I really want to like seafood. I really do. Any tips?

General Tso wrote:

I do not like seafood. I can eat tuna fish sandwiches (absolutely no issues with tuna fish sandwiches) and limited amounts of seafood sushi, but otherwise, I can't stand seafood of any kind. I really, really want to like salmon, among seafaring foods.

As a kid, there were many things I could not bear to stomach, but with the exception of seafood, I outgrew my dislikes.

There's got to be a way to train my taste buds. Any tips?

Start with Salmon from freshwater.

Go to a good sushi restaurant.

Butter

What is it you don't like about it? If it's a "fishy" flavor, then try some milder fish like a white fish (tilapia for example) with a sauce.

Also, that "fishiness" can be a sign of not being fresh. If you want good seafood, you have to pay for it.

You need to learn to eat at the Y. Mmmmmmmm.

Be bravey and dive right in.

1) Butter

2) Try various methods of cooking. I shy away from fried fish... but grilled, broiled, blackened seafood is so effing delicious.

3) Salmon, for me, is really fishy and not a top choice. I do love it when my wife makes it with a soy glaze, however.

4) You get what you pay for, mostly. Stick to high-quality products and avoid frozen or fast-food stuff.

General Tso wrote:

I do not like seafood. I can eat tuna fish sandwiches (absolutely no issues with tuna fish sandwiches) and limited amounts of seafood sushi, but otherwise, I can't stand seafood of any kind. I really, really want to like salmon, among seafaring foods.

As a kid, there were many things I could not bear to stomach, but with the exception of seafood, I outgrew my dislikes.

There's got to be a way to train my taste buds. Any tips?

Raw Oysters with cocktail sauce you should try. Also Sushi. Saba is my favorite, try that as well.

Are you sure you’re eating from the right places/cooking it right? I always thought I hated seafood and then I realized my mom was just overcooking everything. A moist, perfectly cooked salmon is 1000x better than the dry overcooked salmon I was used to. Make sure you’re going to good restaurants or following/playing with recipes. Dress it up with some complementary sauce.If that’s not an issue, have you tried scallops, lobster rolls, crusted cod? I say just be on the look out for all different types and make sure it’s properly cooked.

As a vegan, I don't think you should try to like seafood. It's actually a really good thing that you don't like it. Instead you should give vegan food a chance. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. Fish are animals too, they do not want to die.

Try to eat seafood with species or sauce. For example clams in a cream sauce.

cxccx wrote:

As a vegan, I don't think you should try to like seafood. It's actually a really good thing that you don't like it. Instead you should give vegan food a chance. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. Fish are animals too, they do not want to die.

Yeah, go vegan if you want to become weak, emaciated and sick.

Cooking fish is very difficult. If you want to learn to like to eat fish, start by ordering it when you go to a nice restaurant. Otherwise, you are not going to like what you are eating.

If you live where you can get decently priced fresh seafood (or seafood that is frozen within 24 hours of being caught), you can cook some fish with success. Stay away from Atlantic Salmon and white fish like cod and sole. They are very boring and easy to overcook. Try snapper, grouper and wild pacific salmon. They are very easy to bake in foil. Look for recipes online.

eat steak, not tofu wrote:

Yeah, go vegan if you want to become weak, emaciated and sick.

That's generally not the reason to become vegan. Caring about animals welfare and environment are in my opinion better reasons. Also, I unfortunately have not become sick yet. In fact my running has improved a lot. But I don't think my diet has anything to do with that, only running more.

cxccx wrote:

eat steak, not tofu wrote:

Yeah, go vegan if you want to become weak, emaciated and sick.

That's generally not the reason to become vegan. Caring about animals welfare and environment are in my opinion better reasons. Also, I unfortunately have not become sick yet. In fact my running has improved a lot. But I don't think my diet has anything to do with that, only running more.

Veganism is just new age religion BS, pushed onto us by big agriculture/big pharma for profit. Yeah, vegans will claim it has improved their performance. But this is only short term(basically mimics fasting, which you can only do for so long), as it is a response to their body to go hunt and get some proper nutrients(look at all the elite level athletes who go vegan, a slight improvement in performance for about a year, than they decline). After a while, they will run out of their stored up nutrients they have, and will either quit veganism or hit end stage veganism. Veganism does not save the animals, to get all the plants you need to live on your artificial diet. You will end up killing way more animals compared to me just living off of one or two grass fed cows a year.

cxccx wrote:

As a vegan, I don't think you should try to like seafood. It's actually a really good thing that you don't like it. Instead you should give vegan food a chance. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. Fish are animals too, they do not want to die.

The habitats/ecosystems that are devastated to grow these crops don't want to die either, but it is more important to you to have fruits, nuts, legumes etc. (often shipped from around the globe via petrofuels) than for rodents, birds, fish etc.. to have a healthy home, free of GMO, pesticides and destroyed soil microbiome?

Locally sourced, grass fed beef is the least harmful food source on a both body count and ecosystem impact measures.

This ethical consideration is independent of the poor nutritive quality of vegan foods and the negative human impact of migrant labor.

YMMV wrote:

cxccx wrote:

As a vegan, I don't think you should try to like seafood. It's actually a really good thing that you don't like it. Instead you should give vegan food a chance. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. Fish are animals too, they do not want to die.

The habitats/ecosystems that are devastated to grow these crops don't want to die either, but it is more important to you to have fruits, nuts, legumes etc. (often shipped from around the globe via petrofuels) than for rodents, birds, fish etc.. to have a healthy home, free of GMO, pesticides and destroyed soil microbiome?

Locally sourced, grass fed beef is the least harmful food source on a both body count and ecosystem impact measures.

This ethical consideration is independent of the poor nutritive quality of vegan foods and the negative human impact of migrant labor.

Do you know why half the Midwest is currently being planted with corn and soybeans? To feed livestock and make ethanol. A tiny, tiny, fraction of agricultural land in the farm belt produces food for direct human consumption. Animal husbandry is massively more land and resource intensive than producing plant-based foods for people. To claim otherwise is a blatant lie.

Seems you haven’t tried hard enough!

Splurge on some nice scallops next time you have the chance. Best non fish seafood there is.

cxccx wrote:

As a vegan, I don't think you should try to like seafood. It's actually a really good thing that you don't like it. Instead you should give vegan food a chance. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. Fish are animals too, they do not want to die.

I don't wanna die either but it happens to everyone. People in hell want ice water...deal with it.