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I was eating a plate that someone had prepared for me. I thought it was potato salad but after biting into it, I thought, "Whoa! That ain't potato salad!" Then I thought, "Oh, that's quite good actually...." Turns out it was banana pudding...
I know that I've heard of banana pudding before, but apparently I've never tasted it. I would have remembered if I had because this stuff is thoroughly good... What are some foods that you discovered in adulthood that you didn't know were so good?
I DESPISED seafood as a kid and never ate it EVER again until 2 summers ago (and I'm 37 lol). I am just starting to experiment with it. I tried a crabcake the other night at The Crabcake Factory in OCMD and it was really good!
oh my, lots of things and I was raised in a home where we had, what appeared to be almost everything. At least everything available in the 40s and 50s.
I have had Escargot since then. As well as rhubarb, fresh herbs (we always used dried) pizza, and a variety of Asian foods. I am sure there are a lot of other things I can't remember right now.
Wow....my list would be loooooong. I grew up in a very un-adventurous-eating household. My mother couldn't cook and my father didn't care, his mother couldn't cook either.
I never had broccoli or cauliflower. Brussell sprouts, eggplant, snow peas or snap peas. Zucchini or cucumbers. Water chestnuts or bamboo shoots.
The only "Chinese" was chow mein and chop suey out of a can.
No "Mexican" food. None. The only "Italian" was Chef Boy Ar Dee.
Seafood? Nope. Fish sticks was about it.
I spent much of my life thinking I had a loooooooong list of foods I didn't like. I came to realize that the reason I thought I didn't like those foods is because my father didn't like them, and I simply mimicked his eating habits.
When I was about 30, I was dating a guy who lived on the coast, and he encouraged me to try seafood. Holy crap! I had been missing out! Once I had that revelation, it spurned a whole culinary enlightenment period in my life. I now make a habit of trying everything. I still have a few things I don't like, but I am confident that I actually don't like them. I no longer just assume that I don't like them.
I spent much of my life thinking I had a loooooooong list of foods I didn't like. I came to realize that the reason I thought I didn't like those foods is because my father didn't like them, and I simply mimicked his eating habits.
When I was about 30, I was dating a guy who lived on the coast, and he encouraged me to try seafood. Holy crap! I had been missing out! Once I had that revelation, it spurned a whole culinary enlightenment period in my life. I now make a habit of trying everything. I still have a few things I don't like, but I am confident that I actually don't like them. I no longer just assume that I don't like them.
spoiled brat was the same: he ate what his dad did which meant almost no veggies. After we were married and he realized I was going to put fresh veggies of all kinds on the table he started trying them: first of all, I didn't overcook them like his mom and I did use spices other than a pinch of salt and sugar. He even learned that garlic could flavor things and not every veggie had to cooked with bacon greese.
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