As a kid I hated veggies but as I got older I really enjoy some veggies, especially broccoli, roasted in a drizzle of olive oil and a little seasoning.

As an American, I also used to abhor vegemite when I tried it until I learned how to properly spread it on toast during my visit over there and I’m obsessed now!

What did you hate, but gave a second chance to? I’d love to try some new stuff!

  • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    I used to be a picky eater, but years ago I decided that I wanted to like more food - - that life would be better if I actually enjoyed foods that I would otherwise have to suffer/avoid.

    I started by putting small amounts of different ingredients in my dishes (when it made sense) and I quickly developed a taste for all of them.

    (Only found out later that this was a great way to do it as your microbiom directly impacts your cravings).

    Onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, olives, pickles, brussel sprouts, oysters, mustard are all things I now genuinely enjoy.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago
    • Brussel Sprouts: I tried them in a salad and fell in love with them instantly. Now they’re included in every roast. They have to be fresh, because the frozen ones can just be mushy. And those little, crispy, flavorful leaves that fall off are just 🤌🏾
    • Tomatoes: I won’t just bite into one, but I’ve been making them more prominent in my dishes. I mostly stick to the sundried variety, haven’t been able to eat them raw.
    • Mushrooms: I love them so much I don’t understand why I hated them.
    • Some Cheese: I general, I still would say I don’t like cheese, but I’ve become more forgiving of mozerella, which was unheard of when I was a child. It’s the only cheese that broke through.

    Still don’t like bacon though 🤷🏿‍♀️

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    542·
    3 days ago

    Brussel Sprouts. Absolutely hated them as a kid, which I blame my mother for. She “steamed” them in the microwave in a dish with water. Turned them into a slimy, horrible mush. My wife sautes them in a pan, with bacon. It’s one of my absolute favorite dishes now.

    • weariedfae@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Ditto. Hated them as a kid, then as a young adult I could tolerate them cooked, now I could eat them raw (on/in something). Tastes change, man.

      Same thing with mushrooms and mustard.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    32·
    3 days ago

    As a kid, I thought I hated steak, but it turns out, my mom was just really bad at cooking steak.

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      3 days ago

      Yes. I think that was my problem too. It’s also the cuts that matter.

      On another note, I still cannot get behind pork chops.

      • macarthur_park@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 days ago

        That’s a shame. If I might ask, have you ever had a properly cooked pork chop?

        I only ask because pork used to need to reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit to be safe, which makes for tough, dry pork. Fortunately the parasite that required this heat was eliminated from the US, and about 15 years ago the USDA lowered the safe temp to 145. The result is so much better.

        • WindyRebel@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          3 days ago

          Probably not. I never watched them, but I’m guessing that my parents probably just got a cheap pork chop and covered in shake n bake, then put it in the oven for a certain amount of time.

          Maybe I’ll give one a try some time.

          • RBWells@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 days ago

            I find it (pork chop) difficult to cook, it’s like undercooked, undercooked, undercooked, then suddenly overcooked without seeming to pass cooked.

            Steak we have to get two because the penultimate child and I like that quite rare but youngest and the husband like it much more cooked. So to please anyone we just buy two, and pull one off when seared, let the other one sit in the pan until hotter inside.

  • VirusMaster3073@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish
    311·
    3 days ago

    Black coffee. Used to only drink coffee with creamer or lattes/cappuccinos, but now I drink black because I can’t stand the sugar crash

    • karashta@lemm.ee
      8·
      3 days ago

      Highly recommend a pinch of salt in any good black coffee.

      Really opens the flavors in it.

      Which is why you don’t do it to bad coffee. It will open up the bouquet of garbage haha

      • residentmarchant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        I’ve tried this before in my shots of espresso, but I haven’t noticed a difference. Are you getting more of the chocolatey notes or the nutty or the fruity ones?

        • karashta@lemm.ee
          6·
          3 days ago

          I generally notice the fruity flavors more but that might just be my palette. I’m not sure how well it works with espresso. Never tried that but now I’m curious

  • myusernameis@lemmy.ca
    4·
    2 days ago

    Guldens Spicy Brown Mustard. Dad was from Brooklyn and loved it, as I kid I just wanted the neon yellow stuff all my friends had. Now, many years later, I always have it in my fridge.

  • mrnarwall@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    I hated strawberries growing up. I would do anything and everything to not eat them. As an as adult I finally tried them again and loved them. It turns out I just hated low quality or not ripe strawberries

    • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I used to and still kind of hate most fruits, because I’m way up north. But once we get stock from Florida I get like 10 pounds of the stuff

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    3 days ago

    I heard that stuff like green vegetables are unpalatable to children because they taste more bitter to them.
    As you grow up you become more insensitive to those flavors and start tasting the other compounds that you actually like.

  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone
    3·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      I don’t know that I’ve ever had grits. I know my dad loved them though so maybe I’ll give them a shot some time.

  • BluuTato@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    3 days ago

    Tomatoes or mushrooms. Both were a texture thing. I made some diet changes as an adult, so I’m not sure if that helped in changing my opinion, but now I’m fine with mushrooms and grow tomatoes in my garden every year!