re: Foods you grew to like later in life

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blue cheese
-olives
-anchovies
-black jelly beans
-asparagus
-garlic, better cooked but I like it however
-lemons cooked in anything
-obviously whisky and beer too
-black coffee (didn't drink any coffee until I was 35)

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never

Salmon. Hated it until I was 30. Now cannot get enough.

Did not drink coffee until I was 50.

I didn’t like baked potatoes until later in life

Also fish in general

Oysters and salt water fish. I was raised on catfish, I remember being around 10 and trying seafood from the Gulf at a restaurant and I couldn’t stand it. I was in my early 30’s before I gave it another try and now I love it.

Reading some of these, I'm sure many of the things I didn't like were because my parents couldn't cook worth a crap. They like it when we cook for them now.

Onions
Brussel sprouts
Sushi
Cottage cheese

Still don't care for
Green beans
Asparagus
Oysters
Chocolate

Cabbage
Navy beans
Mustard greens
Brussel sprouts

Could be my parents couldn’t cook.

I was a weird kid, if I saw my parents eat something, I wanted some. Oysters, hogshead cheese, eggplant, liver & onions, lamb, I wasn't going to miss out on anything.

Oddly, mashed potatoes was the first food I remember hating, but I guess it was the texture, and it seemed like just a big bland blob. I also couldn’t stand rice. Meanwhile, I was eating Brussels sprouts (before people roasted them), spinach, beets, and other things kids often don’t like.

I wish I’d never learned to love both of those.