foods you wish you had discovered way before you did

[CraigRT]

Guacamole/Avacodo - Hated them as a kid and can't get enough of them now.
Corned Beef - Dear god yes.
Indian Food - Was never really exposed to it as a child - there's a family run buffet right by my place that is absolutley amazing.
Pho - need I say more?
Hummus - peanut butter from the heavens
Sushi - the though of raw fish appauled me as a kid, but now I can't get enough of it.

Honestly I agree with pretty much all of this.... I am not in love with hummus but I do like it quite a bit.

I love Indian, and sushi dearly though. Never did when younger.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Sushi and foie gras

 

[Oyeve]

Lobster. Im 46 and around 30 years ago I first tried lobster and I hated it so much. I didnt realize the lobster I had then was bad, and so for over 20 years I stayed away from eating lobster. I passed up on many many lobster food parties when I was in my early 20s, my boss back then was a billionaire and always threw these lobster parties. Anyway, fast forward to 2011, I am with my GF and we went to city island and I said fuck it and got lobster, man, its amazing! I go all the time now.

 

[Blackjack200]

Sushi and foie gras

I really need to try this. I think I had a bite of someone else's around a year ago and thought it was okay.

 

[Gunslinger08]

There was A LOT of stuff I didn't eat as a kid. I'm still not the most diverse eater, but I've expanded my palate considerably. Here are some of the things I didn't eat until probably 18:
- Mexican food other than tacos with just meat and cheese.
- Chinese food
- Non-fried rice
- Lettuce, spinach, carrots, green beans, avocado
- Nuts other than peanuts
- Hamburgers. I rarely ate them as a kid and only ever put ketchup on them. Not even cheese. I didn't eat a non-homemade burger until college.
- Caesar Salad. This goes along with lettuce, but I didn't even try caesar dressing until probably 4 or 5 years ago. Didn't know what I was missing.
- Spicy food. I really enjoy things that are spiced up with jalapenos/habaneros.
- Many more things

Some things I still don't like that most people find weird:
- Seafood. Can't even take the smell.
- Eggs
- Mayo. Yes, I realize mayo is in some things I eat, but it's way different from mayo on a sandwich, which is gross.
- Broccoli

 

[HardcoreRobot]

kimchi

 

[Arkaign]

Add me to the 'Sushi' list. Tried some crappy Sushi when I was a teen, didn't give it another go until about 10 years ago, and now it's one of my absolute faves (done right that is).

 

[ponyo]

Canned sardines and oysters. I thought canned seafood would be disgusting. I still prefer fresh but it's nice to have a stash sitting in the pantry at leisure.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I really need to try this. I think I had a bite of someone else's around a year ago and thought it was okay.

Foie gras is delicious. I just got back from 10 days in France and couldn't eat it enough.

 

[Slew Foot]

balut

 

[TheSiege]

Pecan pie, I was in my mid 20s, and I never liked the idea of pie with nuts on it, until I tried it. Now, its my favorite

 

[Kaido]

Guacamole/Avacodo - Hated them as a kid and can't get enough of them now.
Corned Beef - Dear god yes.
Indian Food - Was never really exposed to it as a child - there's a family run buffet right by my place that is absolutley amazing.
Pho - need I say more?
Hummus - peanut butter from the heavens
Sushi - the though of raw fish appauled me as a kid, but now I can't get enough of it.

It's funny how your tastebuds change.

When I was a kid, canned tuna was the worst taste ever. It was like drinking cough syrup, just tasted terrible. In my early 20's, all of a sudden my tastebuds changed and tuna tasted great. Same with a lot of other stuff - spicy foods, tomatoes, etc. So I'll have mercy on my kiddos when they say they don't like stuff as they grow up, because I hated being forced to eat tuna as a kid, but it tastes great now.

 

[Murloc]

no, I haven't discovered new food lately.
I never ate sushi or soy sauce before recently but it's just meh to me so it doesn't count.
I wish there was an indian food place nearby though, sometimes I'd like to change taste sometimes.

Mexican cuisine is something that I'd probably like but I never tasted before. No mexicans to be found here.

 

[Blackjack200]

- Hamburgers. I rarely ate them as a kid and only ever put ketchup on them. Not even cheese. I didn't eat a non-homemade burger until college.

Now my favorite kind of hamburger is with grilled onions, mushrooms, and swiss. Three foods I hated as a kid.

Foie gras is delicious. I just got back from 10 days in France and couldn't eat it enough.

Yeah, I really love French food, I'm sure once I have it a couple times I'll really like it.

Pecan pie, I was in my mid 20s, and I never liked the idea of pie with nuts on it, until I tried it. Now, its my favorite

I was exactly the same way. I hated nuts as a kid and thought people were crazy to eat a pie with nuts. Once I developed a taste for pecans I realized that Pecan pie was probably pretty good. Now it's my favorite desert. I could eat it until my stomach explodes.

 

[MarkXIX]

Never knew about reduced balsamic vinegar until a few years ago, man did I miss out!

Also, here's another vote for sushi.

 

[xanis]

Add me to the 'Sushi' list. Tried some crappy Sushi when I was a teen, didn't give it another go until about 10 years ago, and now it's one of my absolute faves (done right that is).

I hated sushi for the longest time, then got into it for a while, then got terrible food poisoning from a batch batch. Now the smell of it nauseates me.

Right now, I'm really in to raw oysters (kind of seems weird after I just talked about sushi ). There's a place in Philly that has an amazing raw bar, but it's a little pricey.

 

[AreaCode707]

Foie gras is delicious. I just got back from 10 days in France and couldn't eat it enough.

I put up with a lot of California's crap but for some reason the foie gras ban is the think that pushes me over the edge into "Oh COME on!"

 

[Imported]

I put up with a lot of California's crap but for some reason the foie gras ban is the think that pushes me over the edge into "Oh COME on!"

Agreed. I hate I can't order it on menus now. Whenever I go to Vegas, I make it a point to get it. I also order it online.

Foie gras is one of the few foods I got introduced to pretty late in life. I'm hoping the ban gets overturned like what happened in Chicago.

 

[JEDIYoda]

anchovies

 

[FerrelGeek]

Thai food.

Dave

This.

Does pussy count?

 

[Oyeve]

Does pussy count?

Someone already mentioned anchovies.

 

[Murloc]

- Mayo. Yes, I realize mayo is in some things I eat, but it's way different from mayo on a sandwich, which is gross.

mayo in sandwiches is gross, but I'll eat it if I paid for it.
If I made a sandwich at home, I'd never even think about putting mayo in it. It adds nothing.

I've never eaten cooked oysters, for me they always existed as raw. But it has to be the right season otherwise it's bleh fatty crap and makes me barf. It's also not for everyone's stomach, they aren't easy to digest.

Many people who eat lots of sushi get a food poisoning at some point.

I love foie gras, too bad I don't get to eat it that often.

 

[Sixguns]

I know it may sound weak but peanut butter on pancakes/waffles. I tried for the first time about a year ago and now I will not eat a pancake/waffle without it.

 

[Gibsons]

Prosciutto.

Also, like everyone else, sushi.

 

[exdeath]

Spinach. Lettuce can DIAF.