Celery is the most rank thing to eat raw

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I thought today to be healthy I’d bring in some celery to snack on.

Usually I’ll only eat this with some form of dip that takes away the actual taste of celery, but today I was thought, no I’m going to try it on its own and bluerghhhh it’s the most rancid thing I have ever placed in my mouth to eat.

Weird peppery and watery. The only thing I do like is the crunch but the taste is too unbearable even be able to enjoy that.

I’m at work but I’m gonna scramble together some things to make a thousand island because as disgusting as this is, I can’t waste food.

What’s the point of having a healthy thing that you have to cover in unhealthy things to take the taste away.

Comments

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  2. mfdoorway Avatar

    Peppery?

    Watery and vegetal but I definitely don’t consider it peppery. Anyway just avoid it from here on 🫡

  3. Tha_Watcher Avatar

    Try putting your favorite salad dressing on it.

  4. Flatline1775 Avatar

    If your celery is peppery I think you might be doing it wrong.

    Also celery with peanut butter is one of, if not the greatest snack ever devised by humans and I’ll fight anybody that disagrees with me.

  5. Intelligent_Pop1173 Avatar

    If you’re going to eat celery plain, the best way is to chop it up, soak the pieces in water and keep it covered in the fridge. It tastes a lot better that way because it isn’t dried out or stringy and comes out cold and juicy.

  6. MacGruber01111 Avatar

    Reading this while eating a whole Celeriac like a damn apple.

  7. CraftFamiliar5243 Avatar

    Put peanut butter on it..

  8. Smart-Pick554 Avatar

    It’s nothing but a vessel for peanut butter in my household

  9. Warmonger_10Trillion Avatar

    Gee would it be better for you if you ate it while it was sticking out of my ass???

  10. JustbyLlama Avatar

    I’ll give you this one. I love celery but I’m the first to admit it tastes like strands of wet grass.

  11. Substandard_eng2468 Avatar

    I think it tastes fantastic raw. But considering it is always served with some dip or spread, I wouldn’t say this is unpopular.

  12. shadowdwellar Avatar

    I love celery with dip or peanut butter although I’ve been eating it more on it’s own. The heart of the celery is the tastiest.

  13. JaggedUmbrella Avatar

    I guess I can see why someone wouldn’t like it, but I think it’s pretty delicious.

  14. Affectionate-Key-265 Avatar

    Cool you don’t like a food. The most boring of all unpopular opinions. Not even unpopular becuase millions of people don’t like each food no matter what it is.

  15. ExcellentLettuce4 Avatar

    A vegetable full of strings? No thank you

  16. Morall_tach Avatar

    Pro tip: don’t eat foods you hate.

  17. Big_P4U Avatar

    Ehh .. if your celery tastes like that then you might be eating bad celery. Celery on its own doesn’t have a real taste beyond maybe “grassy”. Make sure to wash and rinse too before eating

  18. Training_Swan_308 Avatar

    It’s like crunchy water. I can’t imagine thinking it’s the most rancid, unbearable taste someone has ever experienced. Mostly people use dips because it’s very bland otherwise.

  19. Disavowed_Rogue Avatar

    If you think raw celery is rank…

  20. Fantastic_Usual_5503 Avatar

    You might actually have a slight allergy to celery. I wanted to like celery but it had that peppery sting to it that always turned me off. I found out its a really common allergic reaction a lot of people have. It’s not especially dangerous but some of us have it and others don’t. The ones that don’t have no idea what we’re talking about

  21. Reek_0_Swovaye Avatar

    Rhubarb is the celery of Satan.

  22. VeryMuchSoItsGotToGo Avatar

    I agree about the peppery flavor. I think this is the cilantro thing all over again. People claim it has no flavor, but it definitely definitely has a flavor and it’s a bad kind of spicy

  23. skudzthecat Avatar

    I like raw celery. Delightfully refreshing. Maybe your taste buds have been desensitized

  24. skudzthecat Avatar

    Ants on a log, anyone?

  25. TemporaryApartment19 Avatar

    Hard agree I don’t even know how celery became food. It’s the nastiness vegetable tied with sweet potatoes.

    Edit after reading a couple post maybe I have an intolerance to it. Some posters on here say it just tastes like water. It definitely doesn’t taste like water to me. It spicy and chemically tasting and not amount of peanut butter or ranch can hide the flavor.

  26. AltruisticLobster315 Avatar

    I hate celery, I can usually stand things that I don’t particularly like. But celery is one thing I cannot, I hate the smell, I hate how it makes the drawer in the fridge and everything around it start to smell or sometimes taste like it!

  27. LLMTest1024 Avatar

    Have you ever tried eating raw meat?

  28. JordanMaze Avatar

    If u peel the strings, it’s great

  29. BigDeloresInYoFace Avatar

    When I eat raw celery I either put crunchy peanut butter or cream cheese on it

  30. Goddamitdonut Avatar

    Unfortunately its because American vegetables suck compared to anywhere else in the world.  But here we are, I think it goes well with babaganoush (sp) so maybe that will help 

  31. RationalRhino Avatar

    https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/kombu-celery

    Paywall… but could discuss sending a screenshot if this seems up your alley

    (It’s easy and quite healthy unless sodium is what you’re avoiding)

  32. OldBanjoFrog Avatar

    Did you have a bloody Mary chaser?

  33. Queen_of_London Avatar

    I love it. Some people don’t.

    It’s just a taste thing mostly decided by your genes that make you have some taste receptors and not others.

  34. Yarn_bell_4460 Avatar

    My dog hates it.

  35. Lufia321 Avatar

    Peppery? Wtf, no it isn’t. Did you wash it?

    Have it with peanut butter.

  36. planetmcd Avatar

    Like chewing on wet grass. I never got it.

  37. BoltsGuy02 Avatar

    Ever tried chicken tartar?