Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .Cauliflower

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I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit.

Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not

making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because

of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not

want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked

potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but

a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and

put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did

something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it

because I didn't like it.

Tilley

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> Subject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 4:48 PM

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> It's funny, all that talk of substitutions... when I did a low carb diet,

there was an online support group where there was a lot of chatter about using

cauliflower to make mashed " potatoes " . I remember the highest compliment was,

" it's so good it doesn't even taste like cauliflower! "

> It just so happens that I ADORE cauliflower -- I could easily eat a whole head

of steamed or roasted cauliflower alone (if someone else prepared it) by myself.

So it's funny to me that it's a universally safe but loathed food for dieters.

> Potatoes, though, I could take or leave.

> I'm pleased to say that until this post I hadn't even considered how I will

eat on Thanksgiving Day!

> I'm happy to report, though, that after years of IE I have twice recently

ordered chocolate fondue in restaurants because I was still quite hungry, even

though my companion wasn't, and I ate all the fruit and chocolate, what I

wanted, and didn't touch the little cookies and weird gourmet marshmallows that

came with it. They are not forbidden... I just didn't want them. Mostly because

I don't like how they make me feel. But there was no internal struggle about it!

> Amazing. Finally.

> Best,

> Abby

> IE since 11/08

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[Guest guest]

I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit.

Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not

making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because

of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not

want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked

potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but

a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and

put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did

something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it

because I didn't like it.

Tilley

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> Subject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 4:48 PM

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> It's funny, all that talk of substitutions... when I did a low carb diet,

there was an online support group where there was a lot of chatter about using

cauliflower to make mashed " potatoes " . I remember the highest compliment was,

" it's so good it doesn't even taste like cauliflower! "

> It just so happens that I ADORE cauliflower -- I could easily eat a whole head

of steamed or roasted cauliflower alone (if someone else prepared it) by myself.

So it's funny to me that it's a universally safe but loathed food for dieters.

> Potatoes, though, I could take or leave.

> I'm pleased to say that until this post I hadn't even considered how I will

eat on Thanksgiving Day!

> I'm happy to report, though, that after years of IE I have twice recently

ordered chocolate fondue in restaurants because I was still quite hungry, even

though my companion wasn't, and I ate all the fruit and chocolate, what I

wanted, and didn't touch the little cookies and weird gourmet marshmallows that

came with it. They are not forbidden... I just didn't want them. Mostly because

I don't like how they make me feel. But there was no internal struggle about it!

> Amazing. Finally.

> Best,

> Abby

> IE since 11/08

>

[Guest guest]

I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit.

Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not

making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because

of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not

want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked

potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but

a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and

put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did

something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it

because I didn't like it.

Tilley

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> Subject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 4:48 PM

>

>

>

>  

>

>

>

>

> It's funny, all that talk of substitutions... when I did a low carb diet,

there was an online support group where there was a lot of chatter about using

cauliflower to make mashed " potatoes " . I remember the highest compliment was,

" it's so good it doesn't even taste like cauliflower! "

> It just so happens that I ADORE cauliflower -- I could easily eat a whole head

of steamed or roasted cauliflower alone (if someone else prepared it) by myself.

So it's funny to me that it's a universally safe but loathed food for dieters.

> Potatoes, though, I could take or leave.

> I'm pleased to say that until this post I hadn't even considered how I will

eat on Thanksgiving Day!

> I'm happy to report, though, that after years of IE I have twice recently

ordered chocolate fondue in restaurants because I was still quite hungry, even

though my companion wasn't, and I ate all the fruit and chocolate, what I

wanted, and didn't touch the little cookies and weird gourmet marshmallows that

came with it. They are not forbidden... I just didn't want them. Mostly because

I don't like how they make me feel. But there was no internal struggle about it!

> Amazing. Finally.

> Best,

> Abby

> IE since 11/08

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm. I wonder if you're tasting what I taste in very well cooked cauliflower. It's this off-putting texture and taste for me. I can't describe it. I do like cauliflower in curries, but only if it's put in at the last stages of cooking and still has some crunch. Glad you didn't feel compelled to eat it all just because you made it, though! MimiSubject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .CauliflowerTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:04 AM

I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit. Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it because I didn't like it.

Tilley

[Guest guest]

Hmm. I wonder if you're tasting what I taste in very well cooked cauliflower. It's this off-putting texture and taste for me. I can't describe it. I do like cauliflower in curries, but only if it's put in at the last stages of cooking and still has some crunch. Glad you didn't feel compelled to eat it all just because you made it, though! MimiSubject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .CauliflowerTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:04 AM

I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit. Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it because I didn't like it.

Tilley

[Guest guest]

Hmm. I wonder if you're tasting what I taste in very well cooked cauliflower. It's this off-putting texture and taste for me. I can't describe it. I do like cauliflower in curries, but only if it's put in at the last stages of cooking and still has some crunch. Glad you didn't feel compelled to eat it all just because you made it, though! MimiSubject: Re: Think ahead to get ahead . . .CauliflowerTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:04 AM

I really like cauliflower too, but only if it's cooked just a little bit. Cooked enough to mash--ugh, I can't imagine. After about six years of not making potatoes and rarely eating them because my sweetie can't eat them because of hypoglycemia, I rediscovered how much I like them, and I would definitely not want a substitution.

But I've also found that I'm not inclined to overindulgence. A perfectly baked potato with butter, sour cream, green onions and bacon bits---can't be beat, but a small one is a meal unto itself.....

But back to cauliflower, The other day I made a curry dish in the crock pot, and put cauliflower in, because I like it in curries, but cooking it all day did something really nasty to it, so after one very very small meal, I chucked it because I didn't like it.

Tilley

[Guest guest]

Count me in the 'lightly cooked' cauliflower column too. I also like it raw with

dips. But cooked to mush?!? No thanks. I was told that overly cooked vegetables

was an old 'southern' tradition which probably came to be because of use of

manures in home gardens years ago. Under cooking could = sick making. Made sense

then, but not as necessary now?

Katcha

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> Hmm. I wonder if you're tasting what I taste in very well cooked cauliflower.

It's this off-putting texture and taste for me. I can't describe it. I do like

cauliflower in curries, but only if it's put in at the last stages of cooking

and still has some crunch. Glad you didn't feel compelled to eat it all just

because you made it, though! 

> Mimi