Still don't like raw onions, but I love them in any other form. Other than that, broccoli and olives.
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Food you hated to eat the most as a child but now you love it
- Thread starter Squarehard
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it was weird, i used to very much dislike banana peppers, hated their flavor, texture, the whole thing. then a couple years back, i was contemplating getting some food and it hit me: "i want something with banana peppers." like a switch was flipped in my brain, a thing i strongly disliked was suddenly a thing i craved
hasn't really happened with anything else, at least not to that extent. still hate mushrooms and bread and butter pickles
hasn't really happened with anything else, at least not to that extent. still hate mushrooms and bread and butter pickles
I love Brussels sprouts as an adult, but I probably would have hated them as a kid… but I don't know, it's the one vegetable my mom refused to cook because she hated them as a kid. 🤣
Same.
I vomited up asparagus once as a kid when forced to eat it, now I can't get enough.
Asparagus… not the vomit.
Same.
I vomited up asparagus once as a kid when forced to eat it, now I can't get enough.
Asparagus… not the vomit.
Most people call them 'goombinos'Mushrooms, the smaller, round, white/brownish ones. No idea what they are called in English but here we call them champignons.
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I used to hate dates when young because they look disgusting and they also look like beetles, which the insects I hate as well. My parents said they are sweet and delicious, but I still refuse to eat.
Once I reached adult, and I tried the dates; it was a mistake to not eat before because they are indeed sweet and delicious, but luckily I got to try and like them.
Once I reached adult, and I tried the dates; it was a mistake to not eat before because they are indeed sweet and delicious, but luckily I got to try and like them.
They aren't something that I "love" but I would never eat green peppers, but they're mostly fine.
There are several that I still dislike greatly but the one I turned around the most on was asparagus. The asparagus that I remember as a kid can from a can and it was always a little slimy and not really that flavorful. Then as an adult I discovered other ways to prepare it and made all the difference. I love when it's grill time so I can throw some on the grill, a little salt, a little pepper, and a slight char is perfect.
Broccoli, asparagus and onions. Parents never cooked them worth a damn, and once I found some recipes to try with my wife we both came around very quickly. Gonna do some burgers on the grill with carmelized onions on Sunday, can't friggin wait.
I did give mushrooms a shot later in adulthood for the same reasons I came around to the former veggies, but I still couldn't get past the texture, just icks me out. If they're hidden well in a dish I can get past it, but otherwise I exclude them altogether.
I did give mushrooms a shot later in adulthood for the same reasons I came around to the former veggies, but I still couldn't get past the texture, just icks me out. If they're hidden well in a dish I can get past it, but otherwise I exclude them altogether.
Kielbasa, because my Mom/Grandparents grew up boiling it. Once I had the chance to try it grilled as a senior in hs at a friends graduation party it was a life changing experience.
Gotta be Broccoli salads in general and probably (Dijon) mustard.
On the other hand I hate: ketchup, dates, most potato chips, milk and yogurt.
On the other hand I hate: ketchup, dates, most potato chips, milk and yogurt.
Same here. Not just pork chops though. Basically everything.
My parents weren't too bad off but came from poor families so they were stuck in like some depression era menu. Everything from sides to pork and steak was the absolute cheapest (especially if it were on clearance for being out of date) and everything overcooked with 0 seasoning. Couldn't even have salt cause it could cause "high blood pressure." Vegetables consisted of the cheapest frozen variety mix which was boiled til it was super soggy and again no seasoning just a soggy mess. I was super skinny though cause I was so used to food tasting terrible I never had seconds.
Oh yeah, everyone else is right, mushrooms are another good one. As a kid I was like "grosssss, it's fungus!"
But now? Fill my ass up with that fungus.
But now? Fill my ass up with that fungus.
Salads and vegetables.
I went vegetarian something like 8 years ago and have been vegan for probably 6 years.
Now I willingly put carrot in things. Used to live off steak and chicken parma but I don't miss them at all, I can still make vegan parmas though, and they very good.
I went vegetarian something like 8 years ago and have been vegan for probably 6 years.
Now I willingly put carrot in things. Used to live off steak and chicken parma but I don't miss them at all, I can still make vegan parmas though, and they very good.
Came to say the same.
Learning how to do these things without boiling the shit out of them changes the taste entirely.
Eggs. I don't LOVE them, but I do like them quite a bit every now and then.
I would say onions, but that has more to do with me discovering I like red onions and have always (and still do) hated raw white or yellow onion. I still have awful memories of there being chopped white onion on my McDonalds burger. It made it impossible to remove if they forgot to take it off. Raw red onion, though? I'll take that on most things if it's available.
Like really, McDonald's? Why you putting chopped onion on my burger. Just put easily removable onion slices.
Roasting vegetables definitely made me appreciate cooked vegetables more as well.
I would say onions, but that has more to do with me discovering I like red onions and have always (and still do) hated raw white or yellow onion. I still have awful memories of there being chopped white onion on my McDonalds burger. It made it impossible to remove if they forgot to take it off. Raw red onion, though? I'll take that on most things if it's available.
Like really, McDonald's? Why you putting chopped onion on my burger. Just put easily removable onion slices.
Roasting vegetables definitely made me appreciate cooked vegetables more as well.
Dill Pickles. I used to always take them off my McDonalds burgers when I was a kid, but now I ask for double.
I didn't like onions when I was little. I think it was mostly the texture. Now, they're my favorite vegetable.
I will add mushrooms and because of a weird reason. Their was a BBC kids show which was like fact or fiction and they did a Humans evolved from mushrooms. Put me off until my mid to late teens.
Steak. My dad only ever cooked it well done and I hated it. Then when I worked in a nursing home kitchen, we did beef tenderloin for one of the Christmas parties. The kitchen was run by an actual chef so I took some mostly to be polite and it was one of the best things I ever tasted.
I didn't like chunky salsa when I was a kid. To be exact, I didn't like Pace Picante, which is what my parents always bought. Not a huge fan of Pace still, but can eat it, and learned that I actually do like chunky salsa once I tried some fresh ones.
A crapton of stuff. Growing up, everything was out of a box or can. My parents were resolutely mediocre--if not terrible--cooks. It took relationship partners and housemates to show me how incredible food--even green vegetables!--can be when it is made well.
Tomato soup
I hate tomatoes on most things and thought wow tomato soup there is no possible way I will ever eat that and then I did and now I will always take the chance to eat tomato soup
I hate tomatoes on most things and thought wow tomato soup there is no possible way I will ever eat that and then I did and now I will always take the chance to eat tomato soup
Mustard for sure. And I probably would have hated asparagus and brussels sprouts if I had ever eaten them as a kid, but because my dad doesn't like them we never tried.
As an adult, things I have learned that I can eat with my mom but not my dad include fish, brussels sprouts, asparagus, and mushrooms.
As an adult, things I have learned that I can eat with my mom but not my dad include fish, brussels sprouts, asparagus, and mushrooms.
