What food(s) have you grown to like that you didn't enjoy as a child?

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

As a child, gravy was my "yuk", as was "Chinese" food, you know: the ChunKing in a can with crispy worms on top.

 

[CallMeKate]

I hated chili.... and also peas. I like them both now.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Green Beans and beets

 

[hollydolly]

Brussel sprouts !

 

[DaveA]

More than I can name or recall.

 

[Twostep]

Rabbit food aka leafy salad greens of any kind

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

Brussel sprouts !

I too, "yukked" those boiled, pale green, mushy things, still do.
I still don't like them chopped fresh in salads either - rather bitter.

There is a popular, relatively new take on these here in the States.
At this one restaurant, they slice the b sprouts up about 1/8" thick, and then saute them until medium brown and crispy, in grape seed oil with some salt. SO good, that when I get a craving for them, I will drive across town to that restaurant!

 

[GoodEnuff]

Beef liver. I remember as a child sitting at the dinner table until bedtime because it was required we "clean our plates" and I wasn't going to eat that liver!

Now, I love the stuff. Found a local meat market and their liver is delicious!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I disliked regular spagetti with tomato sauce yet loved ravioli and lasagna. I’ don’t understand; they are all the same ingredients

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

Beef liver. I remember as a child sitting at the dinner table until bedtime because it was required we "clean our plates" and I wasn't going to eat that liver!
Now, I love the stuff. Found a local meat market and their liver is delicious!

Me too GoodEnuff! Am the black sheep in my family though.

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

I disliked regular spagetti with tomato sauce yet loved ravioli and lasagna. I’ don’t understand; they are all the same ingredients

Maybe as a kid you had an encounter with worms? LOL

 

[Pappy]

Ripe olives, onions, spinach and I’m sure there’s more.
Never, ever will I like okra.

 

[GoodEnuff]

Never, ever will I like okra.

I liked the flavor and crunch of okra but the slime was a real turnoff. However, some years back I discovered that if it is grilled, the slime goes away and it has a great smokey flavor. I baste it with olive oil, season with salt and whatever else, and place it on the grill (charcoal). Yum!

 

[jujube]

Beets. I thought they tasted like dirt. Now I can't get enough of them....roasted, baked, pickled.

"Strange" (to a child, that is) greens, like collards, beet greens, spinach, etc. Once again, I can't get enough.

Olives. Raw oysters. Pickled herrings. Stinky cheese. Yummmm.

 

[DebraMae]

Unfortunately I don't believe I ever met a food I didn't like. Carrots have always been kind of "meh". However, I don't remember being offered raw oysters or liver, etc. as a child. I like them now.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, chicken livers / gizzards.

 

[DaveA]

Beef liver. I remember as a child sitting at the dinner table until bedtime because it was required we "clean our plates" and I wasn't going to eat that liver!

Now, I love the stuff. Found a local meat market and their liver is delicious!

Sorry Any meal with the word "liver" attached still makes me nauseous.

 

[HoneyNut]

Lima beans, I don't know why I hated them as a kid, they taste fine to me now.

 

[chic]

I didn't like chili, carrots or some squashes when I was a kid. That's all though.

 

[wcwbf]

I too, "yukked" those boiled, pale green, mushy things, still do.
I still don't like them chopped fresh in salads either - rather bitter.

There is a popular, relatively new take on these here in the States.
At this one restaurant, they slice the b sprouts up about 1/8" thick, and then saute them until medium brown and crispy, in grape seed oil with some salt. SO good, that when I get a craving for them, I will drive across town to that restaurant!

have run b-sprouts thru food processor with thin slicing blade. then sauteed hot & fast in a butter or nice olive oil or both and garlic. finish with drizzle of balsamic.

 

[Nathan]

Turnips, prepare like you would potatoes. I didn't like them as a child as my live-in grandmother would boil them to death, Depression style cooking.

 

[RadishRose]

Used to hate-

Brussels sprouts
Lima beans
Pea soup

 

[Lawrence00]

Whiskey