As a kid I hated veggies but as I got older I really enjoy some veggies, especially broccoli, roasted in a drizzle of olive oil and a little seasoning.

As an American, I also used to abhor vegemite when I tried it until I learned how to properly spread it on toast during my visit over there and I’m obsessed now!

What did you hate, but gave a second chance to? I’d love to try some new stuff!

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    I used to be a picky eater, but years ago I decided that I wanted to like more food - - that life would be better if I actually enjoyed foods that I would otherwise have to suffer/avoid.

    I started by putting small amounts of different ingredients in my dishes (when it made sense) and I quickly developed a taste for all of them.

    (Only found out later that this was a great way to do it as your microbiom directly impacts your cravings).

    Onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, olives, pickles, brussel sprouts, oysters, mustard are all things I now genuinely enjoy.

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    Brussel Sprouts. Absolutely hated them as a kid, which I blame my mother for. She “steamed” them in the microwave in a dish with water. Turned them into a slimy, horrible mush. My wife sautes them in a pan, with bacon. It’s one of my absolute favorite dishes now.

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    As a kid, I thought I hated steak, but it turns out, my mom was just really bad at cooking steak.

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      Yes. I think that was my problem too. It’s also the cuts that matter.

      On another note, I still cannot get behind pork chops.

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        That’s a shame. If I might ask, have you ever had a properly cooked pork chop?

        I only ask because pork used to need to reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit to be safe, which makes for tough, dry pork. Fortunately the parasite that required this heat was eliminated from the US, and about 15 years ago the USDA lowered the safe temp to 145. The result is so much better.

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          Probably not. I never watched them, but I’m guessing that my parents probably just got a cheap pork chop and covered in shake n bake, then put it in the oven for a certain amount of time.

          Maybe I’ll give one a try some time.

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            I find it (pork chop) difficult to cook, it’s like undercooked, undercooked, undercooked, then suddenly overcooked without seeming to pass cooked.

            Steak we have to get two because the penultimate child and I like that quite rare but youngest and the husband like it much more cooked. So to please anyone we just buy two, and pull one off when seared, let the other one sit in the pan until hotter inside.

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    • Brussel Sprouts: I tried them in a salad and fell in love with them instantly. Now they’re included in every roast. They have to be fresh, because the frozen ones can just be mushy. And those little, crispy, flavorful leaves that fall off are just 🤌🏾
    • Tomatoes: I won’t just bite into one, but I’ve been making them more prominent in my dishes. I mostly stick to the sundried variety, haven’t been able to eat them raw.
    • Mushrooms: I love them so much I don’t understand why I hated them.
    • Some Cheese: I general, I still would say I don’t like cheese, but I’ve become more forgiving of mozerella, which was unheard of when I was a child. It’s the only cheese that broke through.

    Still don’t like bacon though 🤷🏿‍♀️

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      You know, I still am not the biggest fan but those foods you listed are what I’d eat it with as well!

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    Eggplant. I tried cooking it until just tender, like zucchini - and it was nasty as hell; I never got it and never wanted to.

    Then I encountered some actually properly cooked stuff in a pasta dish when eating out and ohmygod.

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      Yes! My wife recently got a huge eggplant, but it into slices and then turned them into eggplant pizzas with a little sauce and cheese melted on in the oven.

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    I hated strawberries growing up. I would do anything and everything to not eat them. As an as adult I finally tried them again and loved them. It turns out I just hated low quality or not ripe strawberries

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      I used to and still kind of hate most fruits, because I’m way up north. But once we get stock from Florida I get like 10 pounds of the stuff

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      Lmao! Lima beans are definitely not the best. Although, in a vegetable soup where they are masked then it’s not so bad.

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      I’ve always despised Lima beans. One exception, Lima bean humus at Le Deauville in Lexington KY. Possibly the change in texture along with spices, it was delicious. Thought my taste had changed and tried other Lima bean dishes, nope, still despise 'em.

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    Same with vegetables, but also steak and bacon. I hated steak and bacon as a kid idk what was wrong with me

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    Sweet potatoes. Something about them made me gag. Every Thanksgiving a heaping pile of them would wind up on my plate and I’d have to power though or else face the wrath of my grandmother.

    Nowadays I love them. Dunno when the switch happened.