Foods you hated as a kid but tolerate/like now?

[WillParkinson]

When I was a kid I hated spinach and sweet potatoes. I remember sitting there with them in my mouth refusing to chew or swallow them. Tonight we had sweet potato breakfast burritos and they weren't bad at all.

Did you have any foods you hated when you were a kid but kind of like now?

[struggle4progress]

1. Broccoli. Cottage cheese

Woulda gagged as a youngster: now I think it's a great mix

Skim milk

Couldn't stomach the stuff then. Now I find it quite refreshing

[driver8]

16. I tried cottage cheese once as a kid and hated it. I still can't bring myself to eat it. n/t

[struggle4progress]

19. I still don't like it alone, but I find it mixes real well with fruit or stir fried veggies

[Swede]

2. Beer

:shrug:

[sakabatou]

3. Coffee

[distantearlywarning]

4. Fried eggs.

Hated them so much as a kid that just the smell of them would make me gag. I had trouble going out to restaurants during breakfast because all the eggs that other people around me were eating would make me so nauseated that I couldn't eat.

Age 18, I was sitting in my little studio apartment one night and suddenly had a really strong craving for a fried egg. I couldn't believe it and tried to ignore it for two hours, to no avail. Eventually I went and made myself a fried egg. I cautiously took a little tiny bite, and lo and behold, it was pretty good! So I ate the rest of it. Never had a problem with eggs or the smell of eggs since! I have a fried egg about 3 times a week now.

[alphafemale]

11. lol I had a near phobia about eggs over easy and runny yolks.

Then I learned that's what toast is for,

[GoCubsGo]

28. Worse than that, soft-boiled an poached eggs.

As a kid, I would only eat scrambled or hard-boiled. Now, my Sunday egg is usually over-easy, although, sometimes I'll poach it.

[Ohio Joe]

5. Seafood

Hated it as a kid, now I love it.

[applegrove]

6. Onions. I love them now. Then there is squash which I still can't stand.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Peas!

I just hated them.

Now? I like them, as long as there aren't too many...

[alphafemale]

9. Raw peas out of the pod are as sweet as candy. I guess you didn't have that treat as a kid.

Cooking can destroy the flavor and really turn them rancid though.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I never had that chance...my husband loved them that way.

They don't taste rancid to me when cooked. I just didn't like them...

[driver8]

17. I absolutely love raw peas out of the pod.

My wife buys them at Trader Joe's -- my kids love them, too.

When I was a kid, my grandfather grew them in his garden. I think my cousins and I ate most of them before he could pick them!

[alphafemale]

8. Practically everything.

Hated everything as a kid. I was a whiny baby and had a childish ick factor. There aren't many things I don't like now or won't at least try just out of the pure sport of it.

[Frosty1]

45. When did that start to change for you?

My grandson is 4 and will only eat chicken, bread, and hot dogs.

[alphafemale]

66. I was very picky all through childhood.

I was a young adult before I grew a more daring palate. If your grandson is taking a multi-vitamin of some sort I wouldn't be too worried.

[Hippo_Tron]

75. For me it was gradual as I got older, but I remember subtle changes in high school and college

My mother used to complain about how much of a picky eater I was and now my father is by far the pickiest in the family. I think young children (often) simply have childish tastebuds. But I think out of force of habit, they outgrow them a lot later than they should.

When I finally realized things like "lettuce and tomato give my hamburger texture and extra juice" or "bell peppers really give my fajitas a great crunch" I couldn't understand why I had always pushed those things off to the side in the first place.

[Pool Hall Ace]

10. Coconut.

Now, I love it! :loveya:

[7wo7rees]

13. Cauliflower

You win the longshot of the night if you thought I would EVER like cauliflower. It tasted like dried paste to me as a kid.

I have tried the fried cauliflower in 10 Lebanese/Greek restaurants by now, and I declare them ALL to be delicious.

I can even eat it raw now.

[auntAgonist]

14. cooked carrots, boiled eggs..

Now I love cooked carrots done el dente and I keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge for a snack.

It's odd how our tastes change.

aA

[elleng]

39. Same with you on cooked carrots, auntA! INSIST on them now!

[driver8]

15. I HATED sweet potatoes as a kid -- now, I love them.

I still don't like cooked spinach that much, but love raw spinach.

[kath]

52. Have you tried creamed spinach - much better than plain cooked spinach.

The creamed spinach at The Berghoff in Chicago used to be amazing!

[driver8]

63. I do like creamed spinach. I also like the way they cook spinach in Indian Restaurants.

I'm not sure what they do to it, but it is delicious!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Broccoli.

But I still can't stand Brussels sprouts or onions. And I liked liver when I was very small, but now I hate it.

[Chan790]

20. pickles.

Also salad dressing and pasta sauce.

[bikebloke]

21. Pizza

The school cafeteria served it with green beans. As I wasn't a fan of green beans then - eat them now - I associated pizza with them. It's all sorted now.

[alphafemale]

23. those school cafeteria green beans with the gray pallor about the gills?

I didn't eat a school lunch after the first day of First Grade. Which I promptly and dramatically hurled.

My mom continued to buy lunch tickets through sometime in the 4th grade but I just sat there and stared at it for the required 20 minutes.

[Xipe Totec]

22. You hated spinach?

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[City of Mills]

36. Hahaha, that's great!

I loved spinach as a kid, directly because of Popeye...not sure I would've liked it otherwise.

As far as the OP, i'd have to say pickles, hated them as a kid - like them now, but they have to be fresh and crispy, like deli pickles...I still don't like those limp neon green slices floating in formaldehyde.

[Xipe Totec]

49. Pancakes with mustard and salt

After wolfing down a half dozen eggs, sunny side up, with bacon strips on the side.

My cousins still talk in wonder about that.

40 years later...

[Denninmi]

24. Olives.

I thought they were vile. Started eating them in Greek salad around college age. Now, I love all kinds of olives.

[Denninmi]

25. Olives.

I thought they were vile. Started eating them in Greek salad around college age. Now, I love all kinds of olives.

[GoCubsGo]

26. Fish.

The only fish I liked as a kid was tuna, and maybe fish sticks. Now, I love it all. In fact, I would rather eat fish than other meats. Even those little salty ones you put on pizza.

[OhioChick]

27. Cole slaw used to make me gag as a kid...

Now I love it.

[emilyg]

29. Liver and onions.

[GoCubsGo]

35. I'm just the opposite.

Loved it as a kid. Don't really care for it now. Part of it is from taking biology classes, where I learned exactly what the liver does.

[Kali]

30. it wasn't the food so much as textures

and I'm still picky about that

I didn't like things mixed, like in casseroles or as Chan mentioned - pasta sauce! I could pick out the meat and eat that on the side, but I didn't want that shit on my noodles.

I still hate things like nuts, raisins, or olives mixed into other foods.

I hated mushrooms until 2002, now I can eat them fine although they aren't something I intentionally seek out.

[susanr516]

31. Pork chops and avocados

HATED both as a child. Now, pork chops are ok, but I love avocados. I can now tolerate peas and lima beans, but still hate turnip greens, mustard greens, brussels sprouts, radishes, and cooked cabbage. Strangely, I liked butter beans as a child, but not any more.

[Broken_Hero]

32. Rye bread, and cranberry juice, nt

[LeftishBrit]

33. Peas. Brussels sprouts. Courgettes.

I still don't like liver or kidneys.

[NewJeffCT]

34. Most fruits & vegetables

I'd have rather gone hungry that eat most of them. Now, I do a decent job of eating some of them.

[Danmel]

37. Eggplant

Olives, still don't like the green ones, asparagus. Will eat them all now happily.!

[EOTE]

62. Same here.

I hated eggplant as a kid, but I absolutely love it now. It's bitter irony that I developed an allergy to it as soon as I started liking it. It causes semi-painful bumps on my tongue when I eat it now, but it's totally worth it.

[Bombero1956]

38. broccoli, cauliflower, clam chowder, yogurt summer squash and zucchini

I hated all that stuff as a kid but after I got married my wife had me try it. I found I liked it and eat it all the time now. By comparison my wife has never liked peas and won't try them no matter how much I ask.

[trackfan]

40. Very many. I was a picky eater as a kid, but eat almost anything now.

I disliked not just specific things, like brussells sprouts, or yams; but whole classes of food, including almost all cheese; and anything with a white sauce, like mayonnaise, or bleu cheese dressing. I didn't start eating pizza, or mac & cheese, until I was a teenager. I don't think I had a cheeseburger until my late teens; and no burger with any sort of mayo or creamy sauce (like a Big Mac) until I was in my 20s.

[WinkyDink]

41. Hot peppers.

[Liberal Veteran]

42. Avocado.

As a kid, I hated them. As an adult, I eat them all the time and love them.

Rutabaga on the hand is vile joke of a food that I'm convinced parents just cooked to see if they could make their kids eat them as a punishment for keeping them up half the night as a baby.

[one_voice]

44. I like Rutabaga...

when I was small my granny used to make it. She'd mash it like mashed taters and put butter on it, I loved it. She would drizzle a little honey on spinach to get us to eat it. I miss my granny...

I love all veggies, even as a child.

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. Most foods. My mother was an atrocious cook.

Strangely, I later learned to be a good cook, got to discover that a lot of food was actually edible.
Except for canned spinach.
And sauerkraut. Can't stand either one then or ever.

[murielm99]

54. Same thing here.

My mother overcooked everything, or she got it out of a store-purchased can. She fried every type of meat.

I eat almost anything now, after learning to cook.

I like sauerkraut. My grandmother made her own. I can't stand canned spinach or lentils.

[dixiegrrrrl]

59. We kids, when small, would hide the canned spinach bites under the rug.

We were fed while we were lying on the rug in front of the radio, listening to Lone Ranger and shows like that,
while the parents ate at a side table, so my brother would do a distraction, I would hide my bite, then I would cover for him, he stuffed his spinach under the rug, etc.

I remember we did all this at a young age, and without ever discussing it.

Later when we were older and had dogs, life got easier at dinner time.

[quakerboy]

46. Not a one

I liked what I liked, and didn't like other things. And I still do. My wife keeps asking when I will get my "big boy taste buds".


There are a very small number of things that went the other way. I could tolerate fish sticks and tuna, and now will have nothing to do with either. Also bologna.

[HipChick]

47. French Fries, Potatoes - mashed,boiled,saute

[ElboRuum]

48. Tomatoes

Couldn't stand the seed-snot texture.

[femmocrat]

50. Red beets. n/t

[wickerwoman]

51. Mushrooms, bananas, olives, mayonnaise, pickles...

I used to have a massive sweet tooth and hated anything sour. Now its completely flipped. I can barely finish a slice of cake and ice cream makes me a bit nauseous but I loved pickled onions, grapefruit, mustard and olives.

I still won't eat canned vegetables though. That's pretty much my only remaining "no go" food.

[kath]

53. Don't blame you on the canned veggies - except for corn, they're vile.

one other exception would be canned potatoes -when we went camping, dad would use them to make home fries - saves a lot of peeling and slicing.

[shanti]

55. bell peppers, garlic

and onions. but what's life without garlic?? ;-)

i will never love liver though :(

[RandomThoughts]

56. You are perceptive.

didn't know anyone figured that out.

Gars :) Side note, you wont learn much about Gars from that set of books however :) As it should be.

Loreena McKennitt The Mummers Dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B7sH5QLyXY

Gar Lick.

Mr. Mistoffelees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lk138R6ShE


You wouldn't expect Han without a Wookie would you?


Jessica Alba - Sin City Bar Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpKjRitYdE



Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=407128

Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838


Constantine - Bring me to life (Evanescence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8d3K_hngw

[begin_within]

57. Parmesan cheese, and pizza with parmesan on it

I hated the smell of parmesan cheese, and I wouldn't go near pizza in my youth because of the smell of parmesan cheese. I still don't really like parmesan and still don't think of it as a good smell or appetizing smell. But I can tolerate it if a little is sprinkled on pizza or spaghetti.

[CBGLuthier]

58. The invention of fresh food has helped my tolerance a lot

Growing up in the 60's we had the great miracle of canned vegetables. Spinach, Mustard Greens, Corn. All from cans and all had nasty slimy texture and horrid taste.

As an adult I have learned to enjoy fresh spinach, either cooked or not. Corn on the cob the way nature made it. Other greens mostly raw.

Oddly enough, I have always liked liver.

[Xithras]

60. Brussel sprouts.

When I was a kid, an army couldn't have forcefed one to me. Nowadays I grow them in the garden and love them. My kids, on the other hand, are throwbacks.

Still can't eat cooked carrots though. I love them raw, but once they're cooked... :puke:

[ceile]

61. Squash and zucchini

Eat them about once a week now. Still cannot stand cooked carrots :puke:

[bif]

64. Most vegetables

I hated vegetables as a kid. Now I love them all except okra.

[Philippine expat]

65. Many

THEN NOW

Rice any style Rice any style
Chicken that wasn't fried Chicken any style
Coffee Coffee
Beans except those in Moms Chili Wifes 10 bean soup
Cheese Most cheeses as long as its melted/cooked

[zen_bohemian]

67. black eyed peas

I actually crave them sometimes, couldn't stand them as a kid

[Arctic Dave]

68. Babies.

Now, with the right spices, they can be quite good.:9

[cherokeeprogressive]

69. Bell peppers.

Hated them. Used to HATE when my Mom made stuffed bell peppers for dinner.

Now? Raw, stuffed, grilled... gimme more bell peppers!

[shanti]

70. yep

mom used to make stuffed bell peppers too and i would gag. i still prefer raw peppers over cooked, but will eat them any way now :) even have 4 plants in the garden growing like gangbusters!

[cherokeeprogressive]

71. We have them growing too.

My favorite is to cut them in half and put them on the grill open side up, then pour some teriyaki into the bowl shape. I put them over an unlit burner on the grill so they don't burn and just let them sit until the meat is done.

Damn yummy.

[shanti]

72. sounds good, i'll have to try that!

:hi:

[Hippo_Tron]

73. Yep me too, my dad still doesn't like them as an adult

And I never understood why. They have an extremely mild taste of their own but a wonderful texture and they are very juicy. They taste like whatever you cook them in. I love me some green bell pepper/Pepperoni pizza, but I have a hard time finding other people who will eat it. I think they're under the impression that the bell peppers are spicy.

[Hippo_Tron]

74. Bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, broccoli

I still have a caveat that onions need to be cooked (preferably grilled or sauteed but I don't mind boiled in a soup or baked in an oven as long as they aren't overpowering). Broccoli is a new one I'm starting to like, but it needs to have some kind of sauce to balance out the taste.

[provis99]

76. Beer. Hated beer as a kid.

Unfortunately, now I can't live without beer.