Hemp bagels, revisited

[kathryn]

On a previous thread, we discussed the 'fishy' smell of hemp bagels. Well, I finally picked some up myself, and I know what you're talking about! A somewhat unpleasant smell/taste. Yeah, kind of 'fishy,' but also kind of 'rancid oil.'

I like the nutritional profile of these, but OMG! I definitely won't be eating these plain (PB helps to disguise the taste, but I might end up eating too much of it as I attempt to make them taste better!).

Maybe I'll get used to the taste?(I do like some hemp products, but I've never tasted any quite like this! Even the hemp bread I've tried doesn't have the same taste). After all, I've gotten used to the flavor of some green supplements that were a bit hard to take at first (though I haven't had that particular supplement for a while, so maybe I'm no longer 'adapted'?)

ETA: I'm just now eating the second half of the one I tried yesterday, and find that it works much better to exhale when taking a bite of it (in fact, the best is to not inhale at any point in the eating/chewing process, LOL! I don't understand why they smell so much stronger than they taste? Taste/smell are usually very closely linked...though come to think of it, papaya juice smells like vomit ---I know, TMI---but tastes good).

 

[pixie9]

I recently noticed that my flax cereal smells like fish too. I have to add other cereals to it in order to eat it now. It's such a bummer because it's so nutritious but I can't get past the smell anymore.

Carolyn

 

[pixiesis]

I too have noticed that flax sometimes smells fishy to me! Which I always thought was weird since it is rich in omega-3s, just like fish is! I don't think I'll be trying those bagels Kathryn. I find it's pretty difficult to eat while not breathing!

Amy

 

[kathryn]

>I recently noticed that my flax cereal smells like fish too.
>I have to add other cereals to it in order to eat it now.

I think it might be those dark (regular) flax seeds? I much prefer the golden flax seeds (and I've read that they contain more of some nutrient than the brown ones), and maybe that's one reason why.

 

[kathryn]

> I don't think I'll be trying those bagels
>Kathryn. I find it's pretty difficult to eat while not
>breathing!

It's all in the timing: inhale (at a safe distance), approach bagel and take bite (hold breath), exhale while chewing, swallow. Inhale .... ;-)

 

[pixiesis]

>It's all in the timing: inhale (at a safe distance), approach
>bagel and take bite (hold breath), exhale while chewing,
>swallow. Inhale .... ;-)

Well I'm glad you've got a system in place to deal with this. I just hope you don't accidentally reverse the order and end up gagging!

Isn't it funny what we'll try to tolerate? I once made the most disgusting blended salad thing. I don't know what I was thinking but it was foul! I put in all the veggies I could find, including lettuce, kim chi, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes, etc. And then when it wouldn't blend I added a bunch of water. I drank/ate quite a bit of it and it was absolute torture! The texture was very vomit-like. I tried to exhale/hold my breath but that just made the texture stand out more and the texture was even grosser than the taste! By the time I allowed myself to throw it out I was literally gagging. I hate throwing away food but I still don't know why I felt I had to punish myself like that. Just thinking about that experience makes me cringe! It was a hell of my own making!

A few months later I wanted apple/carrot/ginger juice and I don't have a juicer. I tried making it in the blender (cuz I guess I didn't learn my lesson the first time). Anyway I had to add water and it turned out super nasty of course. I hated doing it but I managed to throw it away that time. Now I've really learned. Never again!

Amy

 

[pixie9]

>>It's all in the timing: inhale (at a safe distance),
>approach
>>bagel and take bite (hold breath), exhale while chewing,
>>swallow. Inhale .... ;-)
>
>Well I'm glad you've got a system in place to deal with this.
>I just hope you don't accidentally reverse the order and end
>up gagging!
>
>Isn't it funny what we'll try to tolerate? I once made the
>most disgusting blended salad thing. I don't know what I was
>thinking but it was foul! I put in all the veggies I could
>find, including lettuce, kim chi, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes,
>etc. And then when it wouldn't blend I added a bunch of
>water. I drank/ate quite a bit of it and it was absolute
>torture! The texture was very vomit-like. I tried to
>exhale/hold my breath but that just made the texture stand out
>more and the texture was even grosser than the taste! By the
>time I allowed myself to throw it out I was literally gagging.
> I hate throwing away food but I still don't know why I felt I
>had to punish myself like that. Just thinking about that
>experience makes me cringe! It was a hell of my own making!
>
>A few months later I wanted apple/carrot/ginger juice and I
>don't have a juicer. I tried making it in the blender (cuz I
>guess I didn't learn my lesson the first time). Anyway I had
>to add water and it turned out super nasty of course. I hated
>doing it but I managed to throw it away that time. Now I've
>really learned. Never again!
>
>Amy

OMG Amy, I'm laughing out loud! It truly does sound like a 'hell of your own making'!!


Carolyn

 

[luvmylabs]

You guys are cracking me up!!:7 :7 Nope, don't think I will be searching for hemp bagels any time soon. I'm not to in love with hemp protein, right now I am using brown rice protein for my oatmeal. I have gotten used to that taste, but that was hard in the beginning too!!

 

[pixiesis]

Sorry Kathryn, didn't mean to hijack with my crazy story! Back to discussing yucky hemp bagels. I'm off to fix myself a smoothie (with hemp powder!)

Amy

 

[neicebug]

Kathryn:

I am LOL that you are just now eating the 2nd half of the bagel a day later! That really must be a scarey bagel!

xoxo, DEnise

 

[dlavie]

Would a hemp bagel make someone fail a urinalysis?

 

[kathryn]

>> I once made the
>most disgusting blended salad thing. I don't know what I was
>thinking but it was foul! I put in all the veggies I could
>find, including lettuce, kim chi, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes,
>etc. And then when it wouldn't blend I added a bunch of
>water.

I was with you until the kim chi! What compelled you to try this concoction?

My stepmother refused to throw out food, no matter how foul it was (as long as it wasn't actually rotten or something). My first year as a vegetarian, I picked up a cookbook that had some recipes for meat analogues. I made 'drumsticks' for Thanksgiving. They had lots of garlic in, and I like garlic, but something about the combo of ingredients made them inedible..except by my stepmother. (The only thing I ever remember her tossing out was a 1/2 container of some 'cheese food'--a cheaper version of Velveeta called "Chef's choice" or "Cook's choice"--that was the most horrible stuff I'd ever tasted. After trying in vain to get us all to eat it, she finally gave up! Oh, and she did through out a tub of miso I had--which pretty much never goes bad--but at the same time kept a really old container of Hershey's syrup that was starting to get mold on it!)

 

[kathryn]

>Would a hemp bagel make someone fail a urinalysis?

Not unless you ate a huge quantity...and with these, there's not much chance of that!;-)

Though these particular bagels are covered in poppy seeds, which are related to opium poppies...so maybe the synergistic relationship between two 'drug cousins' would show up on a drug test?

 

[kathryn]

>I am LOL that you are just now eating the 2nd half of the
>bagel a day later! That really must be a scarey
>bagel!

Tell me about it! And the small backpack I had it in now smells a bit fishy itself!!

 

[pixiesis]

>I was with you until the kim chi! What compelled you to try this concoction?

I suppose in my bizarre state of mind the kim chi would add a little kick. I actually really love kim chi, although I do not stand by my decision to use it in this way. I really have nothing to say in my defense. I plead insanity.

Amy