Broccoli
It’s super good if you just cook it right
Likewise with Brussels sprouts
Mushrooms, raw tomatoes, onions, peppers, spicy stuff, bleu cheese, wine that isn’t syrup sweet, probably more stuff I can’t think of at the moment.
What made me change? Me. I forced myself to try these things occasionally, over time. Over years.
My feeling is that while it’s ok to not like things, it’s dumb to not expand your horizons, or at least try to.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when I’m showing somebody something new, and they THINK they’ll hate it, so they scrunch their face before they even try it. They’ve already decided they hate it, whether they realize it or not. Either they struggle to open their mind, or they subconsciously try to defend their initial statements that they don’t think it’s good, to save face? IDK. Drives me batty.
Again, it’s fine to not like it. Whatever, I hate lots of stuff. But every so often, I try it again. And I mean REALLY try it. I force myself to imagine what it would taste like if I liked it. I look for the good qualities in whatever it is. If I still don’t like it? Ok, maybe another time.
I admit to still not liking raw onion on my burger. And I only tolerate it on my pizza. But many other dishes wouldn’t taste good WITHOUT onion, in my current opinion. So it’s still progress.
Raw tomatoes are such a seasonal ingredient tho. I’ve had amazing, fruity locally grown heirloom tomatoes from the market in the summer, while having bought the most bland, greenhouse grown storebought tomatoes in the winter just to try and relive the taste.
Anyone who hasn’t had a truly good heirloom tomato in season, you really should try it.
Notice it was on my list of things I USED to hate. Now I’ll put raw tomatoes on my burger if I’m in the mood. And big chunky stewed tomatoes are good in chili or goulash. I like them in many pasta dishes, even on a margarita pizza.
I’m still not down with eating them straight, though. We’re planting a small raised garden this year, maybe I’ll like them fresh 😁
I eat an apricot every year to see if I still hate the taste. I still do.
Good on you for trying haha. It’s ok to hate things 🤷♂️
Mushrooms are a texture problem for me. They could taste like my favorite food but id still nope out, same with seafood but then theres the smell. Shudder
The texture is definitely a concern, and still gets me a bit occasionally. But the flavor is quite good, so I deal with the texture
Political violence
Used to believe that it gets you nowhere but then i saw a genocide of children live on my screen, state sponsored terrorism and a careless yet hypocritical world.
So it makes more sense that my answer is Hamas, Zapatista, PFLP, Hezb.
I used to dislike political entertainers but now I view them as an advertisement for the status quo, not even their professed ideology, but the supposed compatibility of whatever they claim to be selling with a bourgeois democracy
Sport watches.
Combination of two tings: I used to think that wearing a watch was irrelevant because I could always see the time in my phone. And I did not want to have an app knowing how many steps I take.
What changed a few years ago: I stopped having a phone on me most of the time, so a watch became extremely handy for knowing what time it is, and I found out that Garmin watches work perfectly well without an app. So, now, I really like my watch. I am considering getting a fancier one with solar charging, and I even got a chest strap to improve measurement accuracy while running.
Also: I use the timer very often, and I find setting a timer on a phone to be more awkward.
since im seeing alot of people talk about foods, i think ill mention this: rice. i have sensory problems with textures, so rice was one of them due to the sort of bumpiness it had. years later, i made some sticky rice and spam and it made me enjoy it more, i still eat rice to this day as a side or as a small snack or meal.
Cream.
As a kid, we owned a village shop in the early 1980s that used to sell clotted cream in big open trays. We’d eat what didn’t get sold - until one day I was given some that was very off. I was violently sick and stayed well clear of it for forty years. Tried it again recently in my mid fifties and it’s quite nice.
Also fish - hated the taste when I was younger, but tried it at middle age and quite like it now. Just a change of taste.
JD Vance’s face. I now think he actually has a cute Backpfeifengesicht.
