[Food] Foods you wish you had tried sooner.

[Sid and the Sharknados]

That’s interesting because my user name is due to the amount of Extra Cold I used to consume in the Welly in the Withdean days, when I was in my 20s.

Nowadays I can’t stand Extra Cold but love regular Guinness, porter and milk / chocolate stout.

Olives are my answer to the question btw.

I'm reliably* told that the ideal is to ask for half and half, normal and extra cold. Off the top of my head I can remember one occasion when I've actually been able to try this and I don't remember it being better than just a pint of normal Guiness.

*By a man who kept a bottle of HP sauce in his locker at work for his Friday sandwich "because Daddies is an inferior sauce". Clearly, a connoiseur of the finer things in life.

 

[BrightonCottager]

@Cotton Socks Try Smorl's houmous (made on the Open Market by a Fiveways resident) or Ramonas from the supermarkets. But Mrs BC's home made is the best.
My answer to the original question is tahini. I spread it on toast instead of butter and before marmite, make salad dressing from it and also (obvs) houmous.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Scallops - really didn't do it for me, all squishy. I've since discovered that I love them just as long as they are properly cooked or raw very thinly sliced (bit of lime juice even better).

 

[Is it PotG?]

Toast Toppers

 

[Weststander]

M&S chocolate peanuts.

 

[The Clamp]

Pretty sure NSC is English.

 

[Weststander]

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.

Tried it in my early 20’s, loved the refreshing/bitter taste, the only spirit I’ve drunk since.

 

[banjo]

Blue cheese.

 

[Reg]

Tried it in my early 20’s, loved the refreshing/bitter taste, the only spirit I’ve drink since.

 

[PTC Gull]

Really strong and sharp Cheddar Cheese.

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

blue cheese, peanut butter, vegetables,

 

[zefarelly]

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?

Well . . .

 

[Lady Whistledown]

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

I want a Scotch egg now.

I don't even like Scotch eggs.

 

[AstroSloth]

Tofu

 

[matt]

Pickles

 

[Zeberdi]

Scallops - really didn't do it for me, all squishy. I've since discovered that I love them just as long as they are properly cooked or raw very thinly sliced (bit of lime juice even better).

Interesting - as a kid I hated anything squishy and watery (marrow, courgettes, cucumber,) - I also hated squid (calamari) because it was like chewing rubber - I hated eating anything with a purple colour (red cabbage, jam in cakes or milk puddings) … you can see where this is going … autistic kids can have a lot of issues with food but it isn’t necessarily to do with tastebuds but colour and texture. Grew out of most of it, love courgettes and cucumbers now and adore squid. Still can’t eat blueberries because of them being too squishy and still don’t like red cabbage.

Mum devised weekly recipes for a national newspaper column so we were fortunate to have a very varied (and exploratory!) diet as kids so not much we didn’t try.

Mum loved her Guinness so tried that at an early age - took quite a few years to acquire the taste though - love it now but only on draught. Wished I’d tried my Dad’s Jim Beam at an earlier age but got there eventually

 

[jcdenton08]

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

Love it. Basically curry soup. One of my go-to’s when I have tonsillitis along with lashings of ginger beer

 

[Zeberdi]

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?

Not just human babies, animals too.

This is a Wildlife Hospital in Virginia that I’ve supported for years, giving an orphaned bear cub firstly a sweetly flavoured nutritional compound followed by his pain medication - his face says it all :

 

[Cordwainer]

Well . . .

Boris Johnson innit.

Explains a lot.

 

[Gabbafella]

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

We've all "accidentally" slipped at some point.
Haven't we?