Question of the Day - Tuesday, May 12

[cassiopea]

Hello Everyone! Happy Tuesday!








What food is delicious but a pain to eat?









I really like Kiwis, but oh my goodness I don't find them fun to prepare lol So admittedly I don't buy kiwis all that often, despite my enjoyment of the actual fruit.


I would also add lobster to the list!

 

[Katie M]

I hate cooking, so, um . . . everything

 

[Willowy]

With kiwis, I just cut in half and eat it with a spoon.

Hmm, I'll say mangoes. They're delicious, but cutting around the seed is a pain, and the skin gives me a rash. And if they're very ripe, they just kind of squish instead of slice. Plus the strings they leave in your teeth.

 

[cassiopea]

With kiwis, I just cut in half and eat it with a spoon.

I did that too but I still found it a pain Clearly kiwis and I have a great relationship...

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Pomegranates.

Crabs. I can do King Crab legs but I need instructions on any smaller crabs and it's a lot of work for a little meat!

 

[Jem]

Corn on the cob. I love it, but drenched in butter so It makes a mess of my hands and face and of course immediately after eating it I have to go floss my teeth. There is just no graceful way to eat it...you just gotta mow down.

 

[aliceneko]

Prawns - hate getting the shell off them but they sure do taste good!

 

[Lari]

Crabs. I can do King Crab legs but I need instructions on any smaller crabs and it's a lot of work for a little meat!

Ditto! I love crab legs, but they are a pain to eat.

 

[EmersonandEvie]

Crab legs.

Artichokes! I love artichokes but they're such a hassle to boil and peel off leaf by leaf.

 

[DreamerRose]

I agree about the lobsters, but will add tacos. They drip all over, and I can't get some of everything in one bite. So now I use tostadas for shells.

 

[MoonstoneWolf]

Artichokes

 

[maggiedemi]

There is just no graceful way to eat it

I was eating dinner at my cousin's house and they cut the corn on the cob in half! I love eating it this way, much more graceful!

I agree about fresh artichokes. I just couldn't figure them out. I have to use the kind in a jar. I couldn't figure out pomegranates either, it seems to be just juice and seeds!

 

[LTS3]

Crab and lobster. They're such a PITA to crack and take apart and pull out the meat in all those nooks and crannies.

 

[Xraystyle]

Pomegranates for sure! We used to have nights in college where all of us roomies just sat around watching anime and picking the...er...what do you call them? Idk, bubbles?...out. (As you can imagine, I was a very fun person in college)

Also Chickpeas. if you're getting the dried kind (I order them from iHerb to be shipped to Korea) you have to soak them, cook them, and peel them.

 

[LTS3]

Martha Stewart holds a halved pomegranate over a bowl and whacks away with a big spoon to get the arils to come out I've heard of holding a halved pomegranate in a bowl full of water and prying out the arils that way with less mess.

 

[maggiedemi]

to get the arials to come out

What are arials? I couldn't find anything in the pomegranate but juice and seeds. I was like, why didn't I just buy the juice?

 

[LTS3]

Typo - arils not arials. That's what the pomegranate seeds are called.

 

[maggiedemi]

Typo - arils not arials. That's what the pomegranate seeds are called.

You eat the seeds?

 

[Willowy]

The seeds have a thin layer of fruit on them. You suck/chew the fruit off the seeds, then you can either swallow them or spit them out. Can't say I'm a fan of pomegranates.

With artichokes, you scrape the outer leaves against your teeth to get what's inside them (best if dipped in butter), then eventually you get to the heart (the part that comes in jars) and can eat the whole thing. It's a process, lol. It's been ages since I had a fresh artichoke.

 

[Silver Crazy]

Spaghetti Bolognese. Went out on a first date with a lady I wanted to impress, restaurant then movies.
Silly me I wore a white shirt and spent the rest of the night with tomato red spatters all over me from the spaghetti slopping about.
I was embarrassed all night and have never eaten it since.
Otherwise if it doesnt move I will eat it.