changing your mind can be so awesome

[Nina]

I used to hate fish as a kid. And I really mean HATE it. But somehow it slowly vanished. Now I'm in love with sushi and in general a well cooked meal based on fish. Mainly salmon. Salmon can be soooo good.

What I also never liked was honey; something people could never relate to. I admit I still hate the smell of it more than you can imagine - it makes me gag sometimes. But honey in your tea? omg. I'd still never have it on bread, but I'm willing to have it around me again, and that's gooood.

To be honest I currently cant think of anything that I hate. I'm obviously not crazy about all foodz, but in general I find the common things good/very good/godlike.

How did you change your mind in the past, foodwise?

[nieh]

Honey is amazing, but I haven't really had any in a while due to my recent incease in bbq sauce usage.
Anyway, I recently started liking buffalo wings. I've never really had a problem with the fact that they're spicy, I just hated the taste of buffalo sauce. I think I might've just had some shitty wings when I was younger though because since I started eating them again some places have had awesome sauce and some have been awful (arby's and kfc both have horrible buffalo sauce for instance).

[Sunny]

Honey is amazing, but I haven't really had any in a while due to my recent incease in bbq sauce usage.


wait. how are those two related at all?

i like eating honeycomb. num num num... num num num.

and i generally don't change my mind about food. i'm a pretty adventurous eater and i'm up for anything including alligator nuggets and snails, as long as it doesn't involve blue cheese, olives, meatloaf or buffalo sauce.

[wheelchairman]

I wouldn't say I changed my mind. But I like a whole lot more things now than I used to, the change really happened about 5 years ago.

But my true food love these days is Indian food. They'll make the weirdest combinations of things and I'll love it every time.

[nieh]

wait. how are those two related at all?

They can both used as dip for chicken nuggets, and my increased love for BBQ sauce means I don't get honey as much as I used to.

[Sunny]

ohhhhh. GROSS. but... kinda tasty sounding.

*ponders*

[nameless]

ive always liked my food just plain and simple, no other way! i cant eat burgers from fast food places that have loads of salad and relish, it just has to be a burger in a bun possibly with cheese or onions on rare occasions! i cant remember the last time i tried something i thought i didnt like and found it was great, guess im just set in my ways!

[Lithuanian Offspring]

This thread is amazing. Well, I really hate capers (I'm not sure of the spelling, but phonetically correct). Not only do I think they are disgusting, they make me nauscious, but they are just such a fucking pretentious food. They just completely insist upon themselves, they are disgusting yet because they are small, weird, and expensive. Damn capers!:mad:

[mrconeman]

I used to intensely dislike Spaghetti Bolognese, now it's right up there with pizza for my favourite foods.

I used to love Irish Stew, now it turns my stomach after about half a bowl, though I still like the taste.

I used to hate ham, now I'm in love with ham sandwiches.

I hate fish, and always will.

[Andy]

I used to hate tomatoes (they used to make my face turn red...), then I loved them, now I don't like them because I find them too acidic. No doubt I'll fall in love with them again soon.

Eggs were a big one as well. I've always thought egg looked delicious, yet couldn't eat any because they made me sick. Nowadays I'm starting to stomach them, but usually if they're hidden amongst other flavours. The only kind of egg I can happily eat on their own are omelettes and scrambled. I might have to have an omelette tomorrow actually.

Green beans I used to deteste, but I'm absolutely in love with them now; the same goes for cauliflower.

[Jebus]

They can both used as dip for chicken nuggets, and my increased love for BBQ sauce means I don't get honey as much as I used to.
honey on nuggets? really? I've never seen that. I know Mcdonalds has honey mustard (which is okay-tasting), but never heard of just honey by itself.

[PilZ-E]

It's awesome. I recently discovered that honey on burritos is good as well...

No joke, I had a cheesy-beefy burrito at a TacoBell/KFC and a friend tried honey on his bean burrito and insisted that I try it on mine. It was actually really good, even with the hot sauce on mine.

[nieh]

honey on nuggets? really? I've never seen that. I know Mcdonalds has honey mustard (which is okay-tasting), but never heard of just honey by itself.

Nope, they have just honey as well but they normally assume that you mean honey mustard when you ask for it if you're above the age of 8. It's good stuff.

[Jebus]

Mcdonald's are selling 4pc mcnuggets for 1 dollar atm. Tomorrow I'm gonna buy 10 dollars worth, try them with honey, and possible get a heart attack.

As for the thread, I hated almost every type of vegetable as a kid, but finally grew to like them at age 16. Zucchini still sucks though.

[Offspring-Junkie]

I used to dislike tomatos, now I sometimes eat them.
I still dislike beans.

[Vera]

Broccoli. I don't recall being a picky eater as a kid but I probably was one, and for ages broccoli was just like this huge no-go vegetable for me. But then I tried it one time and um, yummy. Nobody in my family buys it but sometimes I buy it & boil some broccoli as a side dish when I cook for myself.

Balsamic vinegar. I always thought vinegar was something weird my mum had in my cupboard that I should never EVER touch and I wouldn't let her use it in my foods at all. Then I had salt&vinegar crisps in the UK and they were so good and then I realized the stuff my dad's gf always puts on her salad is balsamic vinegar. I am crazy for this stuff now and will never need salad dressing again. Yay.

I am still pretty iffy about beans in stuff (the floury texture when you chew on a bean is sort of icky to me) but I've learned to actually like them in things, and I love lenses and that kind of thing now. Like I'm pretty much in love with this Indian sauce that is basically ground up beans (daal I think it's called) with some rice. :)

[Sunny]

oh my god, dude... remember little fishy dudez WITH EYES we had at that Asian restaurant? so terrified. still.

and daal is delicious!

[Vera]

oh my god, dude... remember little fishy dudez WITH EYES we had at that Asian restaurant? so terrified. still.
You'll change your mind the next time I come to New York & we go eat Korean foodz. :D

They actually didn't taste like much, so ..yeah. Speaking of Korean food, I doubt I'll ever change my mind about kimchi. Spicyhot cabbage? Um. No thanks. XD

[wheelchairman]

Hey you know what tastes great? Liver.

You know what's pretty boring? Cow tongue.

True story.

[Sunny]

You'll change your mind the next time I come to New York & we go eat Korean foodz. :D

They actually didn't taste like much, so ..yeah. Speaking of Korean food, I doubt I'll ever change my mind about kimchi. Spicyhot cabbage? Um. No thanks. XD

i was just too weirded out by the crunchiness and THE EYES. not right. i'm not gonna eat stuff that looks me right in the eye, yo.
kimchi... well. it's special. ;D

and per, you should try sauteed veal liver with apples and onions and fresh ground pepper. it is amazing beyond belief.

[wheelchairman]

That does sound really good.

Man my 8 year old self would find me disgusting.

[Nina]

Hey you know what tastes great? Liver.


I keep telling people but they dont believe me. When I was in a steak restaurant last week they had chicken innards on the table and pplz made me eat it for a ~dare~, little did they know, ha.

[Little_Miss_1565]

I changed my mind about being vegetarian and it's been rad. I feel like the 6 years I spent as a vegetarian were still really great -- never been so skinny in my life! -- but I really appreciate not having to think so far in advance about what I eat now. I still love tofu, tempeh, seitan, and all that yummy veggie stuff so now it's like I can chow down on the best of both worlds. Scrambled tofu with bacon, please!

[Sunny]

i'm actually kinda regretting going back to being an omnivore. it's so much easier to be unhealthy once bacon/chicken quesadillas are no longer a no-no. and deliciously tempting, let me tell you. jesus. on top of that, i refuse to buy non-organic meat, and it's so damn expensive i could cry (made fillet mignons the other day... $28 per pound of pasture fed beef... fuck me sideways). and frankly, i'd rather go without than eat non-organic, caged, etc.

i think i'm going to be seriously cutting down on my meat consumption soon, especially since summer is coming up.

[Vera]

I just don't get liver. I've had it cooked at home by my dad (who is a great cook) and at a restaurant and it just .. the texture and taste is all wrong to me. The taste of liver is eerily similar to the smell of dog food. I just don't know but I've never been into it.

By the way, is Finland the only culinary paradise where minced meat is used regularly and often in home cooking?

[wheelchairman]

Wow Sunny.

Jesus christ I'm glad I'm polluting my immune system with hormone pumped beef than living in poverty. :p

[Sunny]

Sanni, it's pretty popular in Poland. i'm not really into it >.< in fact it kinda grosses me out.
and you're not alone in thinking liver is like dog food... charlie HATES it. haha.

Per, from my experience, European non-organic meat products are vastly superior to the disgusting crap we get in the US. less mass production, less hormones, etc.

[wheelchairman]

I wouldn't know. The Germans are quite known for their hormone-pumping anti-biotics-for-blood animals.

Danish meat is fine since it's subject to Danish law, most of that nonsense doesn't happen. Still doesn't stop German meat from being imported. :(

[Sunny]

that's gross.

ironically, i think i got spoiled living in Poland, because a lot of the meat comes from small organic farms, and people generally tend to shop at little local butcher shops who get their stuff from trusted suppliers.

this is not to say that nasty, hormone-filled meat isn't available. it's just easier to avoid, i guess.

[Duskygrin]

Foodwise, the only noticeable change is that I used not to bear white milk without its dosis of powder choc.
Now I do, to the point I've not bought powder choc in a decade.

I still hate caviar, anchovies, and cheese-that-makes-threads-or-smells-bad-or-is-cooked. As in, pizzas and the like. It makes me retch. Should you wish to torture me, present to me on a platter a pizza with cheese and order me to eat it; the faces I'll pull and the sight of my vomiting will induce you to ditch the idea in the first place. I can only withstand white cheese like feta or goat cheese.

[PilZ-E]

Good chicken and beef liver is amazing! Hell, I even like the not so great stuff.

[Jebus]

When my mom makes chicken soup, she usually throws in the sweetbreads (thymus and pancreas), liver, feet, and sometimes the head if it's included. Hmm.. BRAINS!

[Mota Boy]

But my true food love these days is Indian food. They'll make the weirdest combinations of things and I'll love it every time.Word. (http://www.offspring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26042)

And regarding vegetarianism, I've been slowly eating more and more vegetarian meals. I don't see myself ever going the whole hog, so to speak, but I'm now getting around four meals a week with little-to-no meat, and it's easier than I originally thought it'd be.

[Little_Miss_1565]

and regarding vegetarianism, I've been slowly eating more and more vegetarian meals. I don't see myself ever going the whole hog, so to speak, but I'm now getting around four meals a week with little-to-no meat, and it's easier than I originally thought it'd be.

I can imagine China would have some seriously amazing veggie snax.

[Mota Boy]

If you're a strict vegetarian, China can be hell. The Chinese just don't understand the concept. I've been out with vegetarian friends, and we've ordered dishes, telling the waitresses not to include meat, to which they've responded, repeatedly and a tad condescendingly, that there was no meat in the dish, then proceeded to bring out a plate of food we had to send back immediately. They use animal broth, they use animal fat, they lovingly sprinkle vegetable dishes with shredded meat (which they don't mention on the menu), they think that when you say "No meat" you mean "chicken" - all the things that drive strict vegetarians crazy.

But if you're more concerned with reducing rather than eliminating your meat consumption, then it's awesome.

[Tizzalicious]

I seem to have switched around hald of my likes/dislikes.

I used to HATE chicken and fruit, and now that's basically the only meat I do enjoy, and I eat fruit ALL the time, and love it.

When I was little I liked mussels. I get grossed out just thinking about them now.

I'm still very picky though, I never liked milk, and probably never will, and I don't like ANY cooked vegetables. I love them raw (or in soup), but cooked....bleh.

[Conspiracyof1000]

I used to love apples and hate oranges, but now oranges are one of my favorite snack foods (if they're in the fridge, which is rare since everyone else in the house likes potato chips.)

I also used to hate vegetables of any kind. Now I love cauliflower, artichokes, corn, potatoes, green beans (haven't had those for a while) and a whole bunch of other stuff I used to hate. Still don't like salads though.

I've always loved seafood. Now I super love it, after my last birthday. We went to Red Lobster and I had the surf-n-turf. Yum.

And tuna in mashed potatoes is awesome.

[Lizardus]

By the way, is Finland the only culinary paradise where minced meat is used regularly and often in home cooking?

I remember eating minced ham once.
Can't remember with what.

Danish meat is fine since it's subject to Danish law, most of that nonsense doesn't happen. Still doesn't stop German meat from being imported.
Nothing can stop the germans?