One Food You Avoided Since Childhood

UltraVegAthlete
UltraVegAthlete Posts: 667 Member
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What is a food you have for some reason avoided since childhood? Have you tried it as an adult and liked it?
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  • CaptainFantastic01
    CaptainFantastic01 Posts: 9,558 Member
    I have always been a 'try a little' person
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Ham...not for religious reasons, but because it looks like old people's gums when they remove their dentures.

    Olives...although I will occasionally eat tapinade

    Mushrooms...although I will eat mushroom soup as long as it doesn't have big chunks of mushroom in it. I will also eat mushrooms in chicken marsala (but only a few)

    I wouldn't touch beets as a child (must have been scarred by a bad borscht experience)...but discovered I loved them as an adult

    I saw someone on line at the deli the other day order head cheese. I'd never seen anyone order it before and assumed they had the same Boar's Head loaf behind the counter since 1972.

    I never ate brussels sprouts as a child...mainly because my mother did not like them, so she never made them. Tried them as an adult and they are now one of my favorite vegetables.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Liver. I have handled it raw. I have not tried cooking and eating it. It is gross.
    Lobster, shrimp, clams. Have not wanted to try these things. My dad had a seafood allergy so we did not have it at home.
  • whitney_cherelle
    whitney_cherelle Posts: 19 Member
    Peas
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I've haven't eaten meat since I was about 12. Haven't tried it as an adult. No desire to

    As a kid I hated Kraft Dinner (mac & cheese), as an adult I crave it but don't indulge. Random...I used to make the best homemade "mac" and cheese (I didn't use macaroni because for some bizarre reason I hate that pasta shape)...I have nostalgic feelings for it
  • go_cubs
    go_cubs Posts: 1,183 Member
    Is soda a food ?
  • ComedicChrissy
    ComedicChrissy Posts: 3 Member
    Celery.
  • AndOne8675
    AndOne8675 Posts: 151 Member
    Scalloped potatoes. My mom made this "fancy dish" when I was sick as a kid and I barfed. Even the name sounds gross still 30 yrs later. I like all other potato dishes.

  • jenandjoon
    jenandjoon Posts: 86 Member
    I puked after eating dipping dots. So no bueno.
  • Smilin40
    Smilin40 Posts: 1,828 Member
    Fish if it’s from the sea it’s not for me .
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
    edited March 2018
    spanish_liza wrote: »
    Is soda a food ?

    I second soda. Never liked the fizziness.
  • Gould118
    Gould118 Posts: 544 Member
    Eggs! :s
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    Lamb and veal :s
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited March 2018
    Olives. Still hate them.
    Raw celery. They used to serve it in the middle school cafeteria (we had no options)... Yuck.
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    Artichokes
    Liver
    Cauliflower
    Anything curry
  • CircleJerkk
    CircleJerkk Posts: 38 Member
    canned peas
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    grape jelly
    chimichangas (elementary school lunch horror)
  • BattyKnitter
    BattyKnitter Posts: 503 Member
    Green peas yuck!
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    Fried liver. But I like pâté de foie gras.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Lima *kitten* beans
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Onions. I still hate them.
  • marissafit06
    marissafit06 Posts: 1,996 Member
    Cottage cheese. Was allergic or something as a kid and the texture looks gross to me now.
  • yumesoraki
    yumesoraki Posts: 4,859 Member
    Pickled beets (mom loved that bleh) and pasta salad. I can't look at pasta salad without feeling ill. >.<;;;;;
  • shawkela
    shawkela Posts: 1 Member
    Brussell Sprouts and Beef Liver.
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    raw onions
    shrimp & lobster.... but I love crab, scallops, and raw oysters - go figure
    green peas
    lamb
    popcorn
    deviled eggs, egg salad, potato salad, the yolk of a hard boiled egg... I see a trend

    Maybe I'm just a little picky :D
  • Kimmotion5783
    Kimmotion5783 Posts: 417 Member
    Seafood! I hated seafood for most of my life (with the exception of maybe the odd shrimp now and then). Just couldn't stand the smell of it. A few years ago, my taste buds changed and now I love it, but unfortunately developed a shellfish allergy. Go figure!!!
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    Cottage cheese is definitely another one for me. My mom used to love it with pineapple.
    *gag* :D
  • Sam29a
    Sam29a Posts: 201 Member
    Sheep trotters and tripe. Why would anyone choose to eat it?!

    Also, this stuff. tf66lqm6jkio.jpg

    Once when I was 7 or 8, my sister and I ate a whole packet of it between us. Never felt so sick after and never touched the stuff again.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Green peas. Don't like them alone or in "fancy" casserole Mom used to make. You know, tuna noodle casserole with canned peas and those little cubed carrots...

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