Food We Hated

[Dagman]

Hi ab'ers, I'm sitting here munching pickled gherkins, absolutely love them, however up until 5 years ago hated them! Have you a similar food you once hated but now love, or even the other way round?

[bednobs]

olives

[Cloverjo]

As children my sister and I used to eat raw rhubarb dipped in sugar.
The thought of it makes me feel quite ill now.

[Jackdaw33]

Cabbage: hated it now love it.
Chicken: loved it now hate it.
Raw onion is nature's antiseptic. Even better when steeped in vinegar. I always try to eat a piece a day. Haven't had a cold for 10 years.

[Dagman]

Yes, rhubarb with sugar, we did that, dint think I'd lije to now, another was gooseberries and sugar! I also hated cabbage and brussels, not now.

[Chipchopper]

I also have acquired a taste for olives, Although I hated them on the first time I tried them.

[pastafreak]

I've always loved olives. Tins of mild black Californian olives alwats appeared at Christmas or when we had visitors. Now I like them strong...Sainsbury's do Moroccan dry black olives that l love.
I hated fresh ginger when I was a younger cook, then started to love it.
I don't think I had avocados until my first visit to the UK in 1980. Liked them then...eat them several times a week now.

[EdmundD]

Hated cheese when I was a kid, now love trying different types.

[Bazile]

Avocados are great with hard dough bread

[iluvmargie]

Used to make sugar butties as a kid - oh God the thought now!

[Dagman]

Sugar sandwiches, my dad liked those! I like salad cream sandwiches. Probably discovered that when there wasn't much in the fridge :)

[piggynose]

Use to puke at the sight and taste of parsnips. Until i ate em mashed with spuds and carrots.Back in Jan tried them roasted in a sunday roast, yum yum!!

[douglas9401]

If someone loved the taste of damp soil why would they go all the way to the shops to buy butternut squash?

[david small]

Tongue of beef, and veal. When young, but never would even consider it now.

[tiggerblue10]

I hate marzipan and beetroot. Hated marmite as a kid but love it now.

[AuntPollyGrey]

As a child I was given tripe by my English Nana and I loved it cold with salt and vinegar.

I tried it a few years ago and it was disgusting.

[Dagman]

Some foods suggested I've never tried such as tripe, another I saw on Dads Army was brisket, some kind of offal? I get the impression they were a basic food people got used to out of necessity. Butternut squash, doesn't live up to it's name for me either. Love parsnips but only honey roasted.

[cashier]

Brisket is a cut of beef, not offal, very nice too.

[Canary42]

Mustard. I couldn't stand it as a child - now it's essential in ham sandwiches for example.

[Dagman]

Thanks all, great answers, very interesting!

[jourdain2]

Olives. I made a determined effort to learn to eat them when I went to live in France. Now I love the green ones (still 'iffy' on the black ones).