What’s a food you hated as a kid but love now?

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It’s funny how much our taste buds change as we get older. Some foods I couldn’t stand as a kid are things I’d happily eat now, and I know I’m not the only one… lol

What’s something you used to refuse to eat or thought was absolutely disgusting growing up, but now you actually love?

For me it was beans..

HawkPerception · Accepted Answer

Vanilla. I know most people like it at the very least, but for most of my life I disliked it and only within the past few years I started liking it, especially in yogurt.

Other than that, it's been the other way around for me. I've actually lost my appetite for a lot of things since a kid, but most of them are sugary. Like Cinnamon Toast Crunch... I don't have the sweet tooth I did as a kid. If anything, I feel pretty sick having sweet stuff these days.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

Anything hot and spicy. Now it's mostly all I eat.

James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

For me it was olives 🫒

As a kid, I thought they tasted weirdly bitter and “grown-up.” I remember picking them off pizza and out of salads like they were tiny enemies. Now I adore them, especially good Taggiasca or Kalamata olives with crusty bread, olive oil, and a bit of cheese. They’re one of my favorite aperitivo bites when I’m in Italy 😊

Kaneki05 · Answer

To my knowledge I dislike the same things, though I don't exactly ya know buy and try things I know I didn't like so... Will say I like black coffee now only found out cause McDonalds gave me a black coffee by accident and it didn't make me recoil instead I drank it. However I wouldn't apply this to tastes changing as coffee triggers a toxic response and I stopped this by drinking a lot of coffee with sugar to begin with.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

“Hate” and “love” are overly strong words. However, i strongly disliked orange marmalade as a kid, but i occasionally crave it now. I used to really dislike green olives too. Now they’re okay on certain foods like pizza and i kinda like them in a Bloody Maria.
Those changes have been enough that i’m considering dabbling in other foods that i previously disliked. I’m on the fence about liver though. I still don’t think i could even get past the smell, let alone the texture and flavor. 🤢🤮

exitseven · Answer

I rally cannot think of anything. There are a few things I would eat as a kid that horrify me now. This stuff is mayonnaise with cut up pickles and God know what else. . I used to just slather it all over Sunbeam bread and eat it for lunch.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

Did you know we loose taste buds as we age. So when we tell kids your taste buds need time to mature what that actually means is you need to wait for your mouth to go numb so you can't tell how much like shit everything tastes

Massageman · Answer

As a kid didn't like olives. Parents kept insisting I eat them, and eventually it cost them a lot of olives! Eventually I learned to like yogurt with fruit.

On the flip side, liked as a kid, and now -mehh.. fruit cocktail, PB, anything from McD.

SamIam96 · Answer

As a kid, I hated rice. Today, I don't love it, but it's ok. Everyone acts like it's food from the gods. NOT!

OneViewpoint · Answer

Okra, that slimy, snail scum covered, nasty vegetable.

lilBigPotato · Answer

Mussels. I just didn't want to try and little kid because I didn't like the look.

MikeTheBartender · Answer

Spaghetti, I watched a movie with snakes as a little kid, and I was afraid of spaghetti for years!

Screenwriter · Answer

Canned brussels sprouts were awful. Brush fresh ones oven roasted are wonderful!

DishLady · Answer

Nothing. I've always been taught to be grateful for what God puts at the table. Only exception is if there's a severe allergy at the table then we don't put that stuff out.

_Jenny_ · Answer

@7phoenix7 Somebody has already asked this question

sage2021 · Answer

Vegetables. But I still will not eat cucumbers or grapefruit. 🤮

jamesgoldman · Answer

I don't have any Have things I won't eat now that I'd eat as a kid

EzraIsShy76028 · Answer

As a kid (or a small kid at least) I basically only liked candy/sweet stuff and hated everything else so... would be quite a long list lol.

Abbycado · Answer

Quite a bit of different seafood. Just the look and smell of some of them when I was a kid. Yuck. Now, I like most.

dragoblack · Answer

Strawberries and steak. I hated how the meat fibers would constantly get stuck between my teeth when eating steak, and as for strawberries... i was just averted from the thought of eating them and their texture

Sal_Monella · Answer

I think that could happen. I did not like seafood much when I was a kid, but I do now.

Shiprex · Answer

Onions but now it's almost always something I go for

Staximus · Answer

I was a picky little shit, now I pretty much eat anything that’s not bugs or blubber

fishbone77 · Answer

brussels sprouts -although to be fair they've been bred to be less bitter.

Laulenke · Answer

I was never a big fan of spinach now I will eat it but it has to be fresh and not from a can

MemeSupreme · Answer

tofu I LOVE IT

msmissydc · Answer

In winter specifically kale.

blshbnz · Answer

Mine was shrimp though I like it when it’s seasoned with a dressing or it’s fried.

Theoretical_Apulu · Answer

Anything green, I love green leaves now.

Anonymous · Answer

I didn’t like salad. Now it’s my go to

Kelly6 · Answer

@7phoenix7 Salmon

Butterfly2050 · Answer

Is that the food Indian food haters eat? I think they should shut up 🤢🤡

msc545 · Answer

Spinach, if it's prepared correctly.

FreyaRed · Answer

Broccoli

DecentMan · Answer

Marmite

bowenw · Answer

Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫

Cubus · Answer

Ukrainian borshch

loveslongnails · Answer

Tofu

Xoirwinkan · Answer

Not really a food, but black pepper.

fish5505_87 · Answer

Brussel Sprouts, and most green vegetables.

WhitneySnow · Answer

Broccoli

MrChinaski · Answer

Squid.

ChiTown33 · Answer

Chinese food.

wkhan_87 · Answer

Rice...

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