The only dish she ever refused

TL;DR

Adam's wife Lauren refused his Hungarian-style pork dish 21 years ago because of caraway seeds, and she still doesn't like them today.

Key Points

• 1.The dish is a vaguely Hungarian-style pork loin chop recipe with sour cream (or crème fraîche), sweet paprika, and caraway seeds — served over egg noodles.
• 2.Lauren's two dealbreakers 21 years ago: caraway seeds (which she describes as "musty" and turpenoid-tasting) and egg noodles, which she also disliked at the time.
• 3.This was only the second meal Adam ever cooked for Lauren when they first started dating, and he framed it as "Hungarian" to sound sophisticated.
• 4.After tasting it again, Lauren admits she could eat it to be polite at someone's house, but still doesn't enjoy the caraway — though she concedes egg noodles might improve it now.