Changing tastes...

[Jester]

I like cooked onions in stuff, but don't care for them raw...

I used to like raw onions, now I can't stand them raw or cooked.

I am one of those people that LOVES onions. How much? When I am cooking, and I am using onions (which is pretty often), when I am chopping them up, I will munch on them. Raw. And I prefer white or red onions. You know....the strong ones.

Onions RULE!

one of my sillier goals is to make enough money to be able to buy a slab of sushi-grade mackerel and just nom on it

This may piss you off, but living on a tropical island for ten years does have its benefits. Like when you befriend one of the local fishermen and he gives you a few slabs of fresh mackerel. Fresh as in was-swimming-happily-in-the-ocean-that-very-morning fresh.

My aversion to Mexican food here also may have to do with my getting a summer-long stomach bug from a burrito place down the street.

Or it could be that you are in a place that just doesn't have any good damn Mexican food. It happens.

[AdminAssistant]

Or it could be that you are in a place that just doesn't have any good damn Mexican food. It happens.

I always have to get Mexican food when I go home; there aren't any decent Mexican restaurants here. Which is odd, when you consider the vast array of excellent, locally-owned Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Thai, Greek, Italian, Mongolian, and other ethnic restaurants in this relatively small town.

[Kullervo]

As a kid I would eat all kinds of candy.
I don't touch the stuff on but rare occasions. that goes for all sweets actually.
cookies,candy, ice cream, etc.

Strong cheeses. As a kid unless it was really mild. colby for example. I wouldn't touch it.
Now some of my favorite foods have strong cheeses. Fort myers has a place called Marios deli. they make some artichokes stuffed with gorganzola and sweet peppers stuffed with goat cheese. couple of the best things I ever had.
Also a grilled cheese with a little bit of blue cheese added will give it a great kick of flavor.

I used to like tomatos. but now I can't stand them in the raw form.
made into sauces they are fine but the texture I find disgusting.

I used to hate fish with a passion. Now I like it in certain forms.
blackened catfish, fried grouper, smoked salmon,smoked mullet, sushi grade tuna.

I'm starting to find lettuce to be a bit bitter for my taste. That one I can't explain though.

[Dreamstalker]

Or it could be that you are in a place that just doesn't have any good damn Mexican food. It happens.

Yeah; I thought the stuff here was good until I moved out West. Living within walking distance of the real stuff (and professors who were all to happy to make recommendations) has pretty much soured me on any of the "standard" stuff here. Except for Trader Joes, their frozen Mexican food isn't bad.

[trailerparkmedic]

I never used to like Mexican food, but then I moved to Texas

I used to like breakfast sausage but now even the smell of it makes me sick.

[RavenStarr]

Foods I Liked As A Kid But Now Hate: Spam, bologna, treet, creamed corn, corndogs, sausage gravy, fish sticks, Macaroni & Cheese, pumpkin pie.

Foods I hated as a kid but now love as an adult: Mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, asparagus, brocolli, sweet potatos, yellow squash, crab cakes, most kinds of fish fresh of course.

[Boozy]

Yes, I LOVE onions. Raw, cooked, whatever.....onions rock!

I buy half a dozen largish onions during my weekly grocery shop. That's for two people in our household.

I add onions to everything. They add tons of flavour without any fat or sodium.

[1756GR2]

Any change in meds since the last time you liked it? My son had another seizure med added earlier this year, there are some things he can't stand to eat since that addition. Changed the way his brain perceived those few flavors. Could be other meds that have that kind of effect.

[Shards]

When I was young, I could eat Chocolate anything and be happy, now, I only ever much on chocolate if there is nothing else in the house and I'm hungry. I just do not enjoy the taste of chocolate, in any form, as much as NON-chocolate equivalents (regular milk, un-dipped fruits, etc.) the only exception to this rule is cakes, and even then, I prefer a fruit pie, or, even better, a second course worth of meat.

Additionally, when I was young, I used to find something offensive about the texture of cheesecake, and now, it is without question, my favorite dessert. Unfortunately, the cheesecake that originally turned me on to cheesecake in general (T.G.I. Friday's Cinnabon Cheesecake) is no longer sold the only place I knew to get it.

[JustaCashier]

As a kid, I loved Lucky Charms cereal.

When I was around 9, I stayed with my Aunt and Uncle for awhile, and drove my Aunt nuts, with how I always had to have a bowl for breakfast. She called them "Crappy Crummies"

Years later, probably into my late 20's/early 30's, I bought a box to relive my childhood, and could barely stand them. They were indeed both crappy, and crummy.

Maybe around two or three years ago, in my late 40's by then, I was at the Dollar Store, and they had the Lucky Charms wannabe, that was one of those brands you never hear of anywhere else. So, I thought what the hell, and decided to give it a try. Not bad. Went under the assumption, that I would probably still dislike the actual Lucky Charms, but that this off brand was just different enough for me to find tasty.

Just within the last month or so, the grocery store I shop at had Lucky Charms at a good sale price. So, I thought what the hell, and decided to give them another try after many years. I found I actually like them again, though probably not as much as when I was a kid, and ended up buying three or four boxes, during the two week or so duration of the sale.

Viva Crappy Crummies!

Mike

[Terinka]

I used to hate fruits, any kind, i was a vegetable lover though...lately i can put in a banana or peach in dont mind any of fruits anymore
And as a kid i used to love chocolate, now i dont really eat it, but dont hate it either, i guess working for Nestle choco factory back in Europe did it for me, I ate tons there...ew

[Jester]

Except for Trader Joes, their frozen Mexican food isn't bad.

Frozen....Mexican....food? Speak not such blasphemy. Especially after you talked about living in Texas and getting turned on to real Mexican food.

Sorry, just will not accept that a chain store in the Northeast can produce frozen anything resembling the wonder that is real comida Mexicana. Es no verdad!

As a kid, I loved Lucky Charms cereal.

Brings back memories of the college dorm cafeteria.

I ate there a lot as I was both poor and on one of the school's meal plans. Now, our dorm caf sometimes had really good food, and sometimes didn't. And on days they didn't, I often would resort to hitting the cereal dispensers for my meals. I referred to these days as "Lucky Charms days." And then there were those horrible days, where the food being churned out by the caf staff was inedible muck, and the cereal dispensers were empty. Dark, dark days!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I was gonna mention pregnancy, too. It happened to me. That's what tipped me off!

Miracle Whip is not mayo. Dukes is mayo.

It is the ONLY mayo.

If you cant get it where you are, I am so sorry. SO sorry.

One of my friends actually used to keep a jar of the stuff in my fridge so that she could be absolutely certain to have acceptable sandwitch spread at my place when she came over. People here do not fool around.

Dukes.

Accept no substitutes.

[Nurian]

When I was a kid, we use to get hotdogs, both brand named or otherwise, depending on what was on sale. When I left home, I continued to do that. I ate Bar S, Armour, Oscar Mayer, grocery store brand, you name it. A couple of years ago, I noticed I was buying less of the generic and grocery brand and more of the Oscar Mayer. One time when I was really low on money, I bought some Bar S....and gagged. It was terrible. I couldn't eat it directly, so I cooked that batch into beans (yes, I still eat Beanies and Weenies :P). Now, I HAVE to eat higher end hotdogs. Everything else just tastes bad.

[EricKei]

As a kid: Mayonnaise sandwiches -- me and my brother both. Literally, jar of mayo, loaf of bread, that's it. Ever since...? I can't take more than a thin veneer on my sammiches.

Hot dogs - I used to be able to eat "normal" dogs and even the red ones...Now I can't take any except real beef ones (which are, at least, slightly less bad for you)