View From The Top Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 (edited) My palate has certainly changed as I've aged and I now wolf down olives where as a younger man I thought them up there along with coconut as devil's food. Friends now seem to quaff red wine instead of ale but it's still something I can't get to grips with and still prefer a decent white. Is it just me or is it an age thing? Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk 2 Edited 23 February, 2013 by View From The Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 I'm with you on Olives. Can't get enough of them now. Tea is another one, hated it when younger now I do enjoy a cup of black tea, no sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Yeah olives for me. Couldn't stand them when I was younger, along with lots of other things. Other ones include... Cabbage Sprouts Parsnips Mustard Mushrooms Spinach Coffee I was so picky with my food as a kid that my mum used to have a nightmare trying to get me to eat anything at times, but I've gone totally the other way now - I'll eat pretty much anything these days. I can only think of two foods I really can't stand and that's celery and parsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 The biggest change for me is bell peppers. I used to hate them and now I'll have them whenever they're available. I'm also over my onion hatred - it's true, it does make food taste better, though I'm still not a fan of them raw. Also cauliflower, broccolli, chillies, curry (my parents used to buy me fish and chips when they had a curry), different types of fish (besides battered cod), coffee (I swear I'm addicted to it now) and dark chocolate. Of the ones I remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 The Red Wind that your friends now quaff is this like the cans of oxygen that were sold in the 80's? And back on topic Mushrooms hated them when small will eat them now Large / Small / Chopped / Fresh / Stuffed / Baked / Boiled / Fried / soused / with everything and the more the merrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Your sense of smell, and therefore taste, changes at puberty so if you still like the same things it may mean that you haven't grown up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 mushrooms, onions, spring greens, cauliflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Mushrooms (can't get enough of the damn things now), also hated cauliflower & brocolli as a kid, but will tolerate then now. I wasn't a very adventurous eater as a kid, although that was more to do with my father not liking any 'foreign' food, so my mum never cooked anything more than traditional english fare. I'll eat anything now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Tomato Juice. Didn't touch it until my 20s. Love it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint137 Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Whisky And ashamed to say I now prefer the veg which comes with the roast to beef itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Olives, hated them when younger but love em now. The biggest turnaround for me now is mussels, I use to call my wife a bottom feeder for eating them, but after trying them once when slightly ratted and having them in a white wine sauce with onions, bl**dy lovely. Whelks is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Sweetcorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Always hated crisps, pizza, sweets, fish fingers and burgers when I was a kid. Can't get enough of them now. Not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Horse Meat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Have gone off excessively sugary foods since I've grown up. Don't like stuff like icing if it's too sweet. I still like chocolate and stuff but these days I probably enjoy a decent, properly cooked, medium rare, seasoned, mature rib eye steak (with BBQ or pepper sauce) more than anything else. So much so that I'll fork out €20 a day for one when I go skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Sausages and cheese. Used to hate them as a kid. I eat pretty much everything now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Scampi fries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Gin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 (edited) Tricky this is because according to my parents I used to like pretty much every type of veg imaginable and then at midchildhood I just decided I didn't like them anymore but I can certainly list a few that I probably more avoided than flat out hated and now like: Marmite (yeah you can both love and hate it) Peanut butter Houmous Peas Parsnips (I cant get enough of these now) Salad leafs, Spinach Brocolli Almonds * since both of my siblings are allergic to Almonds, I generally avoided them, but I can tell you now, try some almond butter it is Manna from heaven!! Edited 23 February, 2013 by Hockey_saint cheeky ad for Almond butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddings and Monkeys Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Rhubarb and gooseberries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoSaint Posted 23 February, 2013 Share Posted 23 February, 2013 Olives for me. Used to hate them with a passion. Was cured by a night's drinking in Paris when they were served in a bowl as a snack. The more i drank, the more I ate and that was it. Also couldn't look at a tub of coleslaw as a kid without feeling sick. Love the stuff now (goes down a treat with a BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Tomato Juice. Didn't touch it until my 20s. Love it now. Ordered this by accident at a gym bar once and it was honestly the most horrible drink I've ever drank... Have never been able to bring myself to try it again since... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Parsnips Still cannot cope with mustard despite how much I try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
110_Persaint Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Ordered this by accident at a gym bar once and it was honestly the most horrible drink I've ever drank... Have never been able to bring myself to try it again since...Hate it too. Tried adding salt once - no good. Tried adding sugar once - no good. I must add chestnuts and walnuts to this thread. Hated them then, love them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Parsnips Still cannot cope with mustard despite how much I try Parsnips for me too, forgot them. But only roasted, the wife made me this parsnip pasta recently and I didn't like it. Oh, those gherkins in Maccy D's hamburgers. Used to be a picker, now I'm an eater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 (edited) Chalk up another point for olives. Oh, and hummus. Conversely....used to love fresh salmon but have gone right off it (although still like a decent smoked salmon) Edited 24 February, 2013 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Parsnips for me too, forgot them. But only roasted, the wife made me this parsnip pasta recently and I didn't like it. I'm like that too. Absolutely love roasted parsnips on my sunday plate, but put them in a soup and the taste of it makes me gag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 I'm like that too. Absolutely love roasted parsnips on my sunday plate, but put them in a soup and the taste of it makes me gag! The reverse is true for me - don't like roasted parsnips but love parsnip soup. I also don't like celery but really like celery soup. And I used to hate liver and bacon casserole that my mother made but I loved the gravy from the casserole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Bloody Steak, well done was my first choice now increasingly juicy seems to be the way: just wondering when I will cross the threshold into Tartare!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 I'm in on the olives, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Muscles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Mustard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Peas, especially mushy. The thought of them used to knock me sick when I was a nipper. Amazing now. Peanut butter. Anything spicy. The punishment for swearing in my grandad's house was a bit of chili powder on the end of your tongue. I had some foul-mouthed uncles so parroted a lot of what they said. Put me off curries for 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 24 February, 2013 Share Posted 24 February, 2013 Muscles On a woman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 25 February, 2013 Share Posted 25 February, 2013 Olives again. Tomatoes, mushroooms love em all but hated as a kid. However, the idea of eating seafood or any fishy stuff still makes me hurl. I can just about manage fake seaweed with non fishy sushi, but would rather they used something less sea-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 25 February, 2013 Share Posted 25 February, 2013 Olives. Especially ones stuffed with Anchovies or Blue Cheese. Top of the *like* list these days. Vegetables - Sprouts, Cabbage, Parsnips, even now like Swede puree. Whisky. Moules Marinere. Rare Roast beef. Bloody Mary's (but with the full works - Tabasco as well as Worcester and a dash of salt & pepper Stilton ( And of course Port) And, Gawd knows why - Mushy Peas with my Fish & Chips Things that have dropped off my radar - Crisps (perhaps it was cracking two teeth on Sea Salt & Crushed Black Pepper Kettle Chip)s but now simply can't stand the ubiquitous Lays or Walkers Chocolate - used to eat tons of it, now only very rarely have a Paatchi or Ferro Rocher type as a special treat And, strangely, Sushi. Now can't touch it. Oh and those 99 pence bottles of French plonk we used to buy on School Trips or Booze Cruises.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony13579 Posted 25 February, 2013 Share Posted 25 February, 2013 I keep trying olives... Still yuk. I'm still to young at 50 to appreciate them..... I am starting to appreciate blue cheeses.... Worrying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 25 February, 2013 Share Posted 25 February, 2013 Put me down for Stilton too. Up until a few years ago the very though of eating 'mouldy' cheese gave me the creeps but now can't get enough of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 25 February, 2013 Share Posted 25 February, 2013 Olives Whiskey Red Wine Stinky cheese Gherkins (but only in burgers and I'm still not a massive fan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 26 February, 2013 Share Posted 26 February, 2013 Muscles Ah, so you're a veggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 26 February, 2013 Share Posted 26 February, 2013 Ordered this [tomato juice] by accident at a gym bar once and it was honestly the most horrible drink I've ever drank... Have never been able to bring myself to try it again since... Try as I might i just can't think what you were trying to order to get that by accident. Add me to the ever growing olives list. Green ones, black ones, stuffed ones, plain ones, marinated ones. Early 20s I always picked white wine over red, one glass of red and my tongue & lips would feel like they'd doubled in size, 2 glasses and the headaches would start. Now it's red every time. Used to drink lager because it was "trendy", now it's a last resort if no ales are available. With olives. I've always eaten whatever I'm given, even as a child, but things I didn't like even in 20s but now have a liking for include (not at the same time) blue cheeses, sprouts, parsnips, mayonnaise, olives, muesli, kippers, poached eggs, tea and black coffee both with no sugar (used to be milk 2 sugars for both). Oh, did I mention olives? And for some strange reason, am I the only Englishman who hates tomato ketchup and dislikes chips more every time I have them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 26 February, 2013 Share Posted 26 February, 2013 Stinky Cheeses. Stlton, Gorgonzola, Roquefort, St Agur, Reblochon amongst others. The added attraction that they are always accompanied by a Bottle of red Wine or Port also helps !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 26 February, 2013 Share Posted 26 February, 2013 Sprouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunkygibbons Posted 27 February, 2013 Share Posted 27 February, 2013 Yoghurt Never ate it until in my mid 30s Now, natural greek yoghurt with granola is my favourite comfort food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 27 February, 2013 Share Posted 27 February, 2013 Olives too for me, but love them now. A nice cold platter is olives with ciabatta bread drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a few slices of salami/bresaola/Parma ham, with some sliced beef tomatoes, parmesan shavings, some anchovies, all garnished with a little oregano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 27 February, 2013 Share Posted 27 February, 2013 Olives too for me, but love them now. A nice cold platter is olives with ciabatta bread drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a few slices of salami/bresaola/Parma ham, with some sliced beef tomatoes, parmesan shavings, some anchovies, all garnished with a little oregano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 27 February, 2013 Share Posted 27 February, 2013 Sprouts. Beetroot. Obviously beer & various forms of liquid libation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 27 February, 2013 Share Posted 27 February, 2013 Loved veg as a kid, my brothers hated veg and were picky eaters, one still is big time. Won't touch any pulses, Stilton, monkfish or trout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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