Name a Food You Hated as a Kid and Now Love

Mushrooms

not as a kid really but I couldn't stand it until I was in the Army

standing out in the middle of nowhere Ft.Knox cold as hell and realizing that they bring coffee before they bring water I decided that I need to learn to drink it.

the summer. How long ago were you there?

the Army enlistment said "16 weeks" of basic. I didn't do the math and realize that that is 4 months

Yes I understand that in the summer Ft.Knox is an oven

to be standing around doing nothing.

The same goes for playing spades. If four guys are sitting by the tank playing spades and one guy is up on the turret reading a book, guess who gets put on detail?

Turnip greens are definitely an acquired taste. I loved all other greens just not the turnip.

I think I got lonely for them when I lived in The North (Boston) and they were not on the plate lunches!

But I learned to LOVE coffee in Boston! And shrimp.

Strange.....


;)

:evilgrin:

Yep, my dad let me take a sip when I was a wee lass of 5 or 6. He wasn't pushing it on me! :D I thought beer smelled really great, and I'd always stick my nose close to the opening in the can and take a deep breath. One day my dad and my uncle were sitting out on the back patio by the grill, in our old metal and green plastic web chairs, waiting for the charcoal to heat up for hamburgers or some such. Dad's beer was sitting on the patio next to him, and my dad watched me catch yet another whiff of his Genny Cream Ale (oh yes the green can with the pull-off pull tab--I can see it now). So he said "Go ahead--try it." I took a small sip.

:puke:

Beer never touched my lips again till I was 18.

Genny's headquarters are here in my hometown, so I speak from experience.

Actually I didn't hate them as a kid, but I didn't much care for them either. Now I can't get enough of shrimp and shellfish.

I remember my mom making sauerkraut pierogis for the Christmas eve dinner along with the traditional potato ones, and hating them. I think just because they tasted different from the potato ones. I've definetly come to appreciate them now, though.

Actually, I've always liked it, but my mom refused to serve it unless it was totally submerged in melted cheese. Fresh steamed broccoli (ok, with maybe just a dusting of grated Parmesan) is fantastic.

...and even enjoy it the way my sister-in-law makes it.

As a child, the smell of cooking broccoli, cabbage, turnip greens and okra would nauseate me.

Now, I could eat about a pound and a half of them. Go figure.

I thought Popeye was stupid for eating eat.

I was probably in college before I found out you could eat fresh spinach in salads, or even cook it yourself.

Of course, being told "It'll put hair on your chest" by my furry Italian uncle probably didn't help either.

I love it in salads and on sandwiches.

But I don't boil the shit out of them the
way my mother did...

I still can't stomach spinach, though.

:puke:

I also cannot swallow WAXED BEANS.

:puke:

When faced with canned spinach (my mom specialized in all the canned vegetables), I thought it was great that I could swallow the slimy spinach without chewing it. I could barely taste it.

I hated it either way as a kid, but then I got one of those National Lampoon cassette carrying case with a complimentary National Lampoon comedy cassette. There was this part on the cassette that had a series of tones, that when deciphered on sheet music, revealed a "secret aphrodisiac." After looking up what an aphrodisiac was...along with my usual dictionary search of all sorts of sexual terms just for the fun of it, I deciphered the tones. It was aged cabbage.

I never forgot how much fun I had doing that. I started liking cabbage after that. Consequently, I've been horny ever since that day. :evilgrin:

But not for the same reason, LOL!

Then, i had a friend who i made a deal with... i'd eat broccoli if she tried lima beans (which she claimed she hadn't eaten since preschool).

I discovered that i actually liked broccoli, as well as cabbage and cauliflower. She, however, still hates the limas. *L*

hated them until I tasted fresh sprouts cooked properly

I cant get enough of it now. But we grow it and pick it every day during the season. I suspect what I had growing up was canned.

the yolk of fried eggs and conversely any visible chunks of white in scrambled eggs - still don't like that, but fried eggs are all good, mushrooms too - I don't LOVe them now but I can eat them (my poor mother)

I'm sure there is more, for a fat broad I am a pretty picky eater.

And tomato? If you had told 13 year old flvegan that he'd be eating some sort of tomato at just about every meal when he was 30-something, he'd have laughed in your face.

They were always too dry for me because I had a badly deviated septum and couldn't breath through my nose. But when that was fixed they became the stuff of manna. Now I've found out they're a great source of nutrition. I can eat them without anything but pepper on them.

and avocados.

Still hating the mushrooms.

I wouldn't touch the stuff as a kid. Now I quite like the "fresh-ground" kind.

Now I love it but as a kid my Mom always boiled the shit out of it. But now I grill it and it my favorite food.

Now I love it but as a kid my Mom always boiled the shit out of it. But now I grill it and it my favorite food.

Hated it when I was a kid; love it now.

I think it mostly has to do with how it was prepared. When I was a kid, it seemed most moms cooked veggies to death. Blech.

Now, steamed or sauteed asparagus (and most other veggies) -- YUM!!

I now am grossed out by all meat, but still, lazily, ingest bird and fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittermelon

They were too pungent for me as a kid, but I love cooking them now.

Yum. :9

How could I not like pumpkin pie? Crazy.

It freaked me out as a kid, but now I love it, raw, steamed, or stir-fried.

That texture is just wrong. It's firm and mushy at the same time, like sliced slug. :scared:

Like them a lot now.

I hated onions as a kid. I still HATE them.

RL

For some reason, I loved potatoes in all forms except for baked. Now it's my preference.

I hated it as a kid. It's now my favorite vegetable. I was raised on the slimy canned version.

Would not go near it or any strong cheeses as a kid. Now I love it sprinkled on salads.

Carly

Love them now!