What food/drink did you love when you were a child, but can't stomach now?
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I did not woo, but if I had to posit a reason, it would be the mischaracterization of Eggos as "nothing but pure sugar." Eggos actually have almost no sugar in them. A serving of 2 Eggo waffles (70 grams) only contains 2 grams of sugar in them.9 -
Yeah, I didn't woo either (and haven't had an Eggo in over 30 years), but almost corrected the claim. Even if one is calling all carbs sugar (which is intentionally obfuscatory), it wouldn't be true, as nearly a third of the calories are from fat and there's a little protein. As noted above, 2 g of sugar, of which only 1 g is added sugar.9
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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 candies3
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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.2
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Revels candy, chocolate eclairs candies, Lord Toffingham ice cream bar, walnut whips, fried bread with egg, shepherds pie.2
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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. .___.2 -
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.1 -
Spaghettios. Any variation is just sickly sweet to me now.4
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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.1 -
Yeah, I didn't woo either (and haven't had an Eggo in over 30 years), but almost corrected the claim. Even if one is calling all carbs sugar (which is intentionally obfuscatory), it wouldn't be true, as nearly a third of the calories are from fat and there's a little protein. As noted above, 2 g of sugar, of which only 1 g is added sugar.
I didn't "woo" the original Eggo comment either but I thought pretty much the same thing. To me it's more in the glorified toast category than "sugary breakfast".5 -
Cap'n crunch.2
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Eggo Waffles and Pop Tarts.2
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As a child, Pop Tarts > Toaster Strudel.
Now, Toaster Strudel > Pop Tarts.
I'm the same as @MikePTY I like pretty much everything I liked as a kid, plus so much more, though obviously I make different choices now that I have different goals. My taste has expanded exponentially, but I'm still up for a bowl of Lucky Charms when calories allow. Some things don't seem quite as glorious as they used to, but nothing that I can't stomach :drinker:8 -
orange crush. cringeworthy now. and rainbow icecream with bubble gum in it. the thought of all that sugar just makes my teeth vibrate2
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I think a lot of these items were what we were told we should like as kids of the 80s or 90s. All the advertising made it seem like not having these foods meant you were a loser with a poor lunch. I've gone back and checked nutritional info on a bunch of things.. and it's bad. Just look at any extreme burgers, pizzas, fried on the go foods we ate. No wonder people like me have weight issues. Even the fruit drinks back then were just softdrinks in disguise. Sunny D, Bunnybread, most Kraft things at kid-height.. our cereals, which of course needed a metric ton of sugar, marshmallows, and chocolate. IF you want to have a lifetime sugar addict, that's how you could do it. Fruit roll ups, gushers, sourblasters, etc etc etc.christschild2 wrote: »WATERMELON. THEY AREN'T THE SAME AS THE ONES THAT HAD SEEDS. NOT AS SWEET AND HAVE TO PICK ALL THOSE LITTLE SEED SHELLS OUT. I DON'T LIKE EATING THEM. AND JELLO. I FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS. AND LET ME NOT FORGET GRAPE KOOL-AID. THANKS TO JIM JONES.
That wasn't kool-aid brand if I remember right.1 -
Kool aid - I don’t know how I drank it.
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Milk is gross. I drank so much milk as a kid. Makes me nauseous just thinking about it.2
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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.
Whoa! I was JUST talking about the red cabbage salad and cheese bread the other day. It was the the only way I'd eat red cabbage. It's been forever since I've been there tho.2 -
Pizza pop!!!!! I loved them as a kid & cant stand them now, the little white chunk of ‘cheese’ eww
White bread! Loved it then now I hate it and can only eat whole wheat.
Also just juice in general. Sense I’ve started only drinking water & coffee. Apple juice tastes pretty gross to me. Once in a blue moon I’ll have a ice tea or lemonade as a treat but that’s pretty rare.
Never really liked pop.1 -
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