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ITT: Childhood misconceptions about food

When I was about 4 I thought beetroot tasted sweet and was fucking great. I went out with a friend's family for his birthday party, ordered something with beetroot as a main ingredient and when it arrived thought it had gone off because it tasted so weird: turns out I'd never had an unpickled beetroot before.

Did you have any misconceptions, /ck/?

>> No.10138179

>>10138157
Beets are pretty sweet though, I don't know what kind you've been eating to think otherwise.

>> No.10138180

>>10138157

I grew up loving broccolini, and then had broccoli rabe for the first time at a culinary school restaurant thinking that it was the same thing as broccolini. I seriously thought that the culinary students had completely fucked up.

>> No.10138473

>>10138179
I don't know what to describe it as but it's definitely not sweet. More like a bland flavour?

>> No.10140383

>>10138473
They have a pretty distinct sweet earthy taste. They seem to be about 7% sugar naturally.

>> No.10140399

I was so young that I don't even remember it probably just starting solid foods. I ate a grape tomato thinking it was a strawberry.
I still hate tomatoes to this day

>> No.10140599
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10140599

>>10138157
>beetroot
That isn't a word. While we're at it, "rocket" is a kind of propulsion system, not a food. "Cougarette" is a small middle aged woman who preys on younger men. And "aubergine" is a colour, not a vegetable.

Thanks in advance,

English speakers

>> No.10140623

>>10140599
>Cougarette
You mean to say courgette? Do you often transpose characters?

>> No.10140628

>>10140623
That isn't a word either. Do you often argue with strangers over whether your imaginary friend has red hair or blue hair?

>> No.10140633

>>10140599
>>10140628
Aubergine is a vegetable AND courgettes = Zuchinnis.

You're dumb lmao

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>>10140599

>> No.10140943

>>10138157
I thought anchovies are vegetables, and brussel sprouts grow like tiny cabbages out of the ground. I believed those things until recently actually.

>> No.10140958

>>10140599
But we say carrotroot and potatoroot, why not beetroot

>> No.10141015

I thought cauliflower, broccoli, greeen beans etc have shit taste.
Then I learned how to cook them properly

>> No.10141056

>>10141015
They're pretty good raw famalam.

>> No.10141650

>>10140399
People who hate tomatoes are literally dropped-on-head-as-a-kid retarded brainlets.

>> No.10141655

>>10141056
They're decent raw, but baking cauliflower unlocks its full potential.

>> No.10142275

>>10140383
beets are a major source for sugar production