Who all didn't like a certain food as a child bc your parents sucked at cooking it..

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Mine was red beans

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Mine too! My parents were both good cooks but I never liked their red beans. Once I tasted my husbands red beans, I was happy!

Oh and my mom has been smoking for over 60 years so her taste buds are out of whack these days.

Lots and lots of foods.

Pretty much any vegetable. They had no clue what they were doing.

Same here. I hated red beans.

To this day, my parents use Louisiana mix for gumbo, red beans, jambalaya, and etouffee far more often than they make it from scratch. I honestly thought I hated "Louisiana food" as a kid.

Also steak. My dad likes his steak well done and he was the only person who ever made it. I was 21-22 years old when I realized I like steak. You can throw burgers in the mix with that, actually. They always loaded them up with eggs and breadcrumbs and cooked them for a very long time on the grill. As a kid, I couldn't articulate why I liked restaurant burgers but not home cooked burgers.

Pops is a Nam Vet. And a helluva cook. One of the best I know. During his tours overseas he spent a lot of time Japan and Taiwan. When I was growing up he would attempt to recreate some of those Asian dishes. As a kid, it was the worst food I'd ever ate. His "specialty" was Sweet and Sour chicken over some goofy looking rice thing. I despised it. My mom and sisters claimed to love it. So he cooked it sometimes 3-4 times a month. If I wanted supper it was that or the putty out of the windows. I swore off food from the continent of Asia from the time I graduated highscool until I was in my mid 20s.

Brussel sprouts. Learning that they roast well with olive oil, salt, and pepper changed them for me.

Sometimes chicken. I think my mother was afraid of giving me undercooked meat so she'd over cook the hell out of on the stove top. I think Thanksgiving turkey and Sunday roasts were the only times she used meat thermometers.

pretty much all vegetables

the only way my parents cooked vegetables was boiling them to utter, flavorless mush

We didn't ever have red beans or white beans since my mom (a great cook) didn't like them. I can eat the hell out of them now and they are one of my favorite things to make.

Brussel Sprouts, my Maw Maw could make anything taste good except for brussel sprouts. She always served them at high holidays and I hated them. She basically boiled them and served with salt and pepper, gross.

I routinely roast them now and serve them a few times a month. If you haven't had the sprouts at Peche you need to. They fry them and toss with a peppery glaze and they are out of this world.

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Pops is a Nam vet.

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helluva cook

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How many of his own men did he send to the latrine?

I probably didn't have a good steak until my mid 20's. My dad overcooked them and ordered them at shitty places double well done. LOL

Brussels. My moms were terrible; one of my favorites now.