Foods you hated as a kid but love as an adult

Asparagus and Brussels sprouts - hated them both as a kid, now love them! (except for the smelly urine afterward)

For some reason as a child I was also grossed out by mashed potatoes - maybe the consistency. I enjoy them now.

Avocado. Not until my 30's did I begin to enjoy the creamy subtle nutty flavor. Simple avocado toast and roasted tomatoes: heaven.

Fish. Couldn’t even stand the smell as a kid, love it now.

Prunes. Didn't even know what they were and certainly would never eat one. However, as an Eldergay, I have grown accustomed to their taste and love how they make me regular.

Okra.

Fascinating, OP.

Just imagine.

Your tastes changed when you aged.

Avocado and lobster. I think it was a texture thing.

Well, ElderLez. you palate has certain come to the gourmet taste. Well done!

Seafood. My parents both came from a low income background and because we don't live beside the ocean seafood is expensive here. They never ate it or knew how to prepare it.

Mayonnaise. I didn’t want it on anything and now I want it on everything.

Cum.

^ Well, it is a protein!

Pickled beets, pickled eggs, pickled pigs feet.

Beets that came out of a can and Brussels sprouts which were boiled to death and made the whole house smell like farts.

Collard greens or really greens of any sort. Like 'em now.

Brussels sprouts. My mother, who is an excellent cook, never prepared this vegetable well and I grew up avoiding the vegetable.

Egg salad

Fish

Cottage cheese

Sauerkraut

Sweet pickles, butter pickles and gherkins

Cooked carrots

Rare or medium beef

Broccoli.

Tuna fish salad (made with mayonnaise. Cream cheese. Tomatoes.

Love them all now.

Feta.

Hmm. I was a good eater, as a kid. Only thing that I gagged on was escargots, which was more of a mental thing. I can eat escargots now, but don't get the opportunity.

Dill / sour pickles (Klausen), I loved as a kid. Now, I don't buy them or eat them.

Beer, wine and hard liquor I couldn't stand as a child. Then I learned to love it too much and ended up in AA.

I never liked the taste of beer that much. Good for you, R23, that you managed to quit.

Raw onions. But I think when you're a kid, your taste buds are probably the sharpest they're going to be and for me, onions stung my tongue. I could eat other spicy things as we ate Mexican food (with jalapenos) once a week, but onions were a bridge too far.

Of course, now I put them in most things. As an adult, I notice that kids tend to not like onions either. So I do believe it's a taste bud thing.

Chili / chile peppers. I wasn't interested in hot sauces and pickled peppers at all. Now, almost everything I eat needs hot sauce and/or crushed red pepper flakes.

^^^ Sweetie, try pickled onions. Nary an onion enters my home that I don't pickle in something. They are great to eat raw, fried or condiments.

l love picked onions, OP. Especially with Mediterranean food. But I love raw onions (now) as well, and have all different varieties depending on what dish I'm making.

R11 you can also use mayonnaise instead of butter to grill the bread for a grilled cheese sandwich. It’s delicious!

Beets.

I hate beets.

Tomatoes. I didn’t hate the taste, exactly, but I could not eat a sliced tomato — which looked like some animal innards. I remember when I first experienced a cherry tomato, it was so revelatory, because you didn’t have to look at it (the innards).

Now, I can’t imagine it. Have tomatoes nearly every day.

R22 I LOVED escargot as a kid.

[quote] Egg salad Fish Cottage cheese Sauerkraut Sweet pickles, butter pickles and gherkins Cooked carrots

Rare or medium beef

R18 So what did you eat? Spaghetti and hotdogs?

We had a lot of casseroles when I was a kid. Pork chops, swiss steak (ugh), chop suey, yes spaghetti and hot dogs, baked chicken, hard shell taco night. Hamburger helper or burgers. Peanut butter and jelly. Cereal.

Yogurt. I was horrified as a child that blueberry yogurt didn’t really taste like blueberries (too sour!) but now I love most kinds.

Greek honey from Trader Joe’s is the best.

Peanut butter and pasta.

I also hated nuts and raisins in baked good even though I would eat them separately. Now I prefer baked goods with nuts and raisins in them.

Cauliflower. Tasteless boiled mush back then, delicious roasted now.

I am more of a 'things from your childhood that you will never eat again (whether you liked them as a child or not)' but the one thing is olives. Hated them- green olives I mean. I didn't hear about black olives until I was an adult and ate them in something. When I asked what they were because I loved them I gave green olives another chance and loved them too.

Olives. My sister used to alternate black and green ones on her finger tips and gobbled them down. I would gag violently. I now love olives of all varieties. I also hated brussels sprouts too, mainly because my parents would simply boil them vs. roast them in the oven. I like them now but NOT reheated in the microwave. Yuck.

Pizza. I was born with a bland Midwestern palate and couldn’t tolerate anything even remotely “spicy” which apparently included pizza sauce. Thank god I overcame that and now, like r26, I love spice in everything

Meatloaf. I'd hide in the garage when my mom made that shit. I called it muttloaf.

horseradish sauce

Uni (sea urchin) was something I didn't like, but now I do like it. It's highly perishable, so I think people have often eaten uni that's "turned." (Including me.) If it's fresh, though, it's delicious, IMO.

Where's "Darfur Orphanage" on this one???

Dirt

I loved eating liver with onions as a kid but I can't eat that mess now. I do have cravings for this dish served with mashed potatoes and real brown gravy.

I was a picky eater as a kid, and I like the same foods as an adult.

Nothing much has changed.

Cottage cheese. Now I'll eat it with black pepper and salt.