Ask Lemmy

i used to hate peanut butter. idk why

No, if anything it's the opposite, there are foods (mostly junk foods and beverages) I used to love as a kid but now I find revolting. Most other veg and controversial foods like olives or blue cheese were always on my yes list though.

I do have some things i didn't like that now I tolerate, but saying that I love them or like them is a stretch. I think coffee is one, I drink some and can even get addicted to it but I don't consider myself a lover. Another example is eggplant, I used to hate it as a kid and now I tolerate it without loving it.

Gumbo. My mom made it a few times and I always hated it. Turns out she wasn’t making it correctly until I had my extended family make it the way our family did from Louisiana and now I can’t get enough of the stuff.

My family goes all out on gumbo, making a pot that will cost around $400 (pre-pandemic pricing, not sure how much it went up since) but have every little thing everyone wants from shrimp and sausage to chicken and all the little fixings in it.

Brussel Sprouts with black pepper 🤤👌

I hated sea food as a kid, and still mostly do, but now I can stand shrimps and mussels.

And vegetables too, like a lot of people (apart from pumpkins and stuff like that, those are still nightmare for me)

Onions

I fucking love Cauliflower, I thought I didn't like it because I grew up poor and didn't really get fancy veggies

Tomatoes. Especially raw ones!

Swiss cheese

Wine

Have always had a pretty broad palate but swiss cheese I couldn't like until I was older, and could taste its flavor relationship to good Parmesan, the nuttiness.

Wine I made a conscious effort this year, that wasn't a maturity thing, it was a project but have found several I actively enjoy rather than just barely tolerate.

Oh, and turnips - I didn't like them, then I enjoyed them raw with dips, now I do like them raw or cooked.

Italian cured ham, I used to hate the taste and texture, but now, it's great!

Ranch dressing. I hated it for years, but I moved to the suburbs and suddenly it tasted good (seriously). 🤷

Bananas, pickles, onions, mustard. Now it’s like, “Whatever, just shove it down my throat.”

Kale. I hated it as a kid, but that's because my parents never removed the stems, and then boiled it down into mush, neither of which is the correct way to cook kale. Now that I cook my own, I love it and eat it regularly.

Blue cheese
Brussel sprouts
Cauliflower soup
Green peas
Brocoli
Olives

Most fish. I always liked salmon, but didn't like most other fish; now I like all fish I'm aware of.

grits. the way my mother made them when I was a kid was plain and kind of unpleasant. I add sausage and cheese to mine.

Asparagus! I hated that shit when I was 12. And now I can't wait for asparagus season.