[Food] Foods you wish you had tried sooner.

[Bakero]

Is that one response or two?

This is why the Oxford comma is important

 

[HeaviestTed]

I know a food I wish I hadn’t tried - the Amex burgers

 

[The Clamp]

Pierogi.

Polish dumplings. Meat or savoury. Lovely.

Oh and liver. Used to hate it. Now I regularly have a big bowl of liver, onions, mash, and gravy. Simple, perfect, winter food.

 

[pasty]

Does gin count? Tried it in my early 20’s and decided I didn’t like it. Had a GnT by accident about 30 years later, loved it, and it’s now my favourite drink.

 

[The Clamp]

Bone marrow.

Good shout.

One of my favourites. Always order when I see on a menu.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Duck
Sea Bass
Thai Cuisine.
Crab

 

[The Clamp]

Does gin count? Tried it in my early 20’s and decided I didn’t like it. Had a GnT by accident about 30 years later, loved it, and it’s now my favourite drink.

I switched over to gin in my 30’s. Really enjoyed it for a year or so but then it started giving me some really ghastly, toxic hangovers. Had to stop drinking it.

Shame. I really enjoyed it.

 

[Albion my Albion]

cheese cake instead of eating mud pies.

 

[Justice]

Bone marrow.

Your be parading around at Crufts next

 

[Cotton Socks]

The average person's taste buds do not mature until late 20's. This is the reason many start to drink ale or Guinness as they get older. the same can be said for foods such as olives.

The reason Guinness introduced extra cold is that bitter taste buds basically become frozen at 2 degrees, therefore serving it at that temp and with a huge advertising campaign aimed at the younger drinkers their sales went up.

I'm nearly 50, I tried olives when I was 8 & Guinness when I was 18 & hated both. I've been trying different types of olives since but at a certain point in my life 18 years ago, just the smell of them made me sick. I can bear the smell now but won't go back to trying them to see if my taste buds have changed!!! Next time I'm in a pub I'll ask for a taster of Guinness to see how that goes.

Re the OP, I'm not much of a 'foodie'. I wasn't brought up on a diet of Mussels & Squid but I love them (and Snails), Whelks & Jellied Eels will always be revolting. I used to be always put off of Anchovies as they are usually so salty but I was converted by Arkwrights Deli on Beaconsfield Rd 19 years ago. I think they're still there but don't know if they still sell them. Anchovies in oil rather than brine was a game changer for me. I have a similar relationship with Houmous, I only like the ones from Fiveways Fruits or Sunny Foods, I can't find supermarket brands that match them (I'm talking Asda & Sainsburys).

Actually I do have an answer now, also introduced by the deli... Carrot Cake! My brain could not put carrots and cake together, I think I only bought it as all the choc cake had gone & the only alternative was coffee cake. I really do wish I'd tried it sooner & will take carrot cake over choc cake every time now (unless the carrot cake has walnuts in it, as I'm still fussy). If I have to bake cakes I'll make carrot cake muffins rather than choc muffins. So carrot cake is my answer!

p.s. I have no affiliation with the shops I've mentioned & the last time I went into one of them was over a year ago for houmous!!

 

[chickens]

Everything that tasted a bit wrong and turned out to be past its expiry date.

 

[Hovegull]

Carrot and coriander soup. I didn’t think I liked coriander, so the combo made me suspicious. Turns out I love it, when made right and it’s perfect with a nice chunk of granary

 

[Albion my Albion]

tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another vote for Asoaragus and Olives. Had Asparagus at my brothers wedding and now love the stuff

I have an asparagus bed, planted from seed 20 years ago. It is now producing over 400 spears a season. 464 in 2024.

So not only does my piss smell like a sex-dungeon for months on end, I save more than £200 a season on delicious asparagus.

Back to the OP, I hated yoghurt till I was in my late teens but can't be arsed to eat it now.

Being Working Class, mum served us up home made stew (with minced beef), Fray Bentos pies on Saturday, cod on Friday, and a Vesta curry on occasion. Otherwise, I ate crisp sandwiches for tea, sometimes with added Shippams Fish Paste.

So I never tasted olives, oysters, asparagus or the delicacy of kings - scampi, till I left home, bough an eye patch, became a pirate and sailed the seven seas.

 

[lasvegan]

Sushi…

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Everything that tasted a bit wrong and turned out to be past its expiry date.

Maybe time to stop drinking in Whetherspoons pubs?

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Fanny.

Be careful where you say that, because in America fanny means "arse".... NOT your minge.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Be careful where you say that, because in America fanny means "arse".... NOT your minge.

Pretty sure NSC is English.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Our taste buds don't mature, they die. Kids can't handle strong flavours as they they can really taste them whereas our old palates can eat bitter things that would repulse a youngster. Ever see a baby try new food?

Thanks I was told when training they matured.

 

[jackanada]

Be careful where you say that, because in America fanny means "arse".... NOT your minge.

Arse was not so far down the list so I'll ride out any confusion.