Foods you hated as a kid, but love now?

[Scout1071]

For me, it's sweet potatoes and green beans. Can't get enough.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Olives, peas, mushrooms, bacon.

Yeah, that's right. I didn't like bacon. Who woulda guessed that? :shrug:

[Catfight]

2. YES, sweet potatoes for me too and beets! nt

[Scout1071]

9. I still haven't come around to beets.

Not sure I ever will on that one.

Also cannot even stand the smell of mustard, let alone the taste. Mixed in recipes is a different story though - I love deviled eggs, potato salad, etc.

[Kali]

3. onions, bacon fat,

still hate sweet potatoes, wax beans, lima beans, liver, soggy bread, nuts in any kind of food except toll house cookies. Olives mixed in food either.

[bigwillq]

4. Sweet potatoes.

I just had some.

Spinach.
Brussel Sprouts.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Spinach, artichokes, asparagus and tomatoes.

:hi:

[Scout1071]

10. Mmmmmm. Love everything on your list.

Especially garden fresh.

[GOPisEvil]

6. Shrimp.

Hated them until I was about 12-13. Now I can't get enough.

[Scout1071]

27. I had it 'em last night. Delicious!

[Maddy McCall]

7. Cabbage.

[Scout1071]

16. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Guess I still haven't come around to cabbage either! Maybe a bite or two, but that is about it.

[sendero]

47. Love it..

.... boiled in a pot with corned beef, potatos and carrots :)

[YankeyMCC]

8. Sweet potatoes here too

but also asparagus

[libnnc]

11. cheddar cheese

[Scout1071]

14. Wow. That's comparable to saying you don't like breathing.

I'm pretty sure the essentials are oxygen, water and cheese. Not necessarily in that order.

[libnnc]

17. I wouldn't touch it by itself

with a ten foot pole. Now, I love it. :shrug:

[Kali]

19. oh yeah me either - especially sharp

[nutsnberries]

12. anchovies... they were about the only thing i wouldn't eat as a kid

now i love them- in salad, on a pizza. :9

i've always liked most everything. however, there are many meats i used to eat as a kid that i won't touch now. }(

[liontamer]

13. yogurt

i couldn't stand even being in the room with the stuff as a kid, and now I crave it immensely.

[Scout1071]

15. Me too!

That's a new one for me. In fact, I bought a case at Costco just this past Saturday. I found myself eating it every day and just went for it with a whole case!

[mwdem]

18. Key lime pie.

...hated it as a kid, love it now.

[Scout1071]

20. I'm not there, but I'd be willing to give it another go. nt

[LeftyMom]

21. tofu, pumpkin pie, tomatoes, eggplant nt

[Aristus]

22. Broccoli and asparagus.

Some people like 'em with cheese and butter. Not me. Straight up and steamed to perfection, baby! :9

[Scout1071]

26. Me too.

I occassionaly drizzle a little lemon juice on broccoli, but steamed straight up is my preferred version as well.

[merh]

23. sweet potatoes and bananas

:D

[Scout1071]

25. I've always like bananas, but they make my stomach cramp.

Something about the potassium. But I still try to eat them because I know they are good for you.

[merh]

29. Oh, I always thought they were gross.

But I found out they weren't and thank goodness, they help with calf cramps and I have troubles with those during sleep. :(

I still can't stand banana pudding. :puke:

You must be alergic to potassium if it causes you stomach cramps. :hug:

[Scout1071]

31. I get calf cramps too.

That's why I make myself eat bananas still. Plus I think they taste pretty good.

[merh]

33. They do

but not as puddin' x(

[beyurslf]

24. Lettuce

[fishwax]

28. onions and bell peppers

i was a pretty picky kid, but my tastes changed as I got older. In the last six years, though, I've really come around on onions and bell peppers :)

[Kali]

44. oh yeah... bell peppers - I used to HATE those

I also wonder if they used to be stronger back then - are they like a lot of vegetables now? Bred for looks instead of flavor? At any rate I like them now.

[Mz Pip]

30. Ice cream

I must have been the only kid on the planet to hate ice cream. Wouldn't eat it. Every kid likes the cone, but hnot me. I'd be polite when someone, against my mother's caution, would buy me one. I'd take a lick and hand it off to her.

Now give me a big old scoop of just about any flavor and you will make my day.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Scout1071]

32. Air, water, cheese, ice cream. These are the things that sustain me.

I must have ice cream. My dad eats is every single night for as long as I can remember and I inherited his craving. I try to counter it with fat free pudding snacks, etc., but I MUST have something sweet every night. Ice cream preferred.

[Jade Fox]

34. Pizza....

What sort of nutty child doesn't like pizza??

My parents wondered too.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. I hated sweet potatoes too! And pretty much everything else.

I honestly think I lived on air for my childhood. I refused to eat breakfast or lunch at school. I would eat lunch at home though. I sometimes ate dinner. I pretty much hated all food and I refused to eat out. Now I'm still a weird picky eater, but it's more just the whole mostly vegetarian/weird food reaction thing.

I like a lot of stuff, but I used to hate everything. I eat a lot of things most people wouldn't.

Last time I was made fun of for my consumption habits was at a strip club. They had a girl going around with a tray of shots. I picked the one shot because it was the only kind on the tray without artificial coloring. Alcohol is fine, but no artifical coloring or flavoring for me.

[mykpart]

36. Spaghetti sauce

Pizza
Sweet potatoes
Salad
Peanut butter
on edit: honey and maple syrup

I was a real picky eater.

[Scout1071]

38. So weird. Why did so many of us hate sweet potatoes?

Is it because they are orange?

They are so good. I make them every week now and can't understand why I hated them.

[JohnKleeb]

37. Guacamole

The sheer look of it disgusted me but now I love it, so great with chips and fajitas. I still hate sweet potatoes and caulflower though.

[1gobluedem]

39. Onions, omelets

Nobody can make me touch a mushroom, though.

[Scout1071]

40. My friend, who is 37, just came around to mushrooms this year.

And only in small doses, but at least we don't have to worry about recipes when cooking for him. So many recipes have mushrooms. He used to pick them out and before long we noticed he was eating them. Busted. Now he admits they aren't as bad as he once believed.

To each their own! I wouldn't touch mustard with a 10 ft pole.

[1gobluedem]

42. I hate mustard too

And I'm 46 so there is no hope on the mushroom front for me either. Can't stand the look, taste, feel, or smell.

[Kali]

45. I can handle them now but yeah - smell and taste like dirt,

rubbery/slimy texture. I would rather have flesh or vegetable - not something in between.:7

[Kali]

43. I finally had to eat mushrooms

when I had a chance to visit France - I mean c'mon to not eat them there?

I still don't go out of my way for them now, but at least I don't have to pick them out of food any more.

[Left Is Write]

41. Broccoli.

[sendero]

46. Oatmeal..

... :)

[bif]

48. Brussel sprouts, especially this way

Quarter them. Saute in olive oil, then add some onions and garlic--On high heat. Wonderful dish.

[ashling]

49. Tuna and

my mom used to make a tuna fish casserole that I used to hate. My dad would make me eat it and I thought I was going to throw up.

[LSdemocrat]

50. Cheese in general.

Outside of mozzarella and/or parmesan on pizza and pasta, I didn't care for cheese, but now I love all sorts of cheeses.