Comments on: Calling a truce with your vegetable enemies

By: Céline

Céline — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:02:50 +0000

Cool topic. I never hated any veg as a kid, apart maybe from olives, if they can be considered as veg. I eat them now. But what I discovered in my 20’s is coriander and a few years later with many trials along the way, I still find the taste simply repulsive. I just cannot explain it…

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:50:44 +0000

So funny you should bring this up! After hating and avoiding watermelon for most of my life, someone brought me half a watermelon this past weekend. I had no choice but to eat it. It’ll never be a favorite fruit, but it wasn’t bad!

My favorite veggies as a child were brussel sprouts and spinach. I even asked to have spinach in lieu of a birthday cake one year. Veggies I didn’t like were zucchini and green peppers. I have had both plenty of times since, and though I’ve made my peace with zucchini, I still find green peppers to be pretty icky. But red, orange, and yellow peppers are among my faves!

By: Cassie Young

Cassie Young — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:09:20 +0000

Great post!! I’m 38 years old and have found that even in the last couple of years my tastes have changed a great deal. Just two years ago I would not touch radishes or cantaloupe, especially cantaloupe. When I tried them again this year, I discovered I now quite enjoy them. There are still a few veggies and fruits I just can’t get into, but maybe that will change in time as well.

By: 60 in 3

60 in 3 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:10:44 +0000

I hated green peppers as a child. My mom would make these stuffed green peppers and I remember always tearing them away and just eating the stuffing. I even remember how bitter they tasted. I also disliked them in my salad or sandwiches back then.

Just recently, my mom made the same recipe and the peppers tasted great. Now I eat them all the time. Odd how I can still remember how bad they tasted but now I get a completely different flavor from them.

Gal

By: kathryn

kathryn — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:36:16 +0000

Oh what a great post Jul. I wish more people would do this. I get so many clients telling me “I hate , but then they haven’t tried it in 20 years. Or alternatively they hated the vegetable when their mum used to boil it to death.

There’s a lovely series of posts over at Half of Me called lick the produce, where the blogger is trying new fruits and vegetables – it’s one of my favourite blogging projects.

By: Emmie

Emmie — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:49:24 +0000

I used to hate broccoli, spinach, bell peppers, mushrooms, potatoes.. the list goes on! Now I love pretty much all of them. I haven’t ever tried brussel sprouts and my partner tells me they’re disgusting. I’m definitely trying them this year though. I don’t care what he says.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:53:53 +0000

Broad beans – I wouldn’t go near them for about twenty years after being forced to eat them as a kid. Now I’m not sure what all the fuss was about My other half is slowly getting to grips with broccoli though I wouldn’t say that he actually enjoys it yet

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:20:53 +0000

I can’t think of any veggies I hated as a kid… well, I can, but they’re things I’ve tried again, and still don’t like. I recently tried beets for the first time in years and, yup, still not my thing.

I don’t think I’d ever eaten brussels sprouts before this week, and they’re amazingly delicious.

I’m in the process of trying to learn to like eggplant. The texture is my problem – either it’s undercooked or it’s falling-apart mush. I sautee or stir-fry most of my veggie dinners… maybe that’s not gonna work.