Do you hate chocolate?
mygnsac
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It seems the older I get the less I enjoy chocolate. That and overly salty or spicy foods. My taste buds are rebelling! I realize the dislike of overly salty food comes with better eating habits over the last couple years (definitely not on board with the salted caramel craze going on now), but I never thought I would see the day when chocolate held no allure. Weird! I still eat the occasional piece of dark chocolate (cause it's good for you), but it has to be at least 84% cacao.
Now if my taste buds would get on board with the whole shellfish thing, I could start enjoying those yucky sea bugs (shrimp, lobster, crabs, etc.) that everyone seems to love. I've tasted them once a year for the past 30 years just to confirm they are still yucky!
Anyone else loving/hating foods they used to hate/love? After a lifetime of hating it, salmon is now on the love list. Never thought I'd see the day I'd eat salmon!
Now if my taste buds would get on board with the whole shellfish thing, I could start enjoying those yucky sea bugs (shrimp, lobster, crabs, etc.) that everyone seems to love. I've tasted them once a year for the past 30 years just to confirm they are still yucky!
Anyone else loving/hating foods they used to hate/love? After a lifetime of hating it, salmon is now on the love list. Never thought I'd see the day I'd eat salmon!
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Well, I still love chocolate, but I have found so many other things I like, I don't eat it as often (or in massive quantities). As a child, the only veg I liked was corn and potatoes; now I don't even consider them veggies. I eat sprouts, eggplant, squash. I haven't found one I refuse to eat. Used to hate sweet potatoes, love them now. I am not a fan of red meat, but bring on the fish. Leave off the salt though and bring on just about any spice of which you can think. Funny how our tastes change.0
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I'm the same way about veggies now, though I have found one I hate. Acorn squash. Yuck!
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Our tastebuds change.0
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I agree with @marekdds, at least mostly. I, too, still love chocolate and I just love a good steak and bacon. Anyway, I suppose our taste buds are maturing. I'll eat just about any veg, tho my husband still won't eat okra. I wonder where brown rice was all my life and don't miss pasta, except maybe ravioli. I also seem to not miss butter.0
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I still love chocolate and all my old beloved darlings. But I am coming to appreciate stuff I never liked before such as smoked salmon. I find, though, that I don't eat cookies as much as I used to. I mean, I still love temp but am finally at a point where two will do, not the whole box.0
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Chocolate, real chocolate I will never give up! Sugar I can live without, but not chocolate and coffee! Everybody has there own thing.
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I'm with sassyii.....Coffee and chocolate - two of my absolute favorites!!!0
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I've gotten to be more snobby about my chocolate
I won't eat the cheap kind, but the really good stuff is something I will not turn down!0 -
Taste buds change with age - normal. I used to love chocolate, now it's marginal at best. Never liked nuts as kid, now I just love salted in shell peanuts. Didn't like spicy food as a kid, now love it.0
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85% cocoa dark chocolate
Good for my heart and yummy
Goes great with a cup of black cherry chocolate yogurt
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I eat a little of the semi-sweet dark chocolate here and there. I like it on the bitter side. Doctor advised if we had a need to cheat , a little chocolate was a good choice.
I got to making my own chili from scratch a while back and found you can mix hot chili peppers with chocolate.
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I very rarely eat it anymore. It's been years. I occasionally have an ice cream bar with chocolate coating, but that's very seldom. I really don't miss it at all.0
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I think of chocolate as the most important food group we have!!
However, I do require it be high quality dark chocolate and not that gross milk chocolate stuff. 
I know that my taste buds have changed a lot. I cook with so little salt that eating out is difficult. I also love so many veggies that I would never touch as a kid. Brussels sprouts and asparagus are my very favorites. I still can't stand raw tomatoes, but give me some sundried tomatoes and they are like candy.0 -
Chocolate is one of the major food groups, at least for me. I prefer dark chocolate, but will take any, in a pinch.0
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Chocolate is one of the major food groups, at least for me. I prefer dark chocolate, but will take any, in a pinch.
This is me, too. My sweet tooth is just about as big as my head!
My taste buds have changed for sure but I still don't like brussel sprouts!! What has changed even more is my ability to tolerate certain foods. I still love the taste of fried chicken, ribs and pizza with lots of pepperoni and sausage but they sure don't love me! Also, I've never been a big drinker but alcohol gives me a headache now so I stopped. What I have probably become the most snobby about is bread. I love the stuff but I'm going to make sure it's good!0 -
mpeters1965 wrote: »Chocolate is one of the major food groups, at least for me. I prefer dark chocolate, but will take any, in a pinch.
This is me, too. My sweet tooth is just about as big as my head!
My taste buds have changed for sure but I still don't like brussel sprouts!! What has changed even more is my ability to tolerate certain foods. I still love the taste of fried chicken, ribs and pizza with lots of pepperoni and sausage but they sure don't love me! Also, I've never been a big drinker but alcohol gives me a headache now so I stopped. What I have probably become the most snobby about is bread. I love the stuff but I'm going to make sure it's good!
Me to with bread, and also with desserts. I don't eat a lot of sweets like I used to, but now and then I do plan for a really decadent dessert.
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For decades I loved salmon, then I bought some fresh 3 weeks ago, and found live worms in it and chucked it. So I bought frozen salmon and found dead worms in it. Now I'm grossed out and won't touch salmon.
I have also loved cheese for decades but I'm thinking it gives me heart burn so I'm trying to curb my intake of it a tad bit to see if that helps.
I hated salt for decades but am starting to like it now. I am liking chocolate salted pretzels when I have always despised pretzels.
I continue to love ice cream as always!0 -
Eww! I have never had that happen. I love salmon.0
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Had salmon sushi today, worm free!!! Yum and sorry for your experience @Brinasacat0
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That neverr happened to me but I think I will skip salmon today.0
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