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Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find it de
licious
By: jpcher Date: December 27, 2021, 10:39 am
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This thought for a topic came up while I was watching a
Christmas Dinner cooking show. The chef made what looked like an
absolutely delicious cranberry sauce. I said, "That looks really
good but I do.not.like cranberries."
Then I thought out loud "It's been years since I tried
cranberries. Maybe I should try again just to see if my tastes
have changed." So next time cranberries are served I will try a
little taste!
Case in point: While growing up I always had a strong dislike
for asparagus. Simply Ewww! Years later, when I went to my
future in-law's home for the first time meeting them LDH's Mom
served steamed asparagus with a bit of cheese sauce. I took one
stalk to be polite while cringing inside. It took some time for
me to put a piece of that yuck inside my mouth. When I finally
did, I was very surprised! It tasted good! I asked for more!
Now? I absolutely love asparagus.
Maybe it's the way it was prepared when a food aversion starts.
Different cooking methods do change or enhance the flavor of
certain foods. Are you adventurous enough to try something again
that you've always had a distaste for in the past?
Me? I will never, ever, try tasting liver again. No matter how
it's prepared. But I will try cranberries next time it's served.
;D
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: STiG Date: December 27, 2021, 10:50 am
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Food aversions have a lot to do with how things were cooked. I
dislike most canned vegetables because they are so mushy. But
now I've canned my own vegetables and they are much better.
I also disliked cranberry sauce as a child, even my Mom's
cranberry orange relish. Now? I'll eat a little regular
cranberry sauce but love the cranberry orange relish. I even
tried Mom's after Christmas dinner sandwich - turkey with the
relish on it. Really good.
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: Aleko Date: December 27, 2021, 11:26 am
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My mother told me how much she hated beer the first time she was
offered it. This was on a family hillwalking trip, and they
stopped at a pub at midday, so this was traditional English
bitter. I don't know how old she was, but I would guess
mid-teens. She was pleased to be offered beer as it meant she
was being treated as a grown-up, but when she got it she thought
it tasted absolutely vile, and only drank it all to appear
adult. She left the pub vowing never to accept another pint.
Till the next time they went hill walking; it was a hot day, and
toward noon she started to think 'I'm so thirsty! More than
anything in the world right now I'd like a big glass of that
horrible bitter beer! That would quench my thirst in the way a
nice glass of water or milk or ginger beer couldn't do!' And so
it proved. She never looked back.
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: Rose Red Date: December 27, 2021, 1:23 pm
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[quote author=STiG link=topic=2243.msg72658#msg72658
date=1640623835]
Food aversions have a lot to do with how things were cooked. I
dislike most canned vegetables because they are so mushy.
[/quote]
A lot of food hate is for this reason. Not all, but a lot. I
despise carrots no matter how they're cooked.
I grew up hating shrimp and still can't eat whole shrimp, but
discovered as an adult that I like it when mashed up and made
into shrimp cakes. I adore shrimp toast.
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: lowspark Date: December 28, 2021, 3:44 pm
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Our tastes certainly change over time. My mother always liked
bittersweet chocolate. I was always a milk chocolate fan. Over
time though, I came to like the bittersweet better than milk. In
general, I don't like overly sweet stuff like I used to as a
kid.
I used to hate peas as a kid. Mushy. But although they are still
mushy if cooked, I like them now. I often do put them in salads
though -- the frozen kind, just defrosted without cooking.
Better that way, but mushy's ok too.
Sauerkraut is another one. I have never liked it. I can eat it
now, if it comes on a Rueben, for example. But eh, I don't need
it to live.
That's all I can think of right now. I like most foods and
generally have never been a picky eater. So there's very little
I don't like, or didn't either always like or always like enough
to go ahead and eat!
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: peony Date: December 29, 2021, 9:50 am
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I grew up hating bean sprouts. My mother would make pork chop
suey with bean sprouts in her pressure cooker using only a shake
of soy sauce and a pinch of salt to season it. The dish was so
bland I used to dread chop suey nights. It really wasn't her
fault, though. In those days even something like soy sauce was
considered an "exotic" seasoning--you stuck with salt and pepper
and liked it, by golly. Years later I bought a can of bean
sprouts just on a whim, and found out I love them when they are
properly cooked. Now I can't get enough of them.
Modified to add that I had started to avoid bean sprouts
recently in the belief that they were causing my gout attacks,
but that proved wrong, thank gosh. I can still have my bean
sprouts.
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: Rose Red Date: December 29, 2021, 5:33 pm
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My mom grows Bitter Melon. I refused to eat it
because....bitter. It's still the same but the taste has grown
on me the past few years.
I've also grown to like eggplant and zucchini if cooked
properly. Still don't like cucumbers or tomatoes (unless it's
tomato sauce)
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: TootsNYC Date: December 30, 2021, 5:01 pm
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I was a kid when instant mashed potatoes came out. My mom served
them a lot, and I was getting tired of them. Then the part of
our school building that had the kitchen was condemned, and the
school cooks couldn't use an oven--everything had to be done on
a stovetop for some reason. So we started getting lots of
instant mashed potatoes at school lunch.
I vowed to never, ever eat mashed potatoes again.
Decades went by, and a restaurant near my job was known for its
"smashed potatoes." One day the entree I wanted was served with
them, and my friends urged me to try them instead of
substituting.
YUM!
I still don't like mashed potatoes that are too smooth or too
runny, but I love mashed potatoes again.
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: BeagleMommy Date: February 24, 2022, 8:14 am
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Green beans.
When I was a kid my mom had to give me a vegetable at dinner as
part of my diabetic meal planning. Problem was there were very
few vegetables I liked and in those days the vegetables were
always canned. Mom would serve either canned beets (which I
would happily eat) or canned green beans.
Every time I saw those mushy canned green beans my heart would
sink. I would have to choke them down. I did manage to feed
them to the dog a few times when Mom wasn't looking.
Then, when I met BeagleDaddy, he took me to a Chinese restaurant
and fresh green beans were part of one dish. Tried them and
fell in love.
Now I will happily eat fresh green beans (and several other
vegetables).
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Re: Foods you never liked, but tried again years later to find i
t delicious
By: honeybee42 Date: February 24, 2022, 9:56 am
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For me, food dislikes are definitely a texture thing.
When I started the diet, I had seen asparagus as essentially a
carrier for hollandaise sauce. Cooking them lightly, I find
that I like asparagus quite well.
Same thing with green beans--I made some for Thanksgiving one
year (in addition to the green bean casserole with all the
canned ingredients). My mom was shocked how short the time was
that I cooked them (beans were cooked, but still had a touch of
crispness), but those are green beans that can be consumed all
by themselves.
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