What food/drink did you love when you were a child, but can't stomach now?

Copper_Boom
Copper_Boom Posts: 85 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Strawberry flavored milk. Just the thought of it makes me gag a little.
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  • dowhatrightis
    dowhatrightis Posts: 30 Member
    edited December 2018
    Coke. It's like drinking a bottle of acid. More so than any other cola/ soda, other than maybe Pepsi. But I've never liked Pepsi anyway.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Brussels Sprouts. I absolutely loved them as a kid. Now, I don't like them cooked in any way.

    The reverse is true for broccoli though. Can't get enough of it now.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Blue cheese, coconut macaroons and marshmallows (ate too many of those last two and still have a pretty significant taste aversion to them)
  • maureenkhilde
    maureenkhilde Posts: 849 Member
    Malt O Meal, either flavor.
  • skelterhelter
    skelterhelter Posts: 803 Member
    Any super sugary candy (Pixie Sticks, Fun Dip, etc).
  • dulinh
    dulinh Posts: 99 Member
    Soda especially orange and grape, cheese from a can, sugary breakfast cereals
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    skelterhelter wrote: »
    Any super sugary candy (Pixie Sticks, Fun Dip, etc).

    Yeah, I was just thinking of these. I didn't love them as a kid, but I enjoyed them well enough, and not the idea makes me gag.

    Orange pop, that was what I always got if we went to McD's.

    Fish sticks.
  • lgt2015
    lgt2015 Posts: 30 Member
    Packaged snack cakes like Twinkies, Lil' Debbie cakes, etc. I used to get them in my lunches when I was a kid and loved them. Now they don't even taste like food.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    lgt2015 wrote: »
    Packaged snack cakes like Twinkies, Lil' Debbie cakes, etc. I used to get them in my lunches when I was a kid and loved them. Now they don't even taste like food.

    I agree with this one, definitely. I lived for Ding Dongs and Little Debbies as a kid and preteen. By high school they grossed me out. I even worked for Wonder Hostess right out of college and did not want the endless free snack cakes that were available. I lost like 15 lb without trying being around all that stuff daily (I needed to lose 115+ lb but still it was cool).

    Also agree with the strawberry milk! I liked it even 4-5 years ago but tried a little bottle of Nesquik strawberry recently and it just tasted like pink, sugar flavored milk to me, I couldn't even get a strawberry flavor from that - except if I used my imagination, I guess.

    Unfortunately, I still love most of the stuff I did as a kid though...Oreos & Famous Amos cookies with milk for dipping, cheeseburgers from just about any fast food place, pepperoni deep dish from Pizza Hut, and I'd probably still take down one of the XL meatballs-and-cheese Hot Pockets, given the chance.

  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Mayo sandwiches. Ugh why?
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    edited December 2018
    Lemon marinated raw fish or gelatinous seaweed pie.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    Pickles
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited December 2018
    Oh, I thought of one! As a kid, I used to break a piece of American cheese into quarters, put each on a saltine, and heat them in the microwave. Best after school snack ever, IM (as a child) O. Now, I haven't had a saltine in ages, and don't like American cheese.

    Another, Nilla wafers in milk. I'd dunk them longer and longer until the milk was filled with cookie and then drink it.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Velvetta, Cheese Whiz, cereal, canned vegetables
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Soft boiled eggs.
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    The abomination that is American "cheese", strawberry milk, kashi (tears up my stomach), oatmeal (unfortunately, can't tolerate GI-wise..nothing against taste/texture), and pretty much any sugar laden garbage "snacks" or candies
  • RunnerGrl1982
    RunnerGrl1982 Posts: 412 Member
    edited December 2018
    I used to drink a bunch of Yoo-hoo as a kid, but it tastes like liquid cardboard. Not sure what I was thinking other than being happy to drink some sort of chocolate milk. :D
  • Luv2eatSweets
    Luv2eatSweets Posts: 221 Member
    Revels candy, chocolate eclairs candies, Lord Toffingham ice cream bar, walnut whips, fried bread with egg, shepherds pie.
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    Anything super sugary, as someone mentioned (just can't)... Regular ol' milk (srsly, I'd drink that *kitten* so often)... Cheese and mayonnaise sandwiches. I mean, SLATHERED, falling out of the sandwich, mayonnaise as a main ingredient.

    Don't judge me. We weren't watched as kids, I had so many bad food habits from taking care of myself. .___.
  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 17,636 Member
    There is a cheese spread served on bread at one of my favorite restaurants https://clearmansrestaurants.com/northwoods-inn/
    I was nuts about it as a kid.
    Recently I had it again and thought "Meh, it tastes like there's mayonnaise in it"
    Although maybe they changed the recipe?
    This is supposedly the recipe - maybe this recipe is better than what they serve now in the restaurant.
    https://www.jamhands.net/2008/04/daily-recipe-north-woods-inn-garlic.html
    The restaurant also serves red cabbage salad, which I used to love. When I last had it, it seemed more oily and less tangy than I remembered.
  • Jadesfire93
    Jadesfire93 Posts: 92 Member
    Spaghettios. Any variation is just sickly sweet to me now.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,200 Member
    As a child, my favorite bedtime snack was chocolate milk alongside a good-sized hunk of peeled cucumber. I still love cucumber unreasonably much, but rarely drink chocolate milk (offered, I could take it or leave it). I don't eat them side by side, but the idea doesn't totally gag me.

    Another thing I liked was those frozen breaded fish sticks, still frozen (don't panic; they're pre-cooked). I can't imagine enjoying them that way now. (Although I'm vegetarian now, that's not why I wouldn't like them.) Yikes!

    I also remember eating Milk Bone dog biscuits, but that was more an experiment than an actual eating preference. Not that tasty, as I recall.

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