This is both a question and a statement. Hate the things. Such a strong flavour when you regrettably bite into one, like eating a solified compound of floral perfume chemicals, with a dash of washing detergent. Absolutely rancid things and they completely ruin your mouthful.
Am I in the minority here for having a fiery hatred for these things or is this common opinion? Are you even meant to eat them or are they meant to give the rice flavour for you to then sift through the rice and pick them out? Who knows.
What I do know is, #I ABSOLUTELY DETEST THESE THINGS
by Dan23DJR
29 comments
No, everyone does.
Nope, and the stalks are just as bad.
Usually pick them out before, you don’t want to accidentally crunch one of those.
I’m not bothered by them. I’ll not eat them if I see them, but if they’re already in my mouth I tend to just swallow them whole.
Cardamom – lovely 🙂
Literally ruins the meal when you bite into one if you get a full on chomp. It’s such an overpowering nasty flavour, and yet, as a whole pod it *does* improve the flavour of the rice
I love cardamom as a flavor but yes chomping down on a whole one of these is never pleasant
You’re not meant to eat those, they’re in there to flavor the dish during cooking.
You’re not supposed to eat them
Cardamom is great.
They’re awful.
I eat them (when cooked in a curry, not raw!). They’re delish!
Picked out if possible.
You don’t eat them……..
Loveerrrrrrly
I love them…
Everyone has done it once.
Almost as if you aren’t supposed to eat them
Cardamom is awesome. But don’t eat them.
The taste without them (especially in microwave meals..) makes the food even more bland.
As an Indian (British Indian really) these and “the black bits” were what you would comb through your dish looking for before eating – and dare your friends to try to eat a whole one (trust me – don’t)
The whole spices in Indian food like cardamom pods and peppercorns are not meant to be eaten. You pick them out and/or eat around them.
Cardamom is one of my favorite smells in the entire world. But yeah. You’re not meant to eat them lol. They flavor the rice!
I’ll put ten in my cooking. Dispense it. Warn people “watch out for the star anise and cardamom pods”.
WHO GETS THEM ALL
Can’t believe I’ve only just found out you aren’t supposed to eat cardamom pods. I am appalled at myself.
I might be weird, but I quite like chewing them. They’re supposed to be really good for gum health and raft of others things. I believe this is quite common in India.
I dried my own methi. I learned to listen about removing every part of stems. Apparently the stems from methi are the perfect size and shape for burying themselves under your gum line. Ouch.
You’re not supposed to eat them. The green cardamon adds a pleasant sweetness to dishes but are unpleasant when you bite into them.
Pick them out ffs
Youre not meant to eat them in the same way you’re not meant to eat your teabags when you make a cup of tea.
Nah in all seriousness OP they don’t taste great but they do flavour stuff well. Pro tip- if you make your curry, you can remove the seeds from the pods and chuck them straight in. Get the cardamom flavour but none of the risk of eating the nasty shell and intense flavour
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