When was your first time eating... (restaurant, bbq, chinese, Indian)

[tvdxer]

Mutton?

Goat meat?

Gyro?

Hummus?

Sushi?

Sashimi?

Herring?

Paella?

Couscous?

Polenta?

Ugali/fufu?

Pho?

Biryani?

Dosa?

Injera?

Ma po tofu?

Poutine?

Sauerkraut?

Cuban bread?

Thai curry?

Chitterlins?

[chiroptera]

September 16th, 1972.

[tvdxer]

Mutton? - Probably in my childhood.

Goat meat? - Age 20 (2007), in a Nigerian restaurant in Minneapolis.

Gyro? - In my childhood, I used to always order them without the vegetables or tzatziki.

Hummus? Age 18, at the Amazing Grace Cafe in Duluth, MN.

Sushi? Age 19, at the (then) new Zen House restaurant in Hermantown, MN.

Sashimi? Age 22, at Samurai Blue in Tampa, FL..

Herring? Can't remember, pickled herring has been a family Christmas tradition since time immemorable....

Paella? Age 21, in Spain.

Couscous? Hard to say; I know I had it at age 21 in Morocco several times.

Polenta? Never.

Ugali/fufu? Age 20, at a now-closed Pan-African restaurant in the Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Pho? Age 19 or 20, at a local Vietnamese joint.

Biryani? Age 18, from the local India Palace.

Dosa? Age 22, at an Indian restaurant in Fargo, ND (no kidding).

Injera? Age 20, at Ghenet in NYC.

Ma po tofu? Age 20, from a local Chinese restaurant.

Poutine? Just a few months ago from a local "world cuisine" restaurant.

Sauerkraut? Can't remember.

Cuban bread? When I was 22 in Tampa, FL.

Thai curry? 18.

Chitterlins? Never.

[70Ford]

Yesterday. Man, I'm so full now. (Burp.)

[kaimuki]

I cannot give an exact age on when I tried these foods, but here is a general idea.

Mutton? In my 20's

Goat meat? Before I was 10

Gyro? In my teens

Hummus? In my teens

Sushi? Before I was 10

Sashimi? Before I was 10

Herring? In my 20's

Paella? In my 20's

Couscous? In my teens

Polenta? In my late teens or early 20's

Ugali/fufu? Never had it

Pho? In my teens

Biryani? Never had it

Dosa? In my late teens or early 20's

Injera? Never had it

Ma po tofu? I'm pretty sure in my teens

Poutine? Never had it, but want to try it

Sauerkraut? In my late teens

Cuban bread? In my late teens

Thai curry? Before I was 10

Chitterlins? In my teens

[Mooseketeer]

Mutton? When I was little in Morocco - About 8 probably ( still not my favourite meat)

Goat meat? In Guadeloupe, age five or six

Gyro? Southern France mid 70s ( called a "Sandwich Grec" in France)


Hummus? In Turkey , under the age of Ten

Sushi? In my early Teens

Sashimi? In my early Teens

Herring? Under the age of five at a guess

Paella? Under the age of Five

Couscous? Under the age of Five

Polenta? Under the age of Five

Fufu? Cameroon 1978 ( where it's also called "Couscous" if made with millet and sorghum instead of manioc)

Pho? A Vietnamese school's friend's house, I was about 8/9

Biryani? In India in 1982

Dosa? In India in 1982

Injera? Eritrea 1985 - refugee camp

Ma po tofu? Don't think I have ever had it

Poutine? Quebec age 4/5 at a guess

Sauerkraut? I must have been a toddler ( very popular dish in France and we also lived in Germany...)

Cuban bread? No idea what that is. I had bread in Cuba does it count ? Early 80s

Thai curry? Thailand , age 10/11


Chitterlins? Under the age of ten ( still not a big fan !)

[stan4]

For pretty much everything on that list...when I was a tiny tot.
No recollection of first time. Just one of the foods I've always eaten.

[Nerys52SoSilver]

Sushi at age 47 from a grocery shop
Sauerkraut first holiday in Lof Germany in 1983 age 23 yrs
Thai green curry cooked it myself when I turned 50
Paella cooked it myself at 21 and still do few times a year
Goat had it in once as a kid at a bbq very dry meat never again
Polenta have been cooking this for many years since my teens
Herring all types Danish buffet Copenhagen 1985 while on holiday
Couscous started cooking this somewhere in my thirties make it seldom only I like it in my house
the other things of the lists is very few I would like to eat maybe hummus and biryani I make myself someday to try

[episkopos]

Haven't had most of the things on the list. But looking forward to eating sushi soon. Fufu, goat, mutton are part of our basic everyday meals here. I don't remember when I started eating but it was definitely in my childhood some over 30 years ago.

[educator1953]

I guess I've lived a very sheltered life--foodwise, that is. I haven't eaten any of those things on the list except sauerkraut.

I haven't had sauerkraut in many years, but I remember Mom making sauerkraut and weiners for dinner when I was a kid. I remember liking it. (This was in the late '50s and '60s.) My husband doesn't like sauerkraut, so I just don't serve it.

I did have the opportunity to eat chitterlins at a street festival once. I passed on that one.