That food you used to hate but now love?

PhearlessPhreaks
PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I never liked grapefruit. I tried it several times as a teen and young adult; I tried it warmed with some equal, I tried it cubed up with other fruits but I could not find it enjoyable, or even palatable. I thought it was just one of those healthy foods I would never warm up to, so I stopped trying.

I can't really recall how or when this change happened, but I LOVE grapefruit now! I love it's tartness, it's juiciness, how it satisfies and makes me feel so damn healthy and good about myself… it has become a staple in my eating routine, and it sometimes amazes me. :)


How about you? What food did you used to hate, but now love?
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  • Luvs_Pink
    Luvs_Pink Posts: 24
    Mushrooms!!!

    As a kid you couldn't get me to touch them. Now, they are one of my most favorite things :)
  • MrsDougNOLA
    MrsDougNOLA Posts: 18
    Eggplant. Used to hate it. Now I can't get enough of it.
  • Bobby__Clerici
    Bobby__Clerici Posts: 741 Member
    I have developed a taste for grilled fish.
    We all want to be healthier, and so I grudgingly tried grilled salmon, tuna and even trout.
    It's not a t-bone...lol...but I have learned to love it.
  • mmk137
    mmk137 Posts: 833 Member
    i too use to hate mushrooms as a kid. Now I love them.

    However I still do not like fennel, or cucumber.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    I hate cottage cheese. AND I STILL DO. It looks like puke and tastes like sour milk >_<
    I bought it once and never will again lol
  • Bobby__Clerici
    Bobby__Clerici Posts: 741 Member
    Eggplant. Used to hate it. Now I can't get enough of it.
    I like fried eggplant....:bigsmile:
  • Cassierocksalot
    Cassierocksalot Posts: 266 Member
    Brussels Sprouts!!
  • davamarie32
    davamarie32 Posts: 9 Member
    Broccoli. I never really cared for it, not even covered in cheese. Now I crave it!
  • amybrauch
    amybrauch Posts: 250 Member
    Steamed cabbage. Yum!
  • run_on
    run_on Posts: 5
    Raisins and cashews...protein, fiber and carbs. Hated both until I needed fuel for running; they fill me up and make me feel great!
  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Bell Peppers and Raw Onions. I really thought I was allergic to bell peppers, but now I like them in a lot of things. :)
  • Syreeta6
    Syreeta6 Posts: 377 Member
    Mushrooms are growing on me :)
  • szonjakun
    szonjakun Posts: 94 Member
    Cabbage, eggplant, broccoli, greek yoghurt, carrot...there are a lot more :D
  • Syreeta6
    Syreeta6 Posts: 377 Member
    I hate cottage cheese. AND I STILL DO. It looks like puke and tastes like sour milk >_<
    I bought it once and never will again lol

    Ditto
  • gauchogirl
    gauchogirl Posts: 467 Member
    Onions, guacamole, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, mayonnaise. HATED all of these for 40+ years, now love them.
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    i too as a child couldn't stand mushrooms, i eat them all the time now. i used to dislike eating apples with skin but i don't mind them now either
  • smtillman2
    smtillman2 Posts: 756 Member
    zucchini and squash yummy yummy!!!
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    Cottage cheese.
    Broccoli.

    Oh, almost forgot. Tomatoes both raw and cooked. I even made and canned tomato soup this year along with stewed tomatoes. The soup came out sooooo yummy. Ummm and feta cheese.
  • 6packb450
    6packb450 Posts: 191
    Broccoli. I never really cared for it, not even covered in cheese. Now I crave it!

    I agree... same with cauliflower. If it 's cooked, I'll eat it with anything.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Insects
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    bread and butter pickles
  • fmouco
    fmouco Posts: 100 Member
    Balsamic vinager cream as a salad dressing, in fact I used to hate salads at all before that!
  • morielia
    morielia Posts: 169 Member
    Lots of things. Mushrooms, cottage cheese, squash, red meat, pork, tuna fish, raisins, red onions, bleu cheese. I don't love them, but all of the sudden I don't despise cucumbers anymore, though every time I eat them, I still think "why the hell am I eating this?"

    I still vehemently hate bananas, peanut butter, and grapefruit. I can't get it out of my head that grapefruit tastes like bile.
  • trancenhouse
    trancenhouse Posts: 76 Member
    Peanut butter.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    Onions
    Hot peppers/spicy things
  • njmp
    njmp Posts: 277 Member
    Definitely broccoli! But I'm still not a huge fan of raw broccoli. This has happened to me with so many foods. Brussel sprouts, shrimp, onions...still waiting on the aha moment for raw tomatoes. Blech.
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    Mustard. For the longest time, it remained one of the few things that would make me send a dish back in a restaurant. Then I realized that not all mustard is the same and LOVE Maille mustard. I put it in everything I can and it's awesome put on salmon and then broiled.

    I wish your experience with grapefruit would happen to me with artichokes. I keep thinking they're something I'll like, try them and hate them. It's weird because I love just about every vegetable in existence.
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    Broccoli. I never really cared for it, not even covered in cheese. Now I crave it!

    I agree... same with cauliflower. If it 's cooked, I'll eat it with anything.

    ^ that's another one, cauliflower. if you cover it with some fashion of a sauce, i'll eat it. i don't mind the taste, but what it looks like skeeves me out.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    yams

    used to think they were gross.

    Now I LOVE them.
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    Have either of you tried full fat versions? I thought the same til I tried the 4% friendship. It actually tastes like cheese. I was shocked. It still looks nasty but it's tasty, especially with pineapple.

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