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Greying_Pilgrim said:Oooh, I knew about the coriander taste thing (Team Yum here) - and asparagus, ahem, "processing" is similarly genetically determined, but I find with Rocket, that I like 'bought', but found when growing my own that it went too peppery, too quickly, and wasn't a nice eat. Having said that, I don't buy bagged rocket regularly, DH isn't a huge fan.
Greying XSee, everyone describes it as peppery, but that is definitely not the flavour description I would use - I can't describe it, but it's overpowering. I like peppery!@KajiKita if I remember, I do say so, but I'm liable to forget when I'm ordering, even if it's a constituent part - usually it's just piled on top if it's part of the dish, so at least I can remove it and give it to Mr MV. It just makes me look like I don't like salad when it's in a garnish/side salad!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
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@themadvix, no it’s not peppery to me either.WARNING: Unpleasant description of how rocket tastes to me. Please bypass to ******** if one doesn’t want to be olfactorily offended …
What the taste of rocket reminds me of.When I was wee in the 1970s it wasn’t custom or practice for dog owners to pick up their pets’ poops.
I was smaller then and so closer to the ground. I also did a lot of walking as my nanny at the time didn’t have a car. The taste of rocket reminds me of day-old dog pooh - that stale, acrid, bitter aroma. Utterly disgusting to me.That’s why I can’t eat it and I’m not wholly convinced that cooking it, as per Greenbee’s suggestion, would help much … 🤔🤷♀️**********************
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KKAs at 17.04.26:
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(Blue shrieky emoji!) That's dire KK. Not how I'd describe it, but then I can't actually put my finger on what it reminds me of.Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway3 -
Well I’m glad it’s not quite as grim for you! 😉😊themadvix said:(Blue shrieky emoji!) That's dire KK. Not how I'd describe it, but then I can't actually put my finger on what it reminds me of.
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 33 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 20th May.
Produce tracker: £119 of £400 in 2026
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Puts hand up sheepishly, to say 'I love Rocket' and slinks away again!5
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Say it loud and say it proud!! I love Rocket too!!!! No slinking allowed!!!Twolabsandacat said:Puts hand up sheepishly, to say 'I love Rocket' and slinks away again!
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Takes all sorts 😊Twolabsandacat said:Puts hand up sheepishly, to say 'I love Rocket' and slinks away again!
You can have mine! 😉
KkAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 33 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 20th May.
Produce tracker: £119 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
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You can have mine too.KajiKita said:
Takes all sorts 😊Twolabsandacat said:Puts hand up sheepishly, to say 'I love Rocket' and slinks away again!
You can have mine! 😉
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