The reason for disliking certain foods

[Deleted]

Inspired by the "food items you dislike" thread, I thought it might be interesting to see why people don't like the principal food item that they despise, even if they have never eaten it.

Feel free to mention once again the object of your repulsion.

[bixaorellana]

I voted the "eat everything" and "trying it again one day" options. I've had too many experiences of giving something I didn't care for another chance & not only tolerating it, but learning to like it.

[tillystar]

I always re-try anchovies as I always see people enjoying them and I think "this time it will be different" but no, they always make me gag nad I can always detect the smallest amount in a dish and its horrid. I will keep trying.

[Deleted]

Good for you, Tilly. That's how I learned to like quite a few things, and that's the origin of the expression "an acquired taste" -- after all, that's how you teach children to appreciate certain items, by continuing to serve them no matter what. Okay, it's not 100% foolproof.

[happytraveller]

I have learned to like a lot of things. I must have driven my parents crazy, I was such a fuzzy child. I keep trying to eat olives (not that I really dislike them, they just don't do anything for me. Love olive oil though) because I think I miss something by not eating them.
Goat cheese does make me gag and fennel too. Fennel is something I had to eat as a child and it always nearly made me vomit. I hate it.

[gyro]

I have a theory about people that like anchovies. But it's not really food related.

[Deleted]

I was forced to eat canned peas as a child by the nuns(I say forced to eat,I became creative with making them disappear). I love fresh peas especially raw peas,snow peas. Canned peas I can detect a mile away,blindfolded.Won't eat.
The first time I tasted fresh cilantro,HATED it, have now come to love it .

[Deleted]

I got over several of my dislikes all at once as a child, but it took a maternal betrayal to do it. I had decided that I did not like pork chops and refused to eat them. So my mother would buy a veal chop for me while the rest of the family ate pork chops. That continued until the day that I was rooting around in the garbage bag for something and discovered that all of the packages were pork chops and that the so-called veal chops had never existed.

For some reason it made me understand that what you eat is relative. If you don't like it, you can often just change the name and it becomes acceptable.

[Deleted]

Can't change anything about canned peas

[livaco]

k2 -- Your story about the veal chops made me laugh. It reminded me of another story I read once about kids and attitudes about eating.

There were scientists doing a study on identical twins who were raised apart. They asked the adoptive parents about the kids' eating habits to determine whether they were genetic or learned.

The parents of one girl complained to the scientists that her eating habits were terrible! Anything they served her she didn't like. She only wanted to eat cinnamon. She tried to put it on pizza, on meat, on pasta -- everything. It was driving them crazy. Every mealtime was a battle, and they were at their wits' end.

The scientists talked to the parents of the girl's twin. They mentioned that the other parents were having problems with their daughter's eating habits, and asked if they were having problems, too.

The other parents were surprised. They said that they had no problems at all with their daughter. "As a matter of fact," they said " as long as we put cinnamon on it, she'll eat anything!"

[livaco]

I did the poll.

Okra -- don't like the texture. Horseradish and Marmite -- just don't like the taste.

But I like almost anything else...

[grecian]

You can vote for 7 Options!

[lagatta]

I hate raw oysters - and no, that is not indicative of a sexual hangup - but am happy to eat raw (sushi, sashimi) or marinated uncooked fish. I love the taste and perfume of oysters - it really is the texture.

[Deleted]

Ready to try something you don't like again?

[lagatta]

Well, it is hard to completely avoid cooked carrots. I love raw carrot grated into salads. I think cooking them might produce a sulphuric taste?

[Deleted]

I agree that cooked carrots are not ideal, but it doesn't bother me to eat them in moderation. The sweetness bothers me more than any other aspect of their taste.

[kerouac2]

I found myself wondering today why I like the blue specks in roquefort so much but it disgusts me to see the same specks on a slice of bread when it is the same thing and I know it is not bad for me.

In the same vein, I use jam very rarely so when I get the jam out of the refrigerator every month or so, I often find an island or two of mold floating on top. I just spoon it off and am not at all worried about the jam underneath.

[whatagain]

You should put the pot upside down.
That way jam will be jamming (...) the top and it will be airtight.

[kerouac2]

That's probably a good idea.

[lagatta]

I rarely eat jam on toast (just butter or savoury spreads) but like it on certain preparations, so that is a good idea.