/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.6526379]

Have your tastes changed now that you're older and cooking for yourself? Do you like things now that you hated before? Do you hate things now that you liked before? Are there still things you don't like to eat?

I used to absolutely hate

Avocado
Cilantro (Coriander leaves)
Coconut
Mushrooms
Raw onions
Vinegar

But now I like that I can imagine how things taste and think to myself, "Some coconut in this would be delicious. This could use a little more cilantro."

I still can't eat a lot of seafood because I think the taste is pretty strong. I grew up on everything but seafood so there's still some learning to do.

How about you guys?

[Anonymous No.6526389]

I got into making myself steaks last year, and am pretty good at it now.

I can also eat peppers, mushrooms, and onions now, a for a while I'd mince garlic and add that to hot dogs. Was never into anything like that as a kid.

[Anonymous No.6526390]

>>6526379
Huh, quite similar, I learnt to appreciate raw onions and vinegar also, still can't get over coconut, especially the shredded stuff people put on their sweets.

This happens to be my least favourite chocolate right now, funny enough I can appreciate coconut milk as an ingredient.

[Anonymous No.6526401]

Olives I've learned to love. Pickles too.

Still hate raw mushrooms. Still dislike avocado. Still dislike cilantro.

I hate all cheese.

[Anonymous No.6526442]

>>6526379

why is the dog crying?

[Anonymous No.6526448]

The only thing I've ever disliked is the taste of black licorice; as such I did not like things with a strong taste of anise or fennel. Eventually I realize that those things I had tried were just awful and that anise and/or fennel can be used to make great dishes.

Black licorice still tastes awful to me though. I've tried to like it, I just can't.

[Anonymous No.6526492]

>used to hate: olives, capers, blue cheese, black coffee, basically everything with a strong taste
>started getting shitfaced on poor whiskey every weekend when I was 20
>worse than anything I'd ever tasted, but worth it to get drunk (also mixing is for pussies)
>a few months after that started liking all of the above since my brain was like "at least it's not as bad as whiskey, s'cool"
>eventually learn to like whiskey as well

T-thanks, alcohol.

At this point I'll eat pretty much anything. The only thing I never got a taste for was anise-flavored anything. Just tastes like medicine to me.

[Anonymous No.6526512]

Hated onions, eggs, fish, and celery as a kid...now love them all, I could probably live on eggs and nothing repulsed me more as a kid.

Hated green beans, mushrooms, cabbage, cauliflower, and stronger seafood like mussels and oysters as a kid....still hate them all

I don't hate anything I used to enjoy other than "nacho cheese" aka cheese dip/sauce, I'm very much in touch with my inner child and occasionally indulge it...still love my fast food (I'll even buy myself a happy meal if theres toys I like), chips, candy and sweets, microwave crap like pizza bagels etc etc

[Anonymous No.6526517]

I now think:

-frozen pizzas are trash
-most soda is trash
-peppers, onion, and mushrooms are wonderfull
-I used to dislike potatos and now I like them
-refried beans are pretty good
-my enjoyment of mac'n'cheese has decreased

[Anonymous No.6526520]

>>6526512
>I'll even buy myself a happy meal if theres toys I like
Are you serious? If there's toys you like?

[Anonymous No.6526530]

>>6526520

Meh, I collect Transformers stuff and ponies.

[Anonymous No.6526533]

>>6526520

Yeah. I never had happy meals growing up so now that I can afford them I do.

[Anonymous No.6526553]

When i was a kid i would hate most vegetables, i loved the flavor of mushrooms but would not eat them due to the texture, and i would also not eat fish.

Now i am older i eat pretty much everything and can cope eating everything even if i dislike it, mushrooms i ignore the texture now, vegetables i also eat. Fish i tried and really do enjoy most fish, only they are so full of fucking bones, i hate not being able to just chow down on my food without worrying every second some tiny bone is going to cut the inside of my throat and ruin the rest of my meal, so i avoid fish.

[Anonymous No.6526585]

>>6526517
Why did you hate potatoes before? They're so versatile and delicious.

[Anonymous No.6526587]

>>6526379

ketchup for my well-done steak?
no way
I want to taste the meat!

no way!

feels good to be grown up man

[Anonymous No.6526599]

>>6526585

Really bland. My mom usually cooked them mashed at dinners or fried on a skillet and they never compared in flavor to the other items.

It wasn't until I ran out of food living alone when potatoes+eggs+ketchup was a new favorite meal.

[Anonymous No.6526605]

>>6526599
Sounds like she didn't use enough salt or butter for the mash and not enough spices for fried potatoes.

[Anonymous No.6526756]

Used to hate wheat bread, now I love it

[Anonymous No.6526763]

I hated bell peppers, raw tomatoes and mushrooms when I was young.

Now I eat everything except mushrooms, still not down with the fungus

[Anonymous No.6527664]

Still dislike fish, still dislike celery(I don't suppose I will ever like that shit, god damn, what a useless piece of shit that is)

[Anonymous No.6527671]

>Cilantro (Coriander leaves)

Nope you liar, actually everyone who dislikes coriander is biologically unable to like it. Stop lying to people. Everyone who dislikes coriander can never like it so don't even try :^)

[Anonymous No.6527716]

>>6526379
cheesecake

[Anonymous No.6527764]

Pizza sauce.

i only liked the sweet sauces. like you get from chef boyardee or Ragu or prego etc. it had to be smooth no noticeable chunks.

Then a while ago, when i got into making my own dough for pizza, i wanted to make my own pizza sauce. so looked up several recipes and found one that sounded like id like it.

just simple Diced tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and some other spices i decided to add. put through a food processor for a little bit. tasted amazing.

Ive tried using the sweeter sauces but it just doesnt taste good now.

[Anonymous No.6527927]

>>6526379
For me it's been the opposite. As a kid I wasn't fussy. I'd eat anything. The only thing that took some time for me was cilantro.

As an adult I've grown to dislike many of the loud fake tasting foods I thought were great as a kid. Stuff like:
Doritos/Cheetos/flavored chips
pepperoni pizza
soda
BK/McD's/Taco Bell
most candy
most mass produced cookies/cakes
breakfast cereal

I'm much more picky as an adult.

[Anonymous No.6527930]

I hate any cooked fish now.

[Anonymous No.6527945]

>>6526448
This is the only thing I can say without a doubt that I don't like. I used to dislike most things mentioned as a kid also, but I love the things I hated now. I discovered alot of what I didn't like, was simply my mom being a terrible cook.

[Anonymous No.6527977]

>>6527930
pretty much this, can't eat most of cooked fish
Like a smoked, dried or salted fish is mostly fine and sometimes even god tier, but cooked, boiled, steamed or whatever else is just mehh

[Anonymous No.6528003]

>>6527927

I agree with all of this, but I also came to like a lot of foods and drinks I disliked when I was younger.

Coffee, tea, beer, wine, rye and pumpernickel bread, cilantro, cumin, avocado, cooked onions, steamed vegetables, olives, dill pickles, balsamic vinegar, etc.

[Anonymous No.6528015]

>>6528003
I think the only thing I didn't like when I was younger (other than cilantro) was beer. I was one of those pudgepockets who would eat anything.

But as an adult overly sweet or salty artificially flavored shit really grosses me out. I guess that's a good thing.

[Anonymous No.6528022]

>>6526379
I still don't care for most seafood most organs/offal. I do like crab and lobster occasionally when it's really fresh and I like foie gras,

I used to hate olives and mushrooms when I was younger but grew to like them as I got older.

Aside from the above, I'm not picky about anything else I eat. My parents were always eating lots of interesting things when I was growing up and my mom used to make all kinds of different foods and lots of vegetables so I was exposed to them from the time I was able to start eating solid foods as a baby.

[Anonymous No.6528204]

>>6526379
I used to eat jalapenos, not mushrooms, now the reverse.
Cilantro and coconut are still pure poison.
Started drinking diet soda and now can't stand regular, too syrupy and sticky.
I regressed a bit, never ate Taco Bell because too salty. Maybe they did try to reduce sodium and it is better now.

[Anonymous No.6528450]

>>6526492
Pretty much the transition this guy went through.

Except the coffee part. My whole family drinks shitloads of black coffee so I got into that as soon as I was old enough to take hot drinks.

[Anonymous No.6528751]

>>6526442
That's not a dog you idiot. It's a cat and he's angry because of something you did.

[Anonymous No.6528777]

>>6526379
i like mustard, and can tolerate avocados now but thats about it.

i have the thing that makes cilantro taste like soap, which sucks.

[Anonymous No.6529411]

Seems like cilantro, seafood, and mushrooms are a recurring theme in this thread.

[Anonymous No.6529794]

I never hated anything. Over the first seven years of my life, my parents always insisted I finished everything on my plate, and I quickly learnt to enjoy everything.

My liking for sweet things has diminished somewhat over time, however. Most candies and all sodas just seem boring, and not worth the unnecessary surge of sugar. I used to covet that stuff. I used to think it would be all I would ever eat once I was finally an adult.

[Anonymous No.6529798]

>>6526379
i have never found the appeal of cilantro. tastes too earthy for me

[Anonymous No.6531001]

>>6529794
My nine year old cousin has a sudden dislike for sweet things. He didn't even touch his birthday cake because he doesn't even like cake anymore. I'm proud of him. Now if only I could convince him that Mtn Dew is fucking garbage, along with most soda, he'd stand a chance.

[Anonymous No.6531233]

Pickles
Mushrooms
Onions
Lettuce
Carrots
Broccoli
Spicy foods

I used to hate all these things as a kid. Most even as a teenager (besides spicey foods--I became a fanatic). I think it was when I started cooking more sophisticated things for myself that I started liking everything. It was weird. I cooked it, and I knew what went into it, so I liked it. I've learned to appreciate all kinds of things.

My parents still hate mushrooms to death, but I can't do a red wine sauce for steak without em and I can't go to BWW without getting fried mushrooms.

Cooking for myself also resulted in me cooking things the right way. I make steak rare or medium rare with a good crust rather than tough hockey pucks. I don't steam broccoli all to mush, I only cook it a bit and make sure it's seasoned.

[Anonymous No.6531311]

>>6526379
I hated eggplants as a kid.
Now after I tried them again I get fucking stomachache, still tastes like shit. So I have a good excuse now not to eat this shit.
I liked olives as a kid but nowadays they're kinda meh for me. Taste changes greatly over time.

[Anonymous No.6531468]

>>6526530

>ponies

[Anonymous No.6533245]

>>6526379
I used to hate red meat, zucchini and fish, now I eat one of those almost every day.

[Anonymous No.6533300]

I used to hate spicy food as a kid.

Recently, I've developed a taste for hot sauce. Frank's, Cholula, Louisiana's Best, sriracha...I put that shit on everything.

[Anonymous No.6533347]

Still hate mushrooms, peppers, avocados, sweet potato, stinky cheese and cucumber. Courgettes and butternut squash have started to grow on me though. I have no problems with any other veggies, always loved broccoli and never hater sprouts just avoided cause of the hype.

Had an allergic reaction to kiwi fruit as a kid though, nearly killed me but I loved the stuff when I was eating it. 22 Now

[Anonymous No.6533589]

>>6531001
It's like you want to him to grow to be a picky eater.
Enjoy your Pink Himalayan Salted Carmels.

[Anonymous No.6533920]

I try to make everything from scratch now, It just taste so much better.

[Anonymous No.6533933]

I now like wine, all vegetables, hate most fruits, love john cena, and love coffee.