it's used in a savory dish
Black beans, pinto beans, lentils.
Most other vegetables
Anything from another culture anywhere, especially if it's something that is made by folks for their everyday use.
Paprika, especially Pimentone (smoked paprika)

Skip Me:
Can of this
Box mix of that
Velveeta, SPAM, anything that has to be labeled as a food, as in "processed cheese food". If I can't identify it as food from looking at it, then I'm not interested. :-)
Heavy cream in vast quantities, or huge amounts of butter
Anything too fussy or fancy, unless I'm looking specifically for something that has that feel to it for a special occasion.
"Easy and fast!", usually translates to fat and sodium laden using processed ingredients.
Lately, pasta or rice, since one of my family members is diabetic. I'm learning to deal with it.

I know, I'm a little odd, but I really do like to cook and I don't mind spending the time preparing fresh ingredients. I do freeze some things, like my spaghetti sauce or other freezable meal items, so when I need a fast dinner I can pull it off. I'm not as stuffy as it might sound--really. Eeks.

Cj
Jasdip
14 years ago
Chips!!!
triciae
14 years ago
I make my own "box of this" and "can of that" stuff from my regular pantry items so I'm not concerned about those ingredients if the remainder of the recipe appeals but, unfortunately, they usually do not.

For me, the triggers are now very simple.

Pick Me:

Moist

Skip Me:

Dry

Easy, huh? Not as much so as you might think.

In seriousness, anything with lemon, ginger, sunflower seeds, nutmeg, basil, and probably a lot of others will get me to stop and take a look.

Anything bitter I skip right over because the bitterness of a single ingredient can, and often does, carry itself into the entire dish so I can't just pick out the bitter stuff.

Lemon is my biggest positive because it triggers salivia and my body doesn't make any so lemon makes it easier to eat. Right now, I'm really enjoying lemon and potatoes in combination. The lemon makes it possible to eat the potatoes and the potatoes keep the lemon from trashing my stomach. Nifty combination.

/tricia
noinwi
14 years ago
"Heavy cream in vast quantities, or huge amounts of butter"

Definitely gets a second look from me, LOL.
cj47
14 years ago
lol, @noinwi! Occasionally, it gets a second look from me, too-just not very often these days.

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