What food did you not try until you were an adult? Did you have a "where have you been all my life" moment?

Despite the fact that 90% of what I ate was home cooked, mostly from scratch, meals, I managed to miss out on some basics like courgette (zucchini) and aubergine (eggplant) and BUTTER if you can believe it.

My mother was big on margarine. So when I moved out I continued the tradition until one day I made a fateful mistake. It was like in Ratatouille. I was sat in my studio just eating buttered bread having an out of body experience.

Litany,
Litany avatar

Proper tacos. Life changing. I make my own tortillas now.

trufax,

I was raised to know spinach as the awful canned stuff. Thought I hated spinach for years. Found out in my twenties I love it when its not garbage from a can.

minkshaman,

Olives.

I just didn’t like them, even olive oil cooking turned my stomach, now I love it all

davefischer,

Banh mi was definitely a “where have you been all my life” moment.

retronautickz,

Spicy food. I’m almost the only one in my family that isn’t allergic to several spices, so, because my family didn’t cook with them, I didn’t get to eat anything relatively spicy until I was an adult and could cook for myself

HowlsSophie,

Fresh veggies. Grew up on canned stuff, mainly green beans and peas and carrots. Still not a huge vegetables fan but canned ANYTHING doesn’t even register for me unless it’s a recipe ingredient.

Butter was also an eye opener after growing up with margarine and I even got my parents to switch to it ☺

trevron,

Eggs. I was always told I was allergic and they grossed me out so I never had a desire to challenge that but my roommate in college convinced me to try them. So good in so many ways.

IamSparticles,

Sushi. I was in college and my dad was visiting me. We were looking for somewhere to have dinner and I saw a sushi restaurant. I grew up eating lots of different foods but that was one I just hadn’t had the opportunity or inclination to try. But college is when you try new things, so we did. And I loved it.

bonegakrejg,

Coconut. It wasn’t that I had never had it before, I just didn’t like it. But one day, I had a "wait, this is awesome, what is wrong with me??“ moment. I am now fully on Team Coconut.

Devi,

Not adulthood but I didn’t eat pizza until my mid teens. I hate tomato, and so avoided all foods with tomato in. I was persuaded to try tomato sauce and really liked it, from there I had pasta sauce, and pizza, which is amazing.

Turns out I only really hate uncooked tomato.

marshadow,

Fresh vegetables, grilled or roasted. Growing up, vegetables were mostly frozen/canned (less expensive, kept longer) and I couldn’t stand the texture. Then, in early adulthood, there were a few times in restaurants where I took a few bites of something to be polite/fit in. Lo and behold, it turns out I love vegetables when they’re not all squishy and weird!

confusedbytheBasics,

Rare beef. Chanterelles. Eggplant. Artichokes. Lamb. Moist chicken with skin on. Turmeric, coriander, and oh my… cumin!

tpWinthropeIII,

Our local Indian restaurant has a vegetable dish called Vegetable Chatinad. Wonderful.

Drusas,

Soo many things. Most of my favorite foods, I didn't try until I was an adult.

Curry (all of the curries - Indian, Japanese, Thai, it's all delicious). Mapo tofu (and other Sichuanese dishes like boiled fish or beef). Hot pot of all varieties. Pancit bihon. Hungarian mushroom soup. Khao soi. And on and on....

As for basic ingredients: Avocados. Fish sauce. Doubanjiang.

Moohamin12,

I am Indian.

Never tried paneer in my life till I was almost 30.

Suddenly my life got brighter after I did.

dark_stang,
@dark_stang@beehaw.org avatar

I am not Indian, but also discovered paneer around 30. Cheese curds + curry = delicious. Why wasn’t this fed to me as soon as I could process solid foods?

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