what foods did you hate as a kid, and did you overcome them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shrimp, sauerkraut, braunschweiger, bologna, deli Swiss cheese slices, and mushrooms. Love shrimp, mushrooms, sauerkraut (and all fermented vegetables) now.

I have a similar list:

shrimp
sauerkraut
mushrooms
yogurt
cheesecake
coconut

[Anonymous]

Brie. It smelled like cat pee to me as a kid.

[Anonymous]

I hated a lot of vegetables because they were served steamed or boiled - broccoli, brussels sprouts, etc. Now I eat vegetables roasted and they're delicious.

I hate hate hated those mixed vegetable frozen Birdseye bags and still really do. DH will chop a bunch of different vegetables to roast together and I'm like "would it kill you to use separate trays??"

[Anonymous]

Eggplant. I’ll eat it if served to me now but still not a fan.

[Anonymous]

Vegetables. The only ones I would eat as a child were mushrooms and green beans. The only veggies I still can't eat are peas, unless they are mixed in with other veggies like in a pot pie.

Strong cheese. I used to hate blue cheese and blue cheese dressing. Now, my favorite dressing is blue cheese but its so laden with calories, I rarely put it on a salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gives me hope for my 8 year old who eats plain vegetables just fine, but hates meat, the taste, the feel, the texture. I don't care that he hates meat, he could be a vegetarian except I worry about protein and iron and he doesn't eat beans or lentils except occasional baked beans.

DS disliked the texture of meat when he was kid. He really liked fish, like cod baked in foil with butter, he liked hot dogs, and hamburgers. He did like to suck on bones if we had steak though. So, when he was 14 or so, he tried steak and liked it. Ever since he has told everyone in the world his parents refused to let him have steak his entire childhood, ate it all themselves and just gave him the bones. When he hauls out this story, I try to get my defense in but he doesn't give me a chance!

He also turned out to be a very adventurous eater. He was eating sushi with raw fish way before I dared to, he eats frog legs, he once was at a park and some people (from the Middle East, don't remember where from) were roasting a sheep and they gave am an eyeball to eat--which he did with gusto.

Otherwise. . . .yeah, he was tough to feed as a kid. He also had OCD. If there was something he liked I'd basically feed it to him for weeks until I found something else. He once went 2 weeks eating nothing but spoonfuls of peanut butter and glasses of milk. (PB is a legume at least, and PB+ bread is a complete protein)

Thank you, this story gives me hope! DS will eat eggs, cold cuts, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, meatballs in tomato sauce, pasta with meat sauce. However, he most of those (minus hot dogs which he loves) with major push back, yelling, and whining (which we do not cave to), but will not eat unprocessed meat. We keep having him take a single "thank you bite" of meat we eat from chicken to steak to shrimp, but it's very hard for him to swallow just one bite, he has to chew it and hold it in his mouth for awhile and/or really gags on it. It's a sensory thing, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This gives me hope for my 8 year old who eats plain vegetables just fine, but hates meat, the taste, the feel, the texture. I don't care that he hates meat, he could be a vegetarian except I worry about protein and iron and he doesn't eat beans or lentils except occasional baked beans.

DS disliked the texture of meat when he was kid. He really liked fish, like cod baked in foil with butter, he liked hot dogs, and hamburgers. He did like to suck on bones if we had steak though. So, when he was 14 or so, he tried steak and liked it. Ever since he has told everyone in the world his parents refused to let him have steak his entire childhood, ate it all themselves and just gave him the bones. When he hauls out this story, I try to get my defense in but he doesn't give me a chance!

He also turned out to be a very adventurous eater. He was eating sushi with raw fish way before I dared to, he eats frog legs, he once was at a park and some people (from the Middle East, don't remember where from) were roasting a sheep and they gave am an eyeball to eat--which he did with gusto.

Otherwise. . . .yeah, he was tough to feed as a kid. He also had OCD. If there was something he liked I'd basically feed it to him for weeks until I found something else. He once went 2 weeks eating nothing but spoonfuls of peanut butter and glasses of milk. (PB is a legume at least, and PB+ bread is a complete protein)

Thank you, this story gives me hope! DS will eat eggs, cold cuts, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, meatballs in tomato sauce, pasta with meat sauce. However, he most of those (minus hot dogs which he loves) with major push back, yelling, and whining (which we do not cave to), but will not eat unprocessed meat. We keep having him take a single "thank you bite" of meat we eat from chicken to steak to shrimp, but it's very hard for him to swallow just one bite, he has to chew it and hold it in his mouth for awhile and/or really gags on it. It's a sensory thing, I guess.

DP - also adding, it's interesting to have the kid who easily eats the vegetables, but whines at chicken nuggets!

[Anonymous]

I hated any pasta with tomato sauce, which meant all those usual childhood favorites like lasagna, spaghetti, and baked pastas were passed up. I also strongly disliked raw tomatoes.

Pizza was fine.

Now I love everything about tomatoes and in whatever form I can eat them. I started to change in my 20s.