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

"Judy Haffner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to think mine have
> gotten more refined!
>
> Judy

Hi Judy,

I ate fried boloney just about every day as a kid. And steakums. (my gf was
impressed how many I could eat, still talks about.)... And in college would
eat a Big Mac, and a quarter pounder-- the same meal. (How did I do that?
And still be 170lbs. (stress relief. I eat to relieve stress.)... Now
veggie going on 20 years. (lacto-ovo but haven't had ovo since got the
cholesterol results back couple months ago...

Hope I earned some karma points by going veggie... TJ talks about the
squirrel... One the other Side, I hope there's not a bunch of cows waiting
for me at the Gates.

On Oct 10, 2:10*pm, jhaff...@webtv.net (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> 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, I thought for sure she was trying to
> punish me (LOL) and now it's the first thing I go for on a salad bar! I
> also didn't like coleslaw very much, absolutely hated squash, and now I
> really like both. In fact, squash is my most *favorite veggie of all. I
> like to cube it up, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, brown sugar and
> put pats of butter on top and bake it...yum! *I also didn't like my
> mother's spaghetti, as she always stirred grated cheese into it and I
> like just Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. I could eat spaghetti every
> day of the week, I think!
>
> 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

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.

On Oct 10, 1:10*pm, jhaff...@webtv.net (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> 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.

Green bell peppers and lettuce.
>
> Judy

--Bryan

Anything green.

When I was about 17, I attended a banquet with other teens and when they served the salad to everyone, I was embarrassed into trying it. Hey - not bad!!

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:20:53 -0400, Somebody wrote:

> "Judy Haffner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>
>> Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to think mine have
>> gotten more refined!
>>
>> Judy
>
> Hi Judy,
>
> I ate fried boloney just about every day as a kid. And steakums. (my gf was
> impressed how many I could eat, still talks about.)... And in college would
> eat a Big Mac, and a quarter pounder-- the same meal. (How did I do that?
> And still be 170lbs. (stress relief. I eat to relieve stress.)... Now
> veggie going on 20 years. (lacto-ovo but haven't had ovo since got the
> cholesterol results back couple months ago...

What's the use of watching what you eat if you're ****faced 20 hours
out of every day?

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:20:53 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Judy Haffner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]..
>
>> Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to think mine have
>> gotten more refined!
>>
>> Judy
>
>Hi Judy,
>
>I ate fried boloney just about every day as a kid. And steakums. (my gf was
>impressed how many I could eat, still talks about.)... And in college would
>eat a Big Mac, and a quarter pounder-- the same meal. (How did I do that?
>And still be 170lbs. (stress relief. I eat to relieve stress.)... Now
>veggie going on 20 years. (lacto-ovo but haven't had ovo since got the
>cholesterol results back couple months ago...
>
>Hope I earned some karma points by going veggie... TJ talks about the
>squirrel... On the other Side, I hope there's not a bunch of cows waiting
>for me at the Gates.

I were you I'd worry a whole lot more about the bulls, don't turn your
back in the marinating creek lest you get skewered.

Usenet Support Personnel <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:20:53 -0400, Somebody wrote:
>
>> "Judy Haffner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>> Have your tastes changed over the years too? I like to think mine
>>> have gotten more refined!
>>>
>>> Judy
>>
>> Hi Judy,
>>
>> I ate fried boloney just about every day as a kid. And steakums.
>> (my gf was impressed how many I could eat, still talks about.)...
>> And in college would eat a Big Mac, and a quarter pounder-- the same
>> meal. (How did I do that? And still be 170lbs. (stress relief. I
>> eat to relieve stress.)... Now veggie going on 20 years. (lacto-ovo
>> but haven't had ovo since got the cholesterol results back couple
>> months ago...
>
> What's the use of watching what you eat if you're ****faced 20 hours
> out of every day?

Well actually it all works together. I just make sure I drink heavily enough
that I have to blow chunks several times a day, so it's effectively the same
result as anorexia. But you are correct that I watch what I eat... I watch
it floating in the commode after I hurl.

I think this is why I can't reconcile with my girlfriend who says I have
permanent vomit breath. But that's not true, because I brush my teeth two or
three times a week, and when I can afford it, I buy the good floss. I just
don't think she will ever want me back and it's just another excuse to avoid
working things out.

"Kalmia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Anything green.
>
> When I was about 17, I attended a banquet with other teens and when they
> served the salad to everyone, I was embarrassed into trying it. Hey - not
> bad!!


I had a good friend that had not eaten a salad till 21. One day we went out
for dinner and he told me... He felt adventurous and got one-- said: "this
is good!" ...How can you be 21 and never have had a salad?? (I think he
was serious-- he seemed genuinely surprised to like it.)

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.

On Oct 10, 5:02*pm, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:
> "Kalmia" <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
>
>
> > Anything green.
>
> > When I was about 17, I attended a banquet with other teens and when they
> > served the salad to everyone, I was embarrassed into trying it. *Hey - not
> > bad!!
>
> I had a good friend that had not eaten a salad till 21. *One day we went out
> for dinner and he told me... *He felt adventurous and got one-- said: *"this
> is good!" *...How can you be 21 and never have had a salad?? *(I think he
> was serious-- he seemed genuinely surprised to like it.)
>
> 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'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.

On 10/10/2012 2:07 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>
> 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, I thought for sure she was trying to
> punish me (LOL) and now it's the first thing I go for on a salad bar! I
> also didn't like coleslaw very much, absolutely hated squash, and now I
> really like both. In fact, squash is my most favorite veggie of all. I
> like to cube it up, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, brown sugar and
> put pats of butter on top and bake it...yum! I also didn't like my
> mother's spaghetti, as she always stirred grated cheese into it and I
> like just Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. I could eat spaghetti every
> day of the week, I think!
>
> 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!
>

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


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

[email protected] wrote:
> jhaff...@webtv.net (Judy Haffner) wrote:
>
>> 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 ...

Taste changes as we age. The biggest change for me happened when I grew
up, becamse an adult and started liking nearly all vegetables.
Tolerance for bitter increases and preference for sweet decreases.

> 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.

Does not take into ac**** the reality of what happens as we age.

> If I
> don't like something the instant I put it in my mouth I'm certainly
> not going to keep eating it.

Depends on whether you recalibrate by trying it again years later. If
you don't you're a picky eater who is eating by memory not by your own
senses.

I now love and used to hate:

fish / shellfish
spicy food
olives

Tara

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


>I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads.

I'm over 60, and the same. I detest lettuce of all kinds.







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On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:33:23 -0700, The Other Guy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:23:02 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm over 40 and I don't eat salads.
>
>I'm over 60, and the same. I detest lettuce of all kinds.

I like lettuce-- but there is no law that says a salad has to have
lettuce.

Jim
[and to the OP-- blue cheese comes to mind]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:28:11 -0400, James Silverton
<[email protected]> wrote:


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

I was an unusual child as far as food was concerned.

I loved spinach, broccoli, and brussels sprouts and still do.
Same with most veggies other than cauliflower.

I don't particularly like lima beans or peas, but can eat them.

I also liked pepper, and like it more now, but not ANY kind of
bell peppers.

I hate liver, but most other meats are fine.












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On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:02:51 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Kalmia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]..
>>
>> Anything green.
>>
>> When I was about 17, I attended a banquet with other teens and when they
>> served the salad to everyone, I was embarrassed into trying it. Hey - not
>> bad!!
>
>
>I had a good friend that had not eaten a salad till 21. One day we went out
>for dinner and he told me... He felt adventurous and got one-- said: "this
>is good!" ...How can you be 21 and never have had a salad?? (I think he
>was serious-- he seemed genuinely surprised to like it.)
>
>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 ate a burrito once... okay, part of a buritto.... don't even
remember what it looked like and I'm glad... I remember is was a way
to stretch beans! LOL

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
<[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.

So, IOW: you're still just as immature as you were when you were a
kid.

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

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.

On Oct 10, 5:57*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:02:51 -0400, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:
> >"Kalmia" <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]..
>
> >> Anything green.
>
> >> When I was about 17, I attended a banquet with other teens and when they
> >> served the salad to everyone, I was embarrassed into trying it. *Hey- not
> >> bad!!
>
> >I had a good friend that had not eaten a salad till 21. *One day we went out
> >for dinner and he told me... *He felt adventurous and got one-- said: *"this
> >is good!" *...How can you be 21 and never have had a salad?? *(I think he
> >was serious-- he seemed genuinely surprised to like it.)
>
> >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 ate a burrito once... okay, part of a buritto.... don't even
> remember what it looked like and I'm glad... I remember is was a way
> to stretch beans! LOL

A steak burrito at a taqueria in Chicago or Dallas can't help but be
wonderful, and I gather that the same is true for S. Cali. You can
always ask them to leave out any ingredient. I strongly dislike
cilantro, and detest green onions, but very few places put those on
burritos, even if they do put them on tacos or tostadas. I'm not
crazy about flour tortillas, and for that one reason, generally choose
tacos (soft corn tortilla) or tostadas.

--Bryan