Chilies of all kinds. Right now I have a selection of chili purées in my fridge : Madagascar, Sénégal, Réunion island…
Sweets in general.
As an alcoholic, when I was drinking I never cared for sweets. Now that I’ve been sober for some time, I crave candy and ice cream and sweet cereals.
Probably has something to do with the way I process alcohol / sugar.
Welcome to the club!
Lots of energy in alcohol, still better to eat candy and desserts!
We just crave that dopamine in any available form
Vegetables
Two standout ingredients: avocados and horseradish.
I used to wonder how anyone could even enjoy horseradish until I tried it with salmon and was like “Ohhhhhhhhh, so that’s why”
Pickled everything.
Korean food changed my perspective on pickling and fermentation, and my digestive system!
I always liked sauerkraut but I was weirdly against the idea of kimchi as a kid. I think the first time I heard of it, it was described by someone who didn’t like it because it sounded super gross, and I had zero spice tolerance. These days, I put it on practically everything or eat it by itself as a side.
A few years ago, I was working at a restaurant when it went under, so as sous-chef they let me take a few bits home with me. I took 5kg of kimchi home. I used to, like, come home drunk and eat a handful of it out the fridge, haha.
Oh man, that’s the dream. I buy it from a local guy who started making his mom’s recipe for friends during the pandemic and now sells at farmers markets and stuff, and I go through about a gallon every month or two. I need him to start selling me buckets of it.
I LOVE home-made kimchi. Store bought kimchi is just… meh.
Broccoli is awesome.
I did not like many vegetables at all as a kid.
Tomato and onion are two of my favorites
I’m pretty sure most of my vegetable phobia is being forced to eat them anyway as a kid. I love trying new foods, including vegetables, and new ways of preparing things from anywhere in the world, but vegetables, the way they’re always prepared here are just gross.
I don’t know if tomatoes are a good example but I have an immediate reaction to want to spit them out if I accidentally get some. Yet I love a good salsa, pico, marinara, etc
Broccoli is something i don’t even like touching
I only ever had steamed or boiled vegetables as a kid and it was bland and mushy and unpleasant. Roasting vegetables changed everything for me.
Yeah, I’ll second that. In general I strongly prefer uncooked vegetable to cooked (except of course obvious ones like potatoes), but I’ll eat roasted. I’ve even chosen to roast vegetables myself
Broccoli and brussel sprouts for me
Ranch.
I’ve grown to hate ranch, as it expands to everywhere and there are too many cheap “ranch” flavorings that just taste like chemicals
I moved to the suburbs and suddenly I liked it. Seriously.
Maybe that’s the problem. I moved from suburbs to a more urban area and ranch is now so vile and overdone 🤪
What actually is “ranch”? I mean, what is the flavour? It’s not a thing in the UK.
It’s more than just a flavor, it’s a way of life. 😉 You can put on salad, French fries, pizza (!!!). Doritos and Corn Nuts come in a ranch. It is a popular meme and Halloween costume. And so much more!
Ingredients
1/2 cup mayonnaise ▢ 1/2 cup sour cream ▢ 1/2 cup buttermilk or regular milk ▢ ¾ – 1 teaspoon dried dill weed ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried chives ▢ 1/4 teaspoon onion powder ▢ 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder ▢ 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt ▢ 1/8 teaspoon finely cracked pepper ▢ freshly squeezed lemon juice to taste approximately 1-3 teaspoons, adjust to taste
I didn’t like cottage cheese until I was 38. I kept trying it, not sure what changed.
Avocado, young me thought it was a Kiwi so it might just have been the surprise of how different it was.
Spinach. Maybe it’s availability but growing up we only got it canned and my mom cooked the hell out of it. I hated the black slimy bitter salty …. Just not even a food . But now that I’m an adult and fresh spinach is available year round, I love a nice spinach salad and even slightly wilted spinach in a pasta
Green beans. I still don’t like them if they came from a can, though. But fresh ones, French cut and sauteed in garlic butter go great with meat.
Steak fries, because everybody is stupid when they’re 7.
“These don’t taste anything like steak!”
Onions, like slices of onion on burgers or in a dish.
At some point it just didn’t matter anymore and they are kinda nice.
I was the same. The cellular looks of onions, especially when cooked made me want to retch. Now I put onions in nearly everything I cook.
I’d say avocados, I still wouldn’t eat a slice of avocado but a little guacamole on a taco or something is OK.
