Food you thought you didn't like

Guess_Who · 16-01-2007 3:54am #1

I'd say I'm quite adventurous with food, especially foreign food, I'll try anything once. But in the last year or so I've discovered that I actually really like some basic foods that I've been swearing blind for the past 24 years I don't like but had never actually eaten.

Here they are

Peaches - I think it was the fact that they feel a bit furry put me off, ate one a few weeks ago and haven't been able to get enough of them.

Cherries - I hate that fake cherry taste in sweets and the ones in Black Forest Gateux are a bit manky but it turns out I actually really like fresh ones.

Branston pickle - Not sure if I convinced myself I had tasted it & didn't like it but I was sure I hated it. Actually had it for the first time a few months ago and now it drives me mad that I can't get it in Australia.

Anyone else have any similar experiences?
Might give me a few ideas for other things I haven't tried.

biko · 16-01-2007 4:47am

Green olives.
I hated green olives after just tasting one once. While travelling I used to get pizza slices every week at a place in Ashkelon. I just pointed at the particular slice I wanted since the owner didn't have English. It was a slice with loads of sundried tomatoes, strong cheese and mushrooms, always sitting at the same place behind the counter. Anyway, I must have had 10-15 slices during my stay and one day the place where I point to for a slice was empty.
This time there was another fella there and I says:
"Hi, I want a slice of the pizza that usually sits there", pointing. He goes, "the olive pizza?" I says, "no with mushrooms" and he says "that pizza has green olives, not mushrooms". Ever since then I decided that I like green olives

MrJoeSoap · 16-01-2007 5:00am

Had some mango chutney the other day and was very pleasantly surprised. Not bad at all.

cozmik · 16-01-2007 5:08am

Somehow, I made it through 32 winters without ever tasting a Brussels sprout. I finally decided to give them a try this christmas and they were amazing!

I don't understand why they get such a bad rep because they taste really good.

cozmik

emeraldstar · 16-01-2007 10:54pm

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Had some mango chutney the other day and was very pleasantly surprised. Not bad at all.

mmm mango chutney is gorgeous cooked in the oven with chicken fillets and served with rice
*nyoms*

Kolodny · 16-01-2007 11:11pm

As a kid, I strongly disliked the taste and smell any kind of tomato soup or tomato based cooking sauce (although I loved raw tomatoes and tomato juice for some weird reason). Having got braver with age and tried it again I'm quite fond of tomato soup now and don't mind cooked tomatoes in various dishes but I don't think I will ever like ketchup. I also wasn't pushed about peanut butter or mayo in my younger days but I love both now (although not at the same time!)

Catari Jaguar · 17-01-2007 11:56pm

Mayonnaise
Bombay Mix
Chicken Tikka and curry in general
Onion Rings crisps
Peppers, when they're crunchy in a stir fry or raw.

I'm going to Kenya this summer and can't wait to try the mad food they have over there like zebra n crocodile and ostrich.:D

dSTAR · 18-01-2007 10:03am

Guess_Who wrote:

Branston pickle - Not sure if I convinced myself I had tasted it & didn't like it but I was sure I hated it. Actually had it for the first time a few months ago and now it drives me mad that I can't get it in Australia.

Really?

I'm sure I came across in my local Safeway in Camberwell.

I used to dislike Brennans Batch Loaf when I was a kid. To me it was always a daddy bread. Now I wish I could get my hands on some real Irish batch bread or turnover loaf because the bread in Australia is nowhere near as good.

Lafortezza · 11-02-2007 10:19pm

Coleslaw, have never eaten it until this year.

Attol · 11-02-2007 11:20pm

Onions. I would refuse to touch them cooked or raw. Now I love them and want them in all my cooking. Nothing quite as good as the smell of mince and onions cooking. Mmm... Still wouldn't touch them raw. So sickening.

Femelade · 13-02-2007 1:43pm

stuffing
gravy
most veg
celery..

Rb · 16-02-2007 1:12am

Green peppers on pizza - used to hate it, now don't mind it (but wouldn't be ordering it ordinarily). Don't eat them apart from that.

Tomatoes - Used to hate them, now like them once they're sliced up and are with something else.

Still absolutely hate mushrooms, despite having tried them a number of times now.

Minder · 16-02-2007 2:54pm

Have bought and eaten almost every part of a pig - nose to tail including the squeal. Sheep offal, beef bits and the chunks of a chicken that usually end up on the scrap heap all hold no fear for me. If it walks, crawls, slithers or flys I will try it.

Except brains.

Now you don't see a lot of brains. With good reason - no big demand. But I have seen recipes for brains in a couple of contemporary cook books.

Filtration organs are delicious. Steak and kidney pie, a delicate slice of calves liver cooked pink with sage leaves, chicken liver pate, sweatbreabs with a crumb crust......

Why would anyone want to eat the thinking organ ?

The Walsho · 18-02-2007 2:14am

Mayonnaise, and sweetcorn. Now I rarely have a sandwich without either of them!

loismustdie · 18-02-2007 3:06pm

i never liked it and so became veggie, then after a few years i started to rat the odd bit if i didn't like the veg option on a menu or if i was a dinner guest to be polite. over tinme i have grown to love steak etc and am now hungry thinking bout it!

Fast_Mover · 18-02-2007 3:25pm

Lettuce
Cranberry Juice
Special K

I_and_I · 18-02-2007 3:56pm

It has been said that your taste changes as you grow older, tastebuds die and you become more receptive to certain foods.

Rb · 18-02-2007 4:44pm

I_and_I wrote:

It has been said that your taste changes as you grow older, tastebuds die and you become more receptive to certain foods.

That makes sense I suppose. However, I'm sure impressions that were gained when you were younger (regarding food), would have an influence. I mean, no matter how much my taste buds may die, I'll still never eat mushrooms.

Faith · 18-02-2007 5:15pm

Mushrooms are funny... I like the taste, but I can't stand the texture. So, I'll eat liquidised mushroom soup, but I wouldn't touch it if there was big mushrooms floating around in it.

I recently discovered that I like mozzarella.

cee_jay · 18-02-2007 5:24pm

Used to hate Feta and Goat's Cheese and now I can't get enough!!
Now my fav pizza is Quattro Formaggio with Feta as one of the cheese.... mmmm I miss Scoozi's in Cork

I_and_I · 18-02-2007 5:57pm

rb_ie wrote:

That makes sense I suppose. However, I'm sure impressions that were gained when you were younger (regarding food), would have an influence. I mean, no matter how much my taste buds may die, I'll still never eat mushrooms.

I definately agree with you on that front, I had a bad experience with banana when I was much younger (ate one that was very mushy) and since then even though I love the taste of bananas I can't get over the texture of even the freshest ones.

sudzs · 27-02-2007 12:39pm

Beetroot! mmmmm! love it now!

GreenHell · 27-02-2007 12:43pm

I always disliked the chocolates left over at the end of a box of roses, you know the one with the blue wrapper with the roses on it and the ones like half a barrel and the other one with the orangy wrappy. But out of boredom and hunger one day I broke my life long taboo and ate them and they were great, now I walk with my head held high.

Archeron · 27-02-2007 12:52pm

Although this may not be the fully correct forum, I vote for Brocolli. I used to think satan himself scraped this veggie from between his toes, but I've taken to eating it raw lately as a snack. I suppose its better than Penguin Cake Bars which is what its replaced.

Faith · 27-02-2007 1:10pm

GreenHell wrote:

I always disliked the chocolates left over at the end of a box of roses, you know the one with the blue wrapper with the roses on it and the ones like half a barrel and the other one with the orangy wrappy. But out of boredom and hunger one day I broke my life long taboo and ate them and they were great, now I walk with my head held high.

They're my favourites! :eek:

catspring · 06-03-2007 6:49pm

my mum has made paradise slices (a shortcrust pastry base, brushed with jam, then sprinkled liberally with walnuts, sultanas, glacé cherries and a covered with victoria sandwich mixture) for years and when i was little i thought they were the most disgusting things in the world. but i tried them again recently and i've completely changed my mind and can't get enough of them now.

Geordie_Girl · 08-03-2007 10:11am

Faith wrote:

They're my favourites! :eek:

Mine too! They're always the first ones to go in my house. It's always coffee and orange flavours that are left over. *shudder*

Malteaser! · 08-03-2007 5:44pm

i used to HATE mushrooms, wouldn't eat anything that tasted in any way like it was made using mushrooms, now i actually really like them, especially garlic mushrooms!!

Ruu_Old · 09-03-2007 5:59am

Frogs legs, for so long I avoided them and last week I tried them. They taste fine, just depends how they are prepared.

Archeron · 09-03-2007 10:32am

Ruu wrote:

Frogs legs, for so long I avoided them and last week I tried them. They taste fine, just depends how they are prepared.

Kermit frowns in your general direction Ruu!!

Ruu_Old · 09-03-2007 4:36pm

Not anymore he doesn't. *chew*

Food you thought you didn't like

Comments