Have you ever considered giving a second chance to foods you don’t like?
Reasons to reconsider:
- Did you not like them because of how they were cooked when you were young?
- Could your taste buds have changed over the years?
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We taught our kids to say “I’m still learning about it” when trying foods they didn’t like.
If possible, keep eating foods you don’t like until you learn to either tolerate or even like them. I have found that more often than not, It have been able to overcome not liking a food by eating until I learn to appreciate it.
Try everything twice… the first time you may have just not been in the mood.
This post was written by a brussel sprout
when I was a kid I thought I hated tomatoes. Turns out I just hadn’t eaten a really good one.
For a lot of things, not just foods, try things twice. The first time it’ll be with no experienced expectation. The second time with the experience and knowing what to expect can make a big impact on how you experience it.
I’m a believer that if something tastes bad, you probably shouldn’t be eating it.
So true! I HATED spaghetti growing up and swore I’d never eat it again when I left home. I didn’t for years and years, but, for some reason the last few months I’ve been eating it like crazy!
I have found a lot of people dont like foods because they have never had it cooked properly. Had someone i made roasted asparagus for and they swore up and down they would hate it because they never liked it. Well they ate almost all of mine
As a chronically picky eater, this is true.
Not true for all things, but true.
If there’s things you’ve always disliked, you may still dislike them for whatever core reason.
I personally don’t like vinegar related stuff. I don’t think I ever will, but I avoid yellow mustard like the plague.
Recently though, over the last couple years, I’ve been able to eat mustards like dijon and stone ground when they are part of a meal, mixed in a sauce/brushed on meat.
I still cannot consume mustard as a condiment, and I am not sure I will be able to. (I dislike most/all condiments)
I finally was able to start getting into some brands of honey mustard flavored snacks, too.
There is hope out there, picky people.
If you find yourself feeling distantly curious about a food you once detested, it might be time.
I am deathly allergic to peanuts, but I’ll give it another try to be sure!
>”Maybe you just didn’t like the way your parents cooked them when you were young.”
Adding seasoning to your food before or during cooking, even if it’s just salt and pepper is a revelation if your parents never bothered with it when you were growing up.
I’ve changed my mind about a lot of foods and drinks over the years.
– Green tea—hated it until I tried genmaicha
– Salmon—hated it until I had fresh salmon bbqed with just lemon, salt, and pepper
– White wine—thought it was gross until I tried sauv blanc
– Seafood—absolutely despised it until I had it very fresh at the seaside
– Beer—bored by it until I had a really hoppy IPA
– Coffee—it made my tongue curdle until I tried it black
Most of these changes in opinion happened when I was served a thing by someone who actually knew about how to properly cook or prepare it, or had good taste in wine for example. I only had the experience of consuming the product in an suboptimal situation—for example, only having eaten seafood on the prairies. Never again.
I hated canned peas — still do. Turn out mom never thought to cook us fresh steamed peas.
Thought I hated spaghetti, turns out my mom couldn’t cook.
I still can’t stand raw tomatoes
When it comes to food, I like to say that I’ll try most anything twice.
My aunt was like “i hate brussel sprouts” and im like “try them!! They were bitter af when you were younger but in rhe 90s, strains made it to markets that were really not bitter and more enjoyable!”
And she ordered brussel sprouts and was like, “i still hate brussel sprouts!”
Well, cant say she didnt try
Sauerbraten. I can’t stand the smell, and I’m not going to put it in my mouth.
I always do that anyways. Even movies, music, and video games. If I feel like I should’ve liked it, I’ll give it another shot down the road. Who knows, maybe I was just in a bad mood that day. You just never know.
Some of my favorite things are things I had to give a second chance.
Yep. I’ve told my kids, and now my grandkids, the same thing. And, to put my money where my mouth is, I’ve recently tried two foods I hate — bananas and pickles — with them. Still hate them, but showed them that we should try them anyway.
An example from my life is olives. I hated olives growing up because all I ever had were the nasty canned black olives. My wife turned me on to good olives.
Absolutely correct. There are so many things I used to hate as a kid that I now love
Taste buds dull as we age. Things that may have been too much for you when you were young will become palatable and some things you enjoyed may become boring.
You should frequently give healthy foods another chance. Your intestinal flora will adjust and so will your taste.
According to Mathias Riedl you will like the taste of anything after eating it 20 times.
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Your right. Because your tastes can change.
Your wrong. Cus nope
Nice try, blue cheese.
There is enough food to be stubborn about some of them. I had never had Brussel sprouts and decided to try them. They are gross and I didn’t like them. I decided to try beets again, bad move they are stupid and yucky.
You also get new taste buds every 7ish years.
The first couple of times I was served lamb was from my former father in-law. It was nasty. Having never eaten it before, I assumed he knew what he was doing and that he was cooking and preparing properly. He was not.
Years later, a neighbor had me over for dinner and was serving lamb. I took the first bite expecting to suffer through and pretend to enjoy the meal.
He ended up giving me tips on how he prepped and cooked them. Lamb is now on the menu every once in a while. I’m not as good as how he made it, but I don’t shy away from trying now.
I’m 36 and I just discovered pickled onions today after rejecting my first bite at like, 6.
They’re incredible.
But don’t give them a third chance.
I give every food seven years. If I disliked it in the past, but haven’t tried it in seven years or more, I’ll try it. It’s what lead to my love affair with broccoli.
I hated most vegetable growing up until I realized as an adult they don’t have to be bought in cans