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I have always hated honeydew melon until I tried it in another country that actually lets their fruit ripen on the vine instead of in the truck on its way across the country. (I’m American)
Sometimes the way it’s grown and picked makes a huge difference, other times our pallets just change.
Glad you came around. I love honeydew. Far superior to cantaloupe.
Unfortunately I still don’t eat it in America, but if I’m ever in Japan again I will indulge.
Yes, this, I don't remember eating greenish pulp, so the melons I tasted as a kid were unrippen probably.
But still, in broad terms it's the same flavor, yet I now like it. Yet I now find a lot of flavors or tones, or whatever is called that I didn't remember.
Try squeezing some lime on honeydew. It makes bad honeydew passable and good honeydew excellent
I feel like I needed to wait for my prefrontal cortex to properly develop in my late 20s before I found I liked lots of foods I'd hated or refused to try as a kid.
Peanuts are good. And cashews. And onions. And ragu.
Don't like mushrooms though, no matter what. 🍄 
Try some recipes with dried, reconstituted ones. The texture is much better
Don't like mushrooms though, no matter what
Start adding them to food in small amounts after cutting them into very small pieces. Increase the quantity ever few weeks and in a year you'll either not mind or actually enjoy mushrooms
mushrooms
But bitter and umami is so good
Have you tried yeast extract/flakes? it's great to add "meaty" flavor to veggie stews and well, I tried using it in everything lately
I do add fish sauce to basically everything. it smells like piss but damn if it doesn't make everything better
Retry everything! There's so many things I thought I didn't like, half the time it was just the way it was prepared or the kind of day I was having. Also, taste buds literally change as you get older.
Can confirm. I hated tomatoes until my mid 20s because my mom never seasoned them because "salt is bad", made me give every food i disliked another try, grew up extremely picky and now i eat everything.
I legit almost didn’t click on this because of you know
The nsfw tag made me think we had a Harrogate situation here
Harrogate
I relate to this. The thought of Watermelon used to make me nauseous, but now, after a couple decades, I just think tasty. (Even if seeds are faff).
I had the opposite experience. We would have melons with dinner quite often when I was a kid and now I don't really care for them
I had a golden honeydew for the first time a couple months ago, they're amazing. I've been eating one every couple of weeks since.
Tip for anyone struggling to tell when to cut them, they're ready when they make a squeaky sound when you slide a thumb across the skin. If it's slides too easy it's not ready.