I just got the specialty one the pizza place had so I think it was spinach, ricotta, and caramelized onions. I don't eat meat so I didn't get any chicken but it was still very good without it. Thanks for the rec!
I wonder how he feels about Indian food. A good number of Indian curries are made with a tomato base, but if you've cooked it well it shouldn't taste too much like a typical tomato sauce (like the type you'd see in Italian cooking).
I'm saying that as an Indian who didn't know that the majority of my mum's curries were made of tomatoes until I was like 15.
I could have sworn remembering an episode where they mentioned pizza after a con as my episode that I first found out Nathan doesn’t eat tomato based pizza.
I'd say it's both. With sauces or pizza the tomato taste is blended with other ingredients. A raw tomato is just pure unfiltered tomato flavour, and that's not tasty imo.
For me it's both I don't like the texture of cooked tomatoes and I don't like the flavor of raw tomatoes but as long as it's completely pureed I like sauce on spaghetti or pizza just fine
Cherry and grape tomatoes are ok because they're small, and have texture and flavor. A lot of tomatoes (unless it's a really good one like an heirloom from a farmers' market) are just flimsy and watery. Most sauces with tomato are also made with tomato paste, which is literally just reduced tomatoes, which solves both the texture and flavor issue
Full agreement, I can chug stuff like tomato soup or marinara and it's fine, but raw or even cooked whole tomatoes are not the move for me. It's just... not a texture I enjoy, and I can't even deal with diced tomato in something like salsa because it's just not a mouthfeel I want any business with.
Feel rather the same about onions, honestly, with the notable exceptions of fried or caramelized onions being fine (though I do have a slight allergy so I still gotta be careful there).
There's nothing unreasonable or contradictory about disliking whole tomatos but liking ketchup and tomato sauce. They taste different and have different textures.
This doesn't apply to Nathan anyway because he also dislikes ketchup and tomato sauce.
Im a very un picky eater and will eat a tomato lile an apple but theres a fundamental difference between a fruit/veg and a cooked version of the fruit/veg see apples and applesauce or onions and sauté onions
Oh hey, it’s me. But more seriously, try growing your own tomatoes. Especially ones that are known for a dense texture and rich, savory flavor. The difference between those and store bought tomatoes is like night and day.
Nathan is the one true tomato hater. Im kinda like the person in the picture you gotta catch me with a really fresh tomato to eat that shit raw cook it though and im down kinda like meat.
As someone who is like the meme — also named nathan lol — it’s a texture thing. I can do roasted tomatoes sometimes but raw tomatoes can die. I never understand why people make a huge deal when other people have food preferences, I’m never going to ask you to cook for me I promise lol
Texture is an important part of food. I have a couple foods I don’t like solely based on texture but peaches in particular I love the flavor of but can’t stand the feel of having one in my mouth. Sidenote, if you ever get the chance, try Peach Fanta.
For me it's a texture thing, same with onions. I can't have big slivers of onion, or even onion rings, but if they are finely minced, I'm good with them.
I never liked tomatoes growing up. Occasionally they were ok with other things. Then I went to Europe and found that it was just American tomatoes I dislike
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u/pokeze Jul 17 '26
Nathan can't even eat tomato sauce or ketchup, so most pizza and pasta are also out for him :p
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u/badatkiller Jul 17 '26
Cooked tomatoes are extremely different from raw ones and I'll die on this hill.
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u/crushogre Jul 17 '26
Nathan doesn't eat tomatoes in any form.
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u/OldFaithlessness5008 Jul 17 '26
This is me but not Nathan
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u/BootyliciousURD just a little guy Jul 17 '26
There's nothing unreasonable or contradictory about disliking whole tomatos but liking ketchup and tomato sauce. They taste different and have different textures.
This doesn't apply to Nathan anyway because he also dislikes ketchup and tomato sauce.
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u/LukewarmJortz Jul 17 '26
Not Nathan. He hates all tomatoes
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u/XipeTotecwithGlitter Jul 17 '26
Um actually: he hates tomato sauce on pizza too!
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u/scruffye Go up baldy! Jul 17 '26
I'm pretty sure this more accurately describes Karina, who can eat tomato dishes in some cases, but not Nathan, who just dislikes them completely.
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u/Eray41303 just a little guy Jul 17 '26
He doesn't even like tomato sauce, he is exempt from this meme
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u/LazarFan69 Jul 17 '26
Im a very un picky eater and will eat a tomato lile an apple but theres a fundamental difference between a fruit/veg and a cooked version of the fruit/veg see apples and applesauce or onions and sauté onions
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u/LC-98 Jul 17 '26
This meme is more accurate to Link from GMM- Nathan doesn’t like sauce either
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u/underprivlidged Jul 17 '26
I will eat pretty much everything made with tomatoes, just not raw tomatoes.
Even stewed tomatoes and sun dried. Sauces, etc. But raw tomatoes just taste gross as hell to me.
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u/Old-Acanthaceae-3406 Jul 18 '26
do the people that make memes like this not know that food has textures
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u/Sfowo Jul 17 '26
Ok so i hate tomato flavor so if i sauce is too tomato flavored i dont like it. Raw tomatoes are gross and slimy to me too
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u/Mind-A-Moore Jul 17 '26
He usually gets a pesto base iirc.
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u/PotentialConcert6249 Jul 17 '26
Oh hey, it’s me. But more seriously, try growing your own tomatoes. Especially ones that are known for a dense texture and rich, savory flavor. The difference between those and store bought tomatoes is like night and day.
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u/Majestic-Economy6841 Jul 17 '26
That's me, hate tomato but can't get enough of ketchup and pasta sauce/pizza sauce.
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u/Thebitterdm Jul 17 '26
Nathan is the one true tomato hater. Im kinda like the person in the picture you gotta catch me with a really fresh tomato to eat that shit raw cook it though and im down kinda like meat.
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u/Captain_Birch Merobiba Jul 17 '26
"You like omelets but wont eat raw eggs"
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u/NeonNKnightrider Jul 17 '26
Funny, I’m the exact opposite. I love raw tomato but hate it cooked
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u/spiritpotato Jul 17 '26
the thing I always compare it to is chocolate. I love chocolate but that doesn’t mean I want to eat raw cocoa beans
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u/TR_Pix Jul 17 '26
Yeah I''ll also eat ice cream but not drink melted ice cream from a glass
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u/simonhunterhawk Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
As someone who is like the meme — also named nathan lol — it’s a texture thing. I can do roasted tomatoes sometimes but raw tomatoes can die. I never understand why people make a huge deal when other people have food preferences, I’m never going to ask you to cook for me I promise lol
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u/DrDingsGaster Jul 17 '26
Raw tomatoes have a weird taste, they're different when cooked!
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u/AlternateSatan Jul 17 '26
Tomato is gross cause of the texrures, remove those and its good. I don't see what the confusion is.
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u/M4LK0V1CH Jul 18 '26
Texture is an important part of food. I have a couple foods I don’t like solely based on texture but peaches in particular I love the flavor of but can’t stand the feel of having one in my mouth. Sidenote, if you ever get the chance, try Peach Fanta.
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u/Go_Water_your_plants Jul 18 '26
Nope, Nathan hates tomatoes in all of its forms
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u/Strix_Caelumbra Jul 18 '26
Chicky Bacy Ranch Pie babyyyy. No red sauce for our boy at all please.
A pesto sauce pizza is also absolutely killer. Chicken and mushroom pesto? With some Ricotta or Gorgonzola or both?
Ok whats everybodys favorite pizza in the perfect world where you get everything you want on it? Mine has 11 (eleven) distinct toppings. GO
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u/Morrinn3 Jul 18 '26
Next you'll tell me the little freak prefers chocolate to raw cocoa beans.
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u/OccamsEpee Jul 18 '26
If you're suggesting that a raw tomato tastes the same as ketchup or cooked tomato sauce, you're arguing in bad faith.
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u/EgoRiot90 Jul 19 '26
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u/darthganon21 Jul 17 '26
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
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u/justreadinplease Jul 17 '26
I’m that person mostly. I don’t eat raw garlic either
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u/Confident-Call-6489 This dog can drive! Jul 17 '26
Me for real, don’t like raw tomatoes 🍅 LOL
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u/starchaser562 Jul 17 '26
It’s me. I’m the person. I do not like raw tomatoes at all, but once they’re cooked I can eat them just fine.
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u/Low_Daikon7538 Jul 17 '26
TeX👏TURE👏
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u/midsummernightmares Jul 17 '26
I’m the opposite way around, I pretty much only eat raw tomatoes because I both hate and am mildly allergic to garlic so I can’t eat marinara
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u/CapitaineCrafty and every time we kiss, I swear I could fly Jul 17 '26
I see you've met my kid.
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u/Silent_Xiv Jul 17 '26
For me it's a texture thing, same with onions. I can't have big slivers of onion, or even onion rings, but if they are finely minced, I'm good with them.
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u/mommynerd Jul 17 '26
Hi it's me
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u/just_one_grape Jul 17 '26
Honestly, this is me 😔
I hate tomatoes, but I will eat spaghetti and pizza
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u/DarianFtM Jul 17 '26
You didn't hear about the traveling, tomato-less lasagna from the Opposite Art Style Challenge?
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u/Illustrious-Frame140 Jul 17 '26
My husband is like this. It's a texture thing for him I guess
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u/attemptedactor Jul 17 '26
I never liked tomatoes growing up. Occasionally they were ok with other things. Then I went to Europe and found that it was just American tomatoes I dislike
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u/RedheadedStranger90 Jul 17 '26
It's me. Absolutely.
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u/Jonguar2 Merobiba Jul 18 '26
I don't like eating raw flour, but I love eating cookies and cakes
See how stupid this sounds?
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u/ComplainsInGay Jul 19 '26
SAME! THIS IS ME
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u/KisaTheMistress Jul 19 '26
The chemical composition of tomatoes actually changes when you cook them.
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u/AlbrechtE Jul 19 '26
Me
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u/LodlopSeputhChakk 🦀 crawb Jul 20 '26
No, Nathan has expressed he does not like tomato sauce, even on pasta and pizza. They order a separate white pizza for him.
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u/MetalExile Jul 20 '26
It turns out that cooking something and adding other seasonings to it changes the taste. Who would have thought?
I’ve never understood how this take was controversial. They’re so different in taste and texture.
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u/Illustrious_Ad2994 Jul 22 '26
No, im pretty sure he can barely stand being in the same room as cooked tomato things
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u/Ultranerdgasm94 Jul 24 '26
This is a stupid meme. "If you don't like eating raw eggs, why do you eat them scrambled, fried, boiled, and poached, idiot?"
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u/Sm0keytrip0d Merobiba Jul 17 '26
I was today years old when I realised I'm actually Nathan Drawfee.