Favorite foods THEN ... Favorite foods NOW

pancakerunner
pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
edited March 2021 in Food and Nutrition
What was/were your favorite food/foods when you were a kid, and what is/are your favorite food/s now???
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  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    Then - Lasagna
    Now - Ribs
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited March 2021
    5? I don’t remember...maybe spaghetti. Thanks for making me feel super old. 😆

    Now - not sure I can pick one. Ribeye off the smoker, cheesecake...
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    5? I don’t remember...maybe spaghetti. Thanks for making me feel super old.

    Now - not sure I can pick one. Ribeye off the smoker, cheesecake...

    updated so it's just food as a kid haha...

    ribeye... drool...
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    5 - chicken & noodles, rice with sugar sauce, potatoes Anna, all the cheap candies.
    Now - salad, chicken & dumplings, roasted potatoes, roast chicken, coffee with whipped milk, stew-type heavy soups.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    As a kid - Pizza Hut pepperoni pan pizza, Little Debbie Swiss cake rolls, Cool Ranch Doritos, Snickers, chocolate chip cookie dough in the tube, Velveeta.

    Now - spicy foods in general, shrimp, kimchi, broccoli, rhubarb pie, any alfredo or vodka sauced pasta dish, hamburgers, blackberries, sugar snap peas.

    Still love my mom's homemade cream puffs!
  • natgurl95
    natgurl95 Posts: 17 Member
    Kid- Spaghetti with clam sauce or frozen chimichangas
    Adult- take out egg rolls, linguini with clam sauce, or crab legs
  • Speakeasy76
    Speakeasy76 Posts: 961 Member
    Oh gosh, I liked a lot of foods as a kids....part of my problem! I guess my favorites were my mom's lasagna and chicken and noodles, chocolate chip cookie dough ( my friend and would make it and eat it raw...oops), Ding
    Dong's (rare, parent bought Little Debbie's), Dunkin Donuts cream-filled donut, and of course--ice cream!

    As an adult, my favorites are still cheesy pastas, Indian food, Mexican, Starbucks salted caramel cream cold brew, and cake
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I've always liked lasagna and other types of pasta, ice cream, cookies, brownies, fried chicken, etc. It's easier to point out things I did NOT like as a kid but do now. Ex: coleslaw, green beans, onions, coffee, pbj, dark chocolate
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    I've always liked lasagna and other types of pasta, ice cream, cookies, brownies, fried chicken, etc. It's easier to point out things I did NOT like as a kid but do now. Ex: coleslaw, green beans, onions, coffee, pbj, dark chocolate

    I agree with you that is easier to say what I didn't like as a kid... didn't really have a "favorite" myself. Although I did have a special place for tri color pasta with parmesan
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited March 2021
    I ate pretty much similar same few things as a kid...

    Everything in the foods that remind you of childhood thread.

    I was a picky eater and only ate my moms cooking or a select few restaurants. I ate the same exact packed lunch every single day throughout all of elementary and middle school lol. My routine staples were..... tacos, cheese crisps, chicken nuggets with hot sauce, salt n vinegar chips, french fries with salt and vinegar, fruit snacks, spaghetti and meatballs, uncrustables, mini OJ without pulp, salami sandwiches, lil debbie coffee cakes, kraft mac and cheese (but only spirals or shapes), broccoli, baby carrots, hot dogs, ballpark corn dogs, franks hot sauce and vinegar on everything, slurpees, italian ice, honey buns, pizza rolls, BK chicken fries,

    Things I didn't like that I do now: Chocolate, homemade hamburgers (I would ONLY eat mcdonalds hamburger, never a homemade one as a kid), turkey, ketchup, chicken or turkey lunch meat,

    Now.....
    Salads, wraps, pudding/pumpkin, bars, pizza, chicken, all veggies pretty much
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    As a treat I remember going out with the family to A & W and getting a Whistle dog. Dairy Queen - Peanut Buster Parfait and Slurpees too.

    I didn't like some of these in the least as a kid, but love them now (way too many to list): cauliflower/dark chocolate/fish/

    What remained? (lots too) For sure is the love of homemade crunchy PB on toast! I will never tire of pb...
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Kid - breakfast was pancakes or french toast with loads of syrup, and butter. Capt'n Crunch when I could get it.

    Now - breakfast is oatmeal w/ peanut butter and maybe kimchi and an egg on top.
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    Another one from childhood that I absolutely loved for lunch was Kraft Dinner with cut up hotdogs in it...wouldn't entertain this in the least now lol!😫
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,773 Member
    I truly would love to know why I got the infamous disagree :D
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Cheese and onion crisps - I remember as a 5 YO when the ice cream van came round the rest of the family would get ice cream cones and I would have crisps.

    Savoury over sweet is still my preference. The "last meal of the condemned man" would definitely still include crisps now.

    I did go through a spell of disliking most meats and most vegetables in childhood but part of that was probably rebellion against the clear your plate mentality of parents brought up very poor and with food rationing.
    Epic battles of will ensued!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    as a kid, stuffed peppers, tacos, seafood

    as an adult... steak, seafood (primarily scallops but fish, too), grilled chicken salad
  • alexastoutxo
    alexastoutxo Posts: 139 Member
    I had the biggest sweet tooth as a kid and still do 😁
    Then: chocolate chip cookies, icecream, donuts, cereal, spaghetti, tacos, tortas, pizza, little debbie snack cakes, cakes, pb&js, sloppy joes, hamburgers(specifically in and outs), Chinese food the list goes on...
    Now: I still have a massive sweet tooth 😂which I can control thankfully so I still have cookies, brownies, icecream with the addition of some no sugar added treats like dark chocolate, cake, wafers etc. And savory foods like turkey wraps, salads, rice cakes, sandwiches, whole wheat pasta, chicken, shrimp, tuna. My taste buds have developed a bit more than when I was a kid but I forever will choose sweet over savory foods lol
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    VegjoyP wrote: »
    I truly would love to know why I got the infamous disagree :D

    I'm curious too! Come forward and state your case! 😉
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    I wouldn't go so far as to say it was my favorite food, but up there on the list were breakfast potato wedges cooked in olive oil and topped with a ton of cheese
  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    Hmmm....
    Kid: Hot dogs on a bun with mac and cheese with peas, my Dad's chocolate chip pancakes
    Now: Fiber pasta mac and cheese with peas 😄 protien pancakes

    LORD JESUS bless have a good weekend! 💟
  • skelterhelter
    skelterhelter Posts: 803 Member
    edited March 2021
    Then: grilled cheese and tomato soup, chicken nuggets, fast food of any sort. I was basic.

    Now: Curries, pad thai, eggplant parmigiana, pizza, Mexican food, my dad's meatloaf...and I still love grilled cheese and tomato soup!
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Then: tamales, grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup with oyster crackers

    Now: curry oatmeal with mushrooms, onion, and bok choy; flash-steamed morel mushrooms and asparagus; avocado toast
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    Then: tamales, grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup with oyster crackers

    Now: curry oatmeal with mushrooms, onion, and bok choy; flash-steamed morel mushrooms and asparagus; avocado toast

    Your 'now' sure sounds delicious! I love savory oatmeal too
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    skelterhelter wrote: »
    Then: grilled cheese and tomato soup, chicken nuggets, fast food of any sort. I was basic.

    Now: Curries, pad thai, eggplant parmigiana, pizza, Mexican food, my dad's meatloaf...and I still love grilled cheese and tomato soup!

    First thing I learned to cook— a little older than 5– grilled cheese and tomato soup. Still the best comfort food.
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    THen: When I was a kid I absolutely loved peanut butter on Graham crackers...

    Now....I absolutely love peanut butter on graham crackers...with a bit of flaked sea salt on top... I'm so refined now🤣
  • EyeOTS
    EyeOTS Posts: 362 Member
    Then: mac and cheese, pancakes, pizza
    Now: curries, ribs, peanut butter, goat cheese
  • jennypapage
    jennypapage Posts: 489 Member
    My favourite foods as a kid are still my favourites now.

    Spaghetti
    grilled chicken and potatoes (my mom says a grilled potato is the first food i ate as a baby . apparently i stole one from the plate. After that she knew i was ready to transition to grown up food :smiley: )
    gemista (rice stuffed vegetables).
    all types of pies except spinach pie.

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