What Foods Did You Detest As A Kid?

[lin]

Hi all...
Can anyone remember what food they used to absolutely hate as a kid? I had a few, but Liver was one, spinach, swede..
I now love Liver, swede I can eat in a pasty or pie of some sort, but I don't like it mashed up like creamed potato, still can't stomach spinach....also Tapioca, which I thought was horrendous, still don't like it today..semolina was another...can't say I like custard either unless it's made like milk, which may sound daft because I can't say I like milk, I've never had it in my tea...I'm sure if I think hard enough I can come up with some more..but that's it for now.
So come on guys and gals, tell us your most hated foods

Lin

[lin]

TOMMY, IT WAS THE SAME IN OUR HOUSE AS WELL, BUT I DID HATE THOSE FOODS ALL THE SAME...DO YOU REMEMBER VIROL? THAT THICK TREACLE LIKE STUFF THAT WE USED TO HAVE ON THE Sspoon, THAT WAS AS BAD AS THE COD LIVER OIL ALTHOUGH I STILL HAVE COD LIVER OIL NOW, BUT IT'S IN CAPSULE FORM ;D

LIN

[Lisa]

Hi Lin, I think I mentioned before my hatred for chopped cabbage at school because I once found a clump of hair in it. I can now eat it happily but warily. Also disliked Tapioca, it tasted so slimey, reminded me of frogspawn. I also disliked and still do mixed peel in cakes. I always omit it from my cakes. My mother used to make Stew with Dumplings and I hated the dumplings. I've never had them since, and probably never will.....

[lin]

HI LISA R. ...I WASN'T OVER KEEN ON CABBAGE BUT I LIKE IT NOW, LOVED DUMPLINGS THOUGH...STRANGE HOW WE ALL LIKE OR DISLIKE DIFFERENT THINGS, SOME PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY SICK WHEN THEY EAT CERTAIN FOODS..MY ADVICE WOULD BE, DON'T EAT THEM THEN

LIN

[tony38337]

Hi Lin,

Tripe, cowheel were loathsome, still hate the thought of it but our Staffordshire Bull Terriers loved it. I can remember spending a holiday at my Sis in laws bungalow on Anglesey we took a couple of days supply for the dog to last until we found a local supplier, that turned out to be the abbatoir and we bought a complete stomach freshl from the cow and hosed out in the yard in front of us, the dog didnt want to wait she started chewing on it there and then. It didn't enhance my opinion of tripe.

Tony T.

[Lisa]

Hi Tony, I too never really took to Tripe and Onions no matter how it was disguised. Just the look of it made me squirm. My mum also bought Chitlings and other bits from the cow that my dad loved in vinegar. Someone once told me that they even used the genitals of the bull, dont know if that was true.

tony38337 said:

Hi Lin,

Tripe, cowheel were loathsome, still hate the thought of it but our Staffordshire Bull Terriers loved it. I can remember spending a holiday at my Sis in laws bungalow on Anglesey we took a couple of days supply for the dog to last until we found a local supplier, that turned out to be the abbatoir and we bought a complete stomach freshl from the cow and hosed out in the yard in front of us, the dog didnt want to wait she started chewing on it there and then. It didn't enhance my opinion of tripe.

Tony T.

[tony38337]

Hi Lisa,

I thought chitterlings were the small intestines of pigs. Equally repulsive. Ugh!

Tony T

[Lisa]

[Hi Tony, You are probably right about Chitterlings. I dont know where they came from but just the thought of them made me pull a face and watching my dad eating them made me sick ::)quote author=tony38337 board=general thread=1168886788 post=1169140787]Hi Lisa,

I thought chitterlings were the small intestines of pigs. Equally repulsive. Ugh!

Tony T[/quote]

[lin]

HI LISA & TONY...SORRY TO SAY I LOVED CHITTERLINS, DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET THEM NOW, OR YOU CAN'T DOWN SOUTH, NOT HAD THEM FOR A GOOD 36 YEARS NOW.

LIN

[lin]

TOMMY..YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE...LOL!

LIN

[lin]

VERY QUIET ON HERE AGAIN, DID EVERYONE LOVE THEIR FOOD SO MUCH? DIDN'T ANYONE DETEST ANYTHING?

LIN

[fluffymoat4]

Sorry Lin but I LOVED everything that was put in front of me - it was such a relief not to be restricted to bread and jam - such a variety of foods were a rarity in our house!

[lin]

HI LITTLE MO...I ATE EVERYTHING THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE WE HAD TO, SAME WITH MY KIDS, NOW THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY DON'T LIKE....SO WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?

LIN

[fluffymoat4]

Lin - you didn't post a thread asking "what Foods did you Love as a Kid" LOL
In answer to your question though - I LOVED blancmange!! Ok, that's not a food...
Ribs and cabbage - Shepherd's pie - sausage and mash - and, even today, the ALL DAY ENGLISH BREAKFAST... Bring it on (and then some!). I am salivating and that's not good for my keyboard so I shall bid you all a good evening (or good-day for the Aussies).

[lin]

HI MO..NO I DIDN'T POST A THREAD FOR THAT, I POSTED THIS THREAD, WHICH I ASSUMED WE WOULD HEAR ALL ABOUT THE LIKES AND DISLIKES...LOL!
CABBAGE AND RIBS, LOVELY, YOU GOT ME SALIVATING NOW AT THIS TIME OF THE MORNING...LOL!

LIN

[wynwilliams]

Hated tripe and onions, mum cooked it for dad, plus liver ,kidneys all that type of food. Gooseberries were another l hated, and when my granny visited from Australia, they were eating pineapple and me thinking it was some kind of apple, tasted it and hated that too

[mo]

TOMMY I COULD HAVE put down the very same has you said in your message, we didn't get a choice we ate what was there if not we didn't get anything so cant remember if i hate any foods,, BUT do remember i hated the cod liver oil by the sspoonful. I now take it in a capsule much easier.

[tony38337]

Cod liver oil wasn't too bad but I loved the malt, do I also remember concentrated orange juice?

Tony T

[lin]

HI TONY...THERE WERE TWO MALTS, ONE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT THE OTHER WAS CALLED VIROL...DO YOU REMEMBER SYRUP OF FIGS?

LIN

[tony38337]

Never needed syrup of figs but I do remember it, I love figs, fresh ones. In fact I have a small fig tree in the garden, I started it off in the greenhouse, last Christmas I had fresh home grown figs and when it got too big I put it in a half barrel in the garden, there are three sets on it for the next season.

Tony T

[lin]

HI TONY..DON'T THINK WE NEEDED SYRUP OF FIGS EITHER, BUT WE HAD TO TAKE IT, TOLD US IT WAS GOOD FOR US.
THAT'S BRILLIANT THAT YOU MANAGED TO GET THE FIG TREE TO GROW, VERY NICE, I LIKE THEM MYSELF.

LIN

[joetaylor]

Hi Sis
dont know if you can remember when we were kids,If you had a bad cold or a chesty cough, Mam used to put a poultice on our chest, it was like Grey paste, Horrible

[lin]

HI BRO...YES I DO REMEMBER THAT, USED TO STICK, AN DSHE HEATED IT UP IN THE CAN BEFORE APPLYING TO AN OLD SHEET AND STICKING TO YOUR BACK AND CHEST....USED TO FEEL SO HEAVY AS IF YOU WERE BEING BURIED ALIVE.

[lin]

BRO....WAS THAT FRIARS BALSAM? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING ELSE?

[fluffymoat4]

Ugh! Someone has just reminded me of Tripe!!! My mum would sit eating it and inviting us to try some. Those of us that were brave enough (or stupid) tried it and it made us heave. I always thought it was the skin of a lamb because of its appearance.
I also hate seafood. My sisters and mother love shrimps etc. but I just choke at the memory. I was eyeing my mum's cone of shrimps once, thinking they "looked" delicious. She let me eat one and went mad when I spat it out and "wasted" it! Years later, when hubby and I were doing the pub circuit we came across fried scampi and I tried some - BIG mistake - frying the seafood in batter didn't make the slightest bit of difference. I have also tried game pie and it had the same effect on me! I'll just stick to old fashioned meals I guess!
I used to hate kidney and liver but LOVE both now. I used to LOVE rhubarb but can't stand it now. Weird how our taste buds change eh?
I went through life hating the taste of cheese. Didn't matter what kind of cheese, I couldn't stand it on my tongue. When I fell pregnant I couldn't get enough of cheese. I used to stuff my face with it. On giving birth I reverted to being unable to eat it "raw" but now will happily eat it in cooked recipes.
When my brother, a sister and myself were very young we used to love eating the plaster from walls (as in lathe and plaster). Mum and Dad used to wonder why holes kept appearing in walls. We eventually all grew out of it. Imagine my horror when pregnant that I got a craving for plaster. We had recently moved into a house that needed some work doing to it - namely the ceiling in the hall. It was lathe and plaster and each night I would eye up a particular hole as I ascended the staircase and salivate. Eventually I broke a chunk off and began nibbling it. I was hooked! I went through loads of plaster as my pregnancy progressed. When my hubby finally suggested we get the hole filled in I went along with it, hoping it would stop my craving. I did make a stock pile of plaster to keep me going though and I did tell my GP what I was doing. Seems it's completely normal for women to eat coal and other substances when they are pregnant! As soon as I got home after giving birth I threw the stash of plaster away!

[lin]

HI MO...I LOVE SHRIMPS, IN FACT I LOVE ALL SEA FOODS...ALSO DANISH BLUE CHEESE....DON'T THINK I'VE EVER ATE PLASTER THOUGH...LOL!
MY CRAVINGS, BOTH TIMES I WAS PREGNANT WAS ANYTHING IN VINEGAR, IT GOT SO COSTLY BUYING JARS OF PICKLED ONIONS I STARTED TO MAKE MY OWN, PICKLED ONIONS, PICKLED CUCUMBER, EGGS, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING I COULD PICKLE AND THAT IS ALL I ATE THROUGH THE FIRST TIME I WAS PREGNANT BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP FOOD DOWN, SICK MORNING NOON AND NIGHT, USED TO GET UP 2AM EVERY MORNING BEING SICK...ANYWAY I JUST STUCK TO PICKLED THINGS, PLUS I ALSO DRANK THE VINEGAR...I STILL LOVE PICKLED THINGS NOW.

LIN

[tony38337]

Sea food absolutey DILISHIS!!! Mo? a nice compromise for plain food (and there's nowt wrong wi'it) Your favourite bangers (Mine's Richmonds Irish Recipe thin links) with lightly fried onion and grated cheese melted into the mash and Joe I think the grey paste poultice was Kaolin, I used to have knee problems as a kid and the nurse nun used Kaolin poultice on it and it hurt like hell it felt like my knee was on fire. Were they mad buggers or what?

Tony T

[lin]

HEY TONY I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE POULTICE..I DIDN'T MIND THE HEAT OF IT, BUT IT USED TO FEEL SO DARN HEAVY AND TIGHT WHEN YOU HAD IT ON BACK AND FRONT OF YOU.

LIN

[frankwalsh]

I REMEMBER DRINKING THE WATER THE CABBAGE HAD BEEN COOKED IN LOVELY! MATTER OF FACT I HAD A CUP THE OTHER DAY, FRA MY WIFE SAID THATS DISGUSTING,BUT SHE IS AN AUSSIE. FRANK WALSH.

[fluffymoat4]

Frank, I agree with drinking the cabbage water - love Savoy the most though! Mind you, these days I tend to steam vegetables - not quite the same eh?