What is a food you hated as a kid, but now love as an adult?

Now i’m paying for my own food i’ve learnt to like most things

Mushrooms

Onions. spent my entire childhood carefully removing every single visible onion from every meal like a surgeon performing emergency extraction. completely convinced they were ruining everything they touched. now I caramelize them for forty five minutes on a sunday just to put them on a sandwich and feel like a person who has their life together. the transformation is complete and total.

I used to eat ketchup and peanut butter sandwiches. I feel like any choices I'm making now are trending in the right direction.

Olives 🫒

Mushrooms. Turned out that my mum (god rest her soul, loved her so much) just wasn't cooking them correctly 😅. I never hated the flavour, just the texture. Have since learnt that you need to cook them until they release ALL of the moisture, then they won't have that awful slimey/spongey texture.

Sushi freaked me out before now I eat it all the time

Veggies. Especially broccoli. Turns out my mum cooks vegetables like the planes are still flying overhead. VEGGIES DON’T NEED TO BE BOILED UNTIL MUSHY, PAULA.

It turns out alot of foods i hated i hated because my parents cant cook

Avocado 🥑

Lentils

Onions. As a kid gross, slimy rings of sadness. As an adult caramelized onions are basically candy for grown ups.

Fresh tomatoes

Inversion - food I loved as a kid but HATE as an adult... 1: McDonald's... when I was a kid, all McDonald's items had at most 3-5 ingredients, none of which were preservatives or conditioners. The buns were real bread, the meat was real beef, the chicken was real chicken, and the fries were literally potato, flour, sugar, and beef tallow cooked in peanut oil... now, though? Nothing is "real" and every item on the menu has 20-50 ingredients. AND IT TASTES AWFUL! 2: Taco Bell... and Taco Johns... TB had real beef that tasted like fresh ground beef, browned and seasoned... Now it tastes like congealed dog food that a starving mutt won't go near... Taco Johns is still amazing, if you can find it. But the prices... the 59 cent taco is now $2.99 with a +$1.19 "upgrade" if you want a soft shell and +$1.49 if you want anything besides their "seasoned beef". 3: M&Ms... used to be real chocolate wrapped in a sugar shell... Now it's so artificial and packed with double the sugar. Not to mention the 99 cent 16 oz bag I would buy is now a $12.99 14 oz bag. INSANE.

Broccoli, I used to hate it, but now I actually crave it when it’s cooked well.

Tomatoes

Any green food bro

Dark chocolate.

Brussel sprouts

Fish

Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.

Brussels sprouts. Turns out they don’t actually taste like bitter farts if you don’t boil them into a grey mush for 40 minutes. Toss them in olive oil, balsamic, and bacon, then roast them until they’re crispy? Absolute game changer. My parents owed those little cabbages an apology.

Coleslaw

Basically every vegetable. Turns out my mom was just not a great cook 😂

Vegetables. Turns out they’re great and my mum was just a TERRIBLE cook

I never loved mayonnaise (I would still eat it back then, though), but now it’s my go to condiment on many things.

Lima beans. Turns out my parents were doing it wrong the whole time

Beets

Fish.

Tomatoes. Kid me removed them from everything adult me adds extra for no reason

Peppers and onions

Beetroot. The earthy off sweet taste as a kid. Now... get in my belly!

Stewed tomatoes

Broccoli

Avocado

Broccoli

Eggs

Eggs, particularly whites.

Mushrooms

Onion

Mushrooms and onions for me. I’ll skip full on steak and potatoes dinner for a bowl of sautéed mushrooms all day long. Onions though…why or why did I avoid those in my youth! So many great meals “picked clean” of onions.

Cauliflower; butternut squash

Onions

Salad

Vegetables Hated them as a kid because they were often hard or bitter or flavourless I can now live off of salads and soups if i feel like it because I can make it sweet n spicy and I can cut and cook the veggies how I like

Liver

Oddly enough… chocolate, especially dark chocolate.

Baked beans.

Okra and bitter gourd

Turkey

I realize I never added mine which is SOUR CREAM. I hated it on anything. Made me gag. Now i actually prefer it on tacos/burritos

Swiss Cheese and Mushrooms

Cramberries. I used to HATE them as a kid. Now, they are one of my favourite fruits/flavours

Brussels sprouts. My mom boiled them and they were mushy; I roast them with olive oil, sea salt, and coarse black pepper and they are almost a nutty flavor.

Tomatoes. Never could stand them before but I’ve grown to like them over the last few years

Salmon!

Garbanzo beans.

Brussel Sprouts. But only if they are cooked in bacon fat.

Lots of cheeses, I was pretty much an American cheese or cheddar guy. As I've gotten older I can appreciate the complexity of a feta, a blue or some various goat cheeses. Sorry, still don't like a brie.

Beets

asparagus still kind of hate how it smells but the taste is king

Hard bread

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Horseradish, fish, mushrooms

Avacado

probably beef. i have no idea why i hated it as a kid.

Well I turned 18 not so long ago but I used to hate peanut butter. Now I love it.

Sprouts

Hot peppers. As a kid I genuinely cried when food was even slightly spicy. Now I put hot sauce on everything and judge restaurants by how spicy their hottest dish is.

V*****

Liver

Curry… all curries. Thai, Indian, Nepalese… I hated spices as a child.

Verduras todas, hoy en dia amo la variedad de las mismas y la cantidad de ensaladas frias y calientes q puedes comer 😅😊

Potatoes...yeah, I was an odd kid

Sleep. I used to fight it like a final boss, now it’s the only thing I look forward to

Anything spicy. I used to hate spice as a kid. Also weirdly, Parmesan cheese. Now I put it all over my pasta.

Roasted broccoli with cheese

I hated all seafood as a kid I’m still not big on all kinds of seafood, but I occasionally love a beer, battered fish sandwich with malt vinegar.

Sour krout

Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage. I'm sorry Mother.

Coffee. Child me was an absolute idiot

Fresh green beans, fur and all.

Olives. I used to pick every single one out like they personally offended me. now I eat them straight from the jar like a completely different person. taste buds are a wild thing.

Cheese, olives, coffee, alcohol, vegetables.

Avocado… hated it as a kid, love it now

Oatmeal, but after trying steel-cut I eat it every morning

Green olives. I hated them as a kid, couldn’t stand the taste. Now I can eat them right out the jar.

Grapefruit & Avocado

Artichoke hearts. Turns out they have just about the most food density per calorie you’ll eat, they taste pretty good, and if you don’t get them soaked in oil they’ll help you lose weight.

Olives weren’t my thing growing up, but now I love them. Broccoli used to be hard to eat now I appreciate it.

Definitely onions

Pineapple

Mom used to f*** up meat so bad I nearly went vegetarian. It took *years* to get her to use a thermometer rather than seriously overcooking the meat

Olives, eggplant, avocado, zucchini, papaya, watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin, and mushrooms. You couldn't pay me to eat them as a kid, but I have all of them in my fridge today.

Broccoli, went from punishment to actually craving it.

Beans

Mushrooms

Broccoli

I used to refuse to eat onions when I was a little kid. I think I just had a bad experience with raw onions and decided I didn’t like them at all But yeah, onions are the shit. Even raw ones in the right context.

Onions

Green Peas - my mom used to ONLY buy the Le Sueur peas in the cans - absolutely HORRIBLE olive green, soft, mushy, ugh. But since I discovered you can buy green peas frozen or even fresh and not cook them to death - it's an entirely different vegetable.

Eggs and sweet potatoes. I still hate lima beans.

Olives. Hated them as a kid, now I actually get why people are obsessed. Weird how your taste just flips like that.

Baked beans! Quite fond of olives now too. Not together.

Mustard. I detested it as a kid. Tried it again in mid 30s, its not so bad now for some reason.

Onions, mustard, broccoli (cooked, still too bitter raw), Chinese food - the only Chinese food we got as kids was the La Choy canned chow mein and I hated it. Lol

Onions

Mc Donald's

Brussel sprouts! Sooooo good.

Pork is the big one for me. I often joke with my friends that I thought I was picky eater growing up, but turns out my parents just couldn't cook.

Peas

Onions. Hated them as a kid, now I can't cook a single meal without them. Caramelized onions changed my entire worldview.

onions

Onions. Tomatoes. Broccoli. Mushrooms. Green beans.

Avocado

brussels sprouts used to make me gag but now i roast them with olive oil and garlic and could literally eat a whole pan by myself.

Cranberry sauce

Oatmeal

Beets

Pretty much everything but liver.

Tbh, my new oled has better blacks than the charred brussels sprouts i used to fear. i crave them now, unlike my marriage which is ending over my cable management.

I used to hate Brussels sprouts, and now I can’t get enough of them roasted with a bit of garlic.

Chinese food.

Guacamole.  I was really not into green things. Also egg salad. I abhor how it looks ( yellow styrofoam) but I love how it tastes

Onions

Tomatoes. Salad tomatoes i still hate but that’s all we ever got as kids. Roma/Vine/Cherry are my favourite foods now. Literally almost eat every dish with tomatoes in it.

vegetables

BEETS! Also mustard, though a condiment.

Green Olives

Blue cheese was absolutely disgusting to me as a kid. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to eat moldy cheese. Fast forward to my twenties and now I crave a good wedge salad with chunky blue cheese dressing. It's amazing how your palate changes over time.

I didn't like fruits and vegetables when I was a kid

Tomatoes

Guacamole!!

All the vegetables?

Turnips.

Eggplant. Hated the taste and texture as a kid but now I fucks with it. Eggplant parm, baba ganoush, miso glazed eggplant, stuffed eggplant. It's like a switch was flipped in my brain in my early 20s lmao 

Coffee. Couldn’t stand the taste as a kid, now I can’t function without it 😅

Broccoli. I just never had it cooked right. Now it's one of my favs.

Dude roasted vegetables are so damn good

Blue cheese was my absolute nemesis growing up. The smell alone would send me running from the kitchen. Now I love it on salads and buffalo wings. Something about acquiring more sophisticated taste buds as an adult made me appreciate that funky tangy flavor.

Baked potatoes. Tried them as a kid plain. Gross. Now, the potato is a canvas for basically anything you want to pile on top. Mmm. 

Mushrooms, no contest. I didn't even understand why people willingly ate them. But now? I am always fighting the temptation to grow some at home so I can always have 'em handy. Bell peppers get an honorable mention for when I learned that green ones are terrible because they're not ripe. And that ripe ones are actually really good.

Tomato

Tomatoes used to make me cry actual tears at dinner time. I'd pick them out of everything and couldn't even handle ketchup. Now I grow my own heirloom varieties and eat them like apples with just a sprinkle of salt. Amazing how palates change over time.

Olives, onions and pickles Guess back then I saw them as "white" food and also adult food Now they are perfect to add some kick or to snack on.

olives. I used to physically gag. now I'll eat a whole jar standing in front of the fridge at 1am like some kind of olive gremlin

Sharp provolone cheese.

Chunky salsa, beans and guacamole

Broccoli! A little olive oil, salt, and pepper is all you need. Throw them in the oven, and they come out like tiny little bits of heaven. Despised all broccoli as a kid.

Veggies

Beans! I stay eating beans and rice, bean salad, beans on toast(Mexican not British)

Olives. Absolutely despised them as a kid. Now I’ll eat a whole jar standing in front of the fridge at 1am like a gremlin.

Mushrooms, 100%. I used to act like they were literally poisonous as a kid, now I’ll order anything with mushrooms on purpose. Growth 😂

Tomatoes

Fish. Really hated it as a child and then one day as an adult, I started loving fish

Olives! Couldn’t stand them as a kid, now I put them on everything

Olives. Little salty demons in my childhood, now I legit snack on them straight from the jar.

Mustard. I thought it was so gross as a kid. Now I can literally drink the stuff

Steak, cooked carrots, and broccoli.

I used to hate sauerkraut as a kid. My mom made it often and it would stink up the whole house. But as an adult I love me a good Reuban sandwich.

Mushrooms Cabbage Raisins Ginger

Anything bitter like coffee or dark chocolate. As a kid it was awful, now I actually crave it.

I's say the belly of milkfish. 💕