Thread: Food You Hated As A Kid, But Like Now?

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:34:20 -1000, dsi1
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 10/10/2012 1:41 PM, John John wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:02:51 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> A few months ago, went with my dad and family to a Mexican restaurant. He
>>> said it was the first burrito he had ever had... He's 88... I can't
>>> imagine a life without burritos.
>>
>> I have no idea what a burrito is, although I have heard of the Burrito
>> Brothers.
>>
>
>I've heard of a burrito but not a Burrito Brothers unless you're
>referring to the kind that flies.

Yes, them.

On 10/10/2012 5:28 PM, James Silverton wrote:

> At about six-years old, I remember hating any wine or beer,

You knew what wine and beer tasted like at 6 years old? ISTR you grew
up in the UK. Is that normal?

any cheese,
> brussels sprouts, cabbage, turnip. All but turnip I began steadily to
> like more and more as a teenager. The liking for brassicae came when I
> had them cooked properly not boiled to death.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:23:02 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

> I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads. I tried a bite of one once when I
> was a kid and I never went back. With salads, each component just
> makes it worse and worse.

You're as much of a food phobic as Julie Bove.

What kind of salad was it? What kind of dressing and vegetables? To
write off all salads based on one bite you took 30-35 years ago is
just psychotic, IMO.

A Cobb Salad, for example, is food made for the Gods:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/

-sw

My mom was a wonderful cook Except for rice. You could spoon into a bowl of
rice that she prepared and scoop up the entire blob with one swoop. When I
was a child, I hated rice. When I learned to cook it properly, I love it -
with butter, with gravy, in a casserole or pudding.
I also hated liver. Still do. It's just as well; it's not something on
a heart-healthy diet anyway.
Never knew why anyone would eat rutabaga on purpose. Polly

On Oct 10, 6:41*pm, John John <J...@invalid.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:02:51 -0400, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:
> >A few months ago, went with my dad and family to a Mexican restaurant. *He
> >said it was the first burrito he had ever had... *He's 88... *I can't
> >imagine a life without burritos.
>
> I have no idea what a burrito is, although I have heard of the Burrito
> Brothers.

OMG I have a Flying Burrito Brothers cassette! I love it!

On Oct 10, 10:47*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:23:02 -0700 (PDT), djs0...@aol.com wrote:
> > I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads. *I tried a bite of one once when I
> > was a kid and I never went back. *With salads, each component just
> > makes it worse and worse.
>
> You're as much of a food phobic as Julie Bove.
>
> What kind of salad was it? *What kind of dressing and vegetables? *To
> write off all salads based on one bite you took 30-35 years ago is
> just psychotic, IMO.
>
> A Cobb Salad, for example, is food made for the Gods:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/
>
> -sw

It was a regular green salad. To this day I cannot eat any type of
salad dressing without shuddering. It's like having to take the
worst tasting cough syrup imaginable. So that leaves out things like
tuna salad and chicken salad too. The raw onions commonly found in
salads are bad too. I like onion when used as a seasoning in cooked
dishes but never by itself and definitely not raw.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:47:37 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:

> On Oct 10, 10:47*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:23:02 -0700 (PDT), djs0...@aol.com wrote:
>>> I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads. *I tried a bite of one once when I
>>> was a kid and I never went back. *With salads, each component just
>>> makes it worse and worse.
>>
>> You're as much of a food phobic as Julie Bove.
>>
>> What kind of salad was it? *What kind of dressing and vegetables? *To
>> write off all salads based on one bite you took 30-35 years ago is
>> just psychotic, IMO.
>>
>> A Cobb Salad, for example, is food made for the Gods:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/
>
> It was a regular green salad. To this day I cannot eat any type of
> salad dressing without shuddering. It's like having to take the
> worst tasting cough syrup imaginable.

You must have had a very easy childhood if salad dressing trauma is
all you sustained when you were a kid.

> So that leaves out things like
> tuna salad and chicken salad too.

So you won't even use mayo?

All from just one bit of salad when you were a kid. You should have
learned to overcome your petty fears long ago, IMO.

-sw

[email protected] wrote:
> On Oct 10, 10:47 pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:23:02 -0700 (PDT), djs0...@aol.com wrote:
>>> I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads. I tried a bite of one once when
>>> I was a kid and I never went back. With salads, each component just
>>> makes it worse and worse.
>>
>> You're as much of a food phobic as Julie Bove.
>>
>> What kind of salad was it? What kind of dressing and vegetables? To
>> write off all salads based on one bite you took 30-35 years ago is
>> just psychotic, IMO.
>>
>> A Cobb Salad, for example, is food made for the
>> Gods:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/
>>
>> -sw
>
> It was a regular green salad. To this day I cannot eat any type of
> salad dressing without shuddering. It's like having to take the
> worst tasting cough syrup imaginable. So that leaves out things like
> tuna salad and chicken salad too. The raw onions commonly found in
> salads are bad too. I like onion when used as a seasoning in cooked
> dishes but never by itself and definitely not raw.

I'm with you on the salad dressing. The only kind I can eat is Italian and
only a small amount in a pasta salad. Never on a green salad although I do
like salsa on there.

I can no longer have tuna or chicken or even mayo but I did love them. I
used to think that I hated Mayo because my mom served us Miracle Whip and
called it mayo. Only after getting a sandwich with mayo on it after asking
for it to be left off and not having time for them to redo it did I realize
that I actually did like it. I would ever use it on a sandwich at home but
it was fine in something like a tuna salad. And I did dislike it on
burgers.

On 10/10/2012 2:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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>
> Nope, if I didn't like it then I don't like it now. I've never
> understood the point of saying something is an acquired taste. If I
> don't like something the instant I put it in my mouth I'm certainly
> not going to keep eating it.
>


Perhaps not at the time, but you might like it another time, or with
another preparation. I used to hate squash. Now I like it.... a lot. I
hated Brussels Sprouts when I was a kid. My mother used to cook them
until they were soggy. I learned to cook them only until there is still
a bit of a crunch to them and they are quite tasty. My mother always
boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
they are roasted they are delicious.

On 10/11/2012 9:25 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Perhaps not at the time, but you might like it another time, or with
> another preparation. I used to hate squash. Now I like it.... a lot. I
> hated Brussels Sprouts when I was a kid. My mother used to cook them
> until they were soggy. I learned to cook them only until there is still
> a bit of a crunch to them and they are quite tasty. My mother always
> boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
> they are roasted they are delicious.

Yum, I like a medley of roasted beets, parsnips, turnips and carrots.
My mother used to cube and boil rutabagas, then she would mash them,
they tasted so good, but I do not see rutabagas in the markets very often.

The only vegetable I did not like, was green beans. My first grade
teacher noticed that I was not eating them, and she asked me what spices
I liked. I told her that I liked black pepper, so she encouraged me to
add pepper to my green beans. I did, and I liked them. I am not fond of
asparagus or green lima beans, but I eat them.

Becca

[email protected] (Judy Haffner) wrote:

> Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to
> think mine have gotten more refined!



I've told this maybe a dozen times.
i
When I was two-years-old I had eye surgery to correct lazy
eyes. I had bandages over my eyes and Mom said that's when you
stopped eating everything.

I hated:
Eggs
Cheese
Mustard
Ketchup
Spaghetti sauce
Onions
Ham

It took a dinner invite to the upstairs neighbors that I
accepted. Dinner was enough spaghetti and meatballs in
spaghetti sauce. Ugh! Not wanting to be a picky diner, I
forced myself to try it. An astonishing feeling came over me.
I remember liking the flavors. I ate all I could!

Invited to breakfast they served homemade pumpernickel bagels
and cream cheese. Ugh! Again I forced myself and again that "I
liked this!" feeling.

That was in my early 20s. Finally, with renewed confidence the
food walls came tumbling down.

Except for Brussels sprouts and lima beans I've been making up
for once hated, now loved foods for 30 years.

I visited the family after loosing my pickyness. Mom was
overjoyed I ate everything she served. She probably cried
tears of joy!

I was only sad that I'd missed her cooking for so long!

Andy

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:06:02 -0500, "Polly Esther"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>My mom was a wonderful cook Except for rice. You could spoon into a bowl of
>rice that she prepared and scoop up the entire blob with one swoop. When I
>was a child, I hated rice. When I learned to cook it properly, I love it -
>with butter, with gravy, in a casserole or pudding.
> I also hated liver. Still do. It's just as well; it's not something on
>a heart-healthy diet anyway.
> Never knew why anyone would eat rutabaga on purpose. Polly

I love raw rutabagga, nicely crunchy, great for dips, don't like it
cooked.

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Nope, if I didn't like it then I don't like it now. I've never
> understood the point of saying something is an acquired taste. If I
> don't like something the instant I put it in my mouth I'm certainly
> not going to keep eating it.

Hey, knock it off... you're ruining getting blow jobs for us normal
guys. hehe

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:25:46 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

> My mother always
> boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
> they are roasted they are delicious.

They're a good addition to a (thick) winter bean soup too.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On 11/10/2012 6:07 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:25:46 -0400, Dave Smith
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My mother always
>> boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
>> they are roasted they are delicious.
>
> They're a good addition to a (thick) winter bean soup too.
>

But but but... that involves boiling. I dared to try them boiled after
learning that they were good roasted. I gave them another chance. They
are still nasty. Maybe if they are cut into tiny pieces they are too
small to taste.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:28:16 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 11/10/2012 6:07 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:25:46 -0400, Dave Smith
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> My mother always
>>> boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
>>> they are roasted they are delicious.
>>
>> They're a good addition to a (thick) winter bean soup too.
>>
>
>But but but... that involves boiling. I dared to try them boiled after
>learning that they were good roasted. I gave them another chance. They
>are still nasty. Maybe if they are cut into tiny pieces they are too
>small to taste.

If there is one vegetable only that benefits from roasting it is the
parsnip. So sweet and buttery and carmel tasting. I'd do them more
often but we don't see them much around here and they are very, very
expensive. If I had a garden situation where I could grow them, I
would. They really benefit from staying in the ground after frost.
Janet US

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:25:46 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

>O

>
>Perhaps not at the time, but you might like it another time, or with
>another preparation. I used to hate squash. Now I like it.... a lot.

Never liked squash and still do not when it is boiled and mashed.
Roasted in the oven though, is as good as eating candy. Amazing the
difference.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:28:16 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/10/2012 6:07 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:25:46 -0400, Dave Smith
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> My mother always
> >> boiled parsnip and it was nasty. A few years ago I discovered that when
> >> they are roasted they are delicious.
> >
> > They're a good addition to a (thick) winter bean soup too.
> >
>
> But but but... that involves boiling. I dared to try them boiled after
> learning that they were good roasted. I gave them another chance. They
> are still nasty. Maybe if they are cut into tiny pieces they are too
> small to taste.

I think you missed where I said that I like my bean soup *thick*,
which means most of the ingredients have disintegrated to some degree.
I grate ingredients like carrot, turnips and parsnips before I add
them to hasten their disintegration and subsequent thickening power.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

"Judy Haffner" wrote in message
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I don't know about you, but for sure my taste buds have changed from
when I was a kid until now in the "golden years" of my life. Whenever my
mother would fix carrot salad,
(snippage)

As a kid I loved hotdogs, Bologna, liverwurst and salami and think they
taste so 'blah' and "mealy" anymore.

Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to think mine have
gotten more refined!

Judy

***************
Of course your taste buds have changed. That doesn't mean you automatically
love something you hated as a kid. I still hate carrots and wouldn't touch
carrot salad with a ten foot pole. I never did like Bologna, liverwurst or
salami and I still don't. I'll eat an occasional grilled hot dog but only
at a cookout, and then not very often.

IMHO it *does* mean you've tried something you didn't like when you were a
kid and later discovered you like it. No big deal. Preparation often does
make a difference.

Jill