# Things you hated as a kid but now love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016 "2023-06-23T23:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/81 "2023-07-13T13:54:08Z")
My sister and I HATED sloppy joes. But for some reason my mom would still make them. I remember one time she served them (I was probably 7, my sister 5) and we did not want to eat them. Not even one bite. Now my parents were not hard-asses. They were quite the opposite but they must have been at the end of their rope that day. We were told that we were to stay at the table until we ate our sloppy joes. Never had such words been said to us! We were devastated. After my mom, dad and our youngest sister left the table we sat by ourselves and stared at our plates. We must have sat there for a half hour. My sister took a nibble and promptly threw up. Seeing her throw up made me throw up. That was the end of that. Never again were we told we had to eat our sloppy joes. We both love sloppy joes now. We both make them for our families and they are often the main dish at get togethers. I have no idea when we decided we liked them. Maybe teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/82 "2023-07-13T14:04:12Z")
Well, they do have such an appetizing name! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/83 "2023-07-13T14:18:54Z")
From earlier… > [@Sloppy Joes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloppy-joes/931121): > > One of the most under-rated, underappreciated, and unremarked sandwiches of all time, Sloppy Joe’s are the odd-man out when it comes to ‘favorite sandwiches’ lists, and you almost never, ever see them offered in restaurants. (At least here in the South, and I have eaten at my share of diners.) They at least deserve the dignity of a thread. What are your favorite sloppy joe recipes? Do you have a go-to restaurant for them? What are your thoughts on pre-made mixes, ala Manwich? […](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/50859451013/) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/84 "2023-07-13T14:31:10Z")
Brussels sprouts have changed flavor. Years ago Heinz did a poll and found they were America’s most hated vegetable. This led to growers trying to breed the nastiness out of them and they now taste better to most people. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/85 "2023-07-13T15:30:01Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > **Lima beans**. As a kid, I’d pick them out of the frozen mixed vegetables my mom would make. Lima beans = vomitocious. > > But as an adult, lima beans are great! Hell, I’ll eat them cold right out of the can. But with butter and pepper–scumptious! Stewed with some ham cubes? I’ve died and gone to Bean Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/86 "2023-07-14T15:13:18Z")
Goya white butter beans in a can - drain, rinse. Cook some bacon and crumble, stir the beans around in the grease for a bit to heat, and top with the bacon. Just excellent. I make this every so often (though it doesn’t agree with my digestion). ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/87 "2023-07-14T18:57:31Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > as an adult I very much like hair worn in a bun, especially with all the variations and hair accessories with which one can conceivably be worn. I like buns (no snickering back there!), because they expose the exquisite necks not usually seen. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/88 "2023-07-14T19:52:39Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > We must have sat there for a half hour. My sister took a nibble and promptly threw up. Seeing her throw up made me throw up. One of my favorite childhood meal stories: my mom made instant mashed potatoes. Yeah, horrible, but I could choke them down if I had enough butter. My brother (probably 7 or so at the time) however said he couldn’t eat them or he’d throw up. My mom made him eat a few bites, and he threw up. I don’t think she forced food on any of us after that. Not that we refused much. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/89 "2023-07-14T19:57:49Z")
I have a hard time imagining the state of mind that causes vomiting when eating what’s undeniably ordinary culturally-appropriate food. I might legitimately struggle with live giant centipedes. Mashed potatoes, even the cheap-ass flakes-in-a-box? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/90 "2023-07-14T20:03:13Z")
Alcohol is culturally normal, yet it makes me immediately vomit. We’re all different, my friend, especially children. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/91 "2023-07-14T20:12:05Z")
It was weird. Normally, he’d eat anything. He wasn’t a picky eater. There was something about those nasty flakes he really didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/92 "2023-07-17T15:23:10Z")
Maybe it was the smell. I think our sloppy joe issue was the texture of the meat. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/93 "2023-07-17T15:33:24Z")
I hate Shepherd’s Pie, but my wife wondered if it was just my Mom’s recipe for it. I’ve never tried it again as an adult, but I remember it mainly just being ground beef(with juices) on top of Mashed Potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/94 "2023-07-17T15:57:29Z")
Should be ground lamb or beef, mixed with veg and some type of gravy, topped with the potatoes. Cheese on the potatoes as well. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/95 "2023-07-17T16:08:24Z")
Yeah, but how much shepherd goes in it? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/96 "2023-07-17T16:22:02Z")
Actually, I meant to come back to this! It’s _shepherd’s_ pie if it contains lamb; cottage pie if it contains beef. @burpo, it’s the pie belonging to the shepherd! Cottage pie, I assume, means you must build a little house with it. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/97 "2023-07-17T16:33:12Z")
So many veggies were rendered vile by 1950’s style cooking where it was boiled until it was totally and completely limp. Yuck! Broccoli, cooked properly or raw, is a perfectly decent veggie for me. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/98 "2023-07-17T18:15:37Z")
Foodwise, most of mine have have already been mentioned. Onions, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, beer. Discovering I actually like raw onion on certain things was probably the biggest revelation. For the longest time I just assumed I didn’t like raw onion, and picked it off of anything that came with it. They I discovered a few years ago that some red onion in a Greek salad, or a thin slice on a burger, can be really good. Oh, sauerkraut, I don’t think sauerkraut has been mentioned yet in this thread. I don’t think I exactly hated it so much as refused to even try it as a kid. But after I did try it as an adult mustard and sauerkraut has become my standard topping for hot dogs and brats. From what I understand there is an actual reason people start to like foods they didn’t like as kids – your sense of taste becomes less sensitive as you age, so foods with strong flavors start to taste better. Especially things with bitter flavors, like broccoli, and hoppy beers. (And as has already been mentioned, Brussels sprouts actually taste different now due to selective breeding over the past 20 years or so). On a different note, as a kid / teenager I didn’t like _Cheers_ and _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_. I was probably too young for Cheers when it was in its original run, and most of the jokes went over my head. And as a teenager I preferred the “monster of the week” format of TNG over the political and religious intrigue on DS9. Only from rewatching them on streaming as an adult did I realize what good shows they actually were. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/99 "2023-07-17T18:21:45Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > They I discovered a few years ago that some red onion in a Greek salad, or a thin slice on a burger, can be really good. Yeah, both good examples. Beef and onions go especially well together. I actually didn’t like avocados when I was little, and my mom never gave me any after that. Turns out I love them. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > Oh, sauerkraut, I don’t think sauerkraut has been mentioned yet in this thread. I don’t think I exactly hated it so much as refused to even try it as a kid. Sauerkraut was a regular part of meals when I was a kid, but I always had a fondness for vinegary things, so it was not on my bad list. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016/100 "2023-07-17T18:40:24Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I actually didn’t like avocados when I was little Oh yeah, I forgot to mention avocados, and by extension guacamole. I think they were another one of those things I just refused to try, because I thought that green, mushy stuff looked gross. Turns out I actually like them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hated-as-a-kid-but-now-love/986016.md?page=6)