We had Brussels sprouts last night.

@Paul628 Ack!

@godef I didn't say I liked them, only that we had them. I can eat a few, but if I eat too many I'll turn into a giant gas bomb.

Try brussel sprouts! Grilled with lots of olive oil, lemon and garlic! I hated them as a kid too and didn't try the again til it was 40. They are amazing.

@Roadster You're probably right. My mother never fed me spinach when I was a kid, but she did to two of my sisters as part of a diet, and the horrid look on their faces convinced me I'd probably hate the stuff. Of course, that spinach came from a can; I've learned to love spinach prepared properly in various Florentine dishes, in quiche, and even raw in a salad.

@godef I had the same experience with spinach, I still don't like simple cooked spinach but mixed fresh or cooked into any number of dishes, it is excellent.
Good call on the Lima beans though. I don't think there is any way to redeem them. I try every now and then. Never has worked out.

I just thought menudo was the boy band until I went to Oregon and saw it for myself.......I couldn't do it.

And it's still gross.

I had to look it up. Yeah, I won't be trying that. Ha!

For me, it's not always the combo of foods in a dish, it's the seasonings always used. Wish they'd sell them unseasoned, then I could use what I like.

I can't get past the smell of menudo, also the contents of it are disgusting to me.

@SonderOpia Hahaha! Yes it is!

My grandfather made menudo... Hated it as a kid but add some red chili and it is pretty good.

ditto

Haha! still thinking then?

@Tiffanny The only thing I can think of right now is squash. I love acorn squash. Not so much as a kid.

@Paul628 I have never heard of acorn squash will have to google.

I'm not big on green or black olives, though I can eat them, but kalamata olives are really delicious. When a friend and I eat at a Greek restaurant, he'll say to the waiter to hold the olives and I'll chime in to put them in a separate dish and give them to me.

@silvereyes I can't either, now! I still don't eat spaghetti with the traditional red sauce, or any other dish like that. No lasagna, or chicken parm. There are a very few things with tomatoes that I'll eat. And raw tomatoes? NO WAY!

Fresh garden tomatoes are great. Store tomatoes are tasteless. But I like good canned tomatoes/paste, or diced in goulash, etc. Also, there are seasonings I don't like--the sharp, weird ones like some Greek and in spicy tomato sauces.

I only started tolerating tomatoes recently, like on a burger, in a salad etc. but I’ve always been a huge fan of pizza and Italian in general, as well as ketchup. I was always able to compartmentalize those, luckily.

Me too, on all of those! But I have to ask about the cream of mushroom soup... do you make it like soup or just use it in recipes? I like to make things with it, but I can't imagine eating it like soup.

@carlyhorton I like it both ways. It's not my favorite soup, but it's pretty okay. The trick for me is to whisk it really well to smooth it out. I think that was half of my objection when I was a kid.

I still don’t like raw onions. They’ve gotta be well disguised if they’re in my food.
Mushrooms either. Fungus. Yuck. Can’t get over the mental hurdle.

Yeah, rice pudding isn't appealing to me, either, but I'm good with oatmeal/porridge. How do you do Brussels sprouts? I didn't like them as a kid, and I've had no exposure to them as an adult, but I know a lot of people love them. I've heard they're good roasted?

Sacha, how can you not like rice pudding?

I used to think oatmeal was the most boring food ever. Now I stir in a generous amount of cinnamon and top with chopped banana, raspberries and or blueberries. I now find it pretty yummy.

@El-loco I guess it is the texture, I also can't do Asian rice porridge (Congee) which is the same texture, same thing just a main meal. The Indonesian version Bubur ayam is doable as you add fried chicken thick sweet soy and chilli sauce, deep fried shallots and other stuff, which I can eat just. But I can't do the European sweet version.

@resserts Chopped up, roasted with balsamic,garlic, bacon and Parmesan cheese

@Sacha I can't believe I came on an agnostic site to argue about rice pudding with a woman.

I love all pudding, tapioca, rice..... Great to have when you're sick.

Cruciferous and root vegetables have so many ways to prepare. Some are good raw.

Every now and then I think, "I should be an adult and eat beets." And then I'll try them again, and rediscover why I don't eat them. (Canned beets in particular are just awful, but I've determined I really don't care for them fresh, either.)

I used to hate spinach too! As a kid, the only kind I'd ever had was frozen in a box, then boiled into a smelly slimy mess. Now, wilt some in a shallow pan with a little olive oil and garlic, and I'm all over it!

Boiled spinach with apple cider vinegar was something I really liked as a kid. I think I just wanted to be Popeye.

So many things are great fresh, like spinach. In the eating out of cans and freezers age, people couldn't cook. Now you can get those good "rabbit" foods without knowing cooking methods. And, as I said, root vegetables are good roasted. Don't boil everything.

@carlyhorton Omg one of my favourite things other than Olives.

Alert. Much British food sounds yuk to me. Maybe it's the lack of seasoning.

@GoldenMean Not if you've got a sachet of Gambian Adja it's not.