Can You Grow To Enjoy A Particular Food?
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In an attempt to shed a few pounds I'm trying to replace biscuits, chocolate and crisps with a healthier alternative.
I'm trying to eat more bananas, but each one I eat is done under an amount of duress as I'm not really that keen on them.
It's the same with most salad/vegetable items.
Do we think that perseverance will let me grow to like them to the point that they will be a pleasure, not a chore?
I'm trying to eat more bananas, but each one I eat is done under an amount of duress as I'm not really that keen on them.
It's the same with most salad/vegetable items.
Do we think that perseverance will let me grow to like them to the point that they will be a pleasure, not a chore?
MonkeyBusiness said:
Liver.
After a recent works do to an Indian restaurant I made some tandoori lambs livers.
They were excellent and good for you by all accounts.
I think liver comes down to the cooking. My mother: cook it for an hour - rank. Cooked nicely in a good liver & bacon: fabulous. Cooked virtually raw at Brasserie Blanc - rank. After a recent works do to an Indian restaurant I made some tandoori lambs livers.
They were excellent and good for you by all accounts.
Developing tastes is one of the most enjoyable things about food/drink. I remember my first curry twenty five years ago and it blew me away- could eat them daily. Used to hate olives, I find an excuse to throw them in all sorts of recipes now. Whenever I visit a pub with unknown ales I always try one- once you get adventurous it's hard to stop.
I think that's one of the many reasons I can't stand chain restaurants, you don't get the opportunity as everything is prescribed wherever you are.
I think that's one of the many reasons I can't stand chain restaurants, you don't get the opportunity as everything is prescribed wherever you are.
My missus claims not. She hates all fish and seafood, offal/game, also mushrooms, and a fair few other things she is a bit funny about.
This annoys me as I love my food & love eating out at good restaurants but have to be careful with choices now as her dislikes often feature on menus. Never able to partake of tasting menus as there are always several courses she wouldn't eat
There is very little I won't eat. Even my dislikes I'll tolerate.
This annoys me as I love my food & love eating out at good restaurants but have to be careful with choices now as her dislikes often feature on menus. Never able to partake of tasting menus as there are always several courses she wouldn't eat
There is very little I won't eat. Even my dislikes I'll tolerate.
developer said:
In an attempt to shed a few pounds I'm trying to replace biscuits, chocolate and crisps with a healthier alternative.
I'm trying to eat more bananas, but each one I eat is done under an amount of duress as I'm not really that keen on them.
It's the same with most salad/vegetable items.
Do we think that perseverance will let me grow to like them to the point that they will be a pleasure, not a chore?
Yes. I don't think many youngsters like the taste of bitter beer, but it doesn't take long to become accustomed to it.I'm trying to eat more bananas, but each one I eat is done under an amount of duress as I'm not really that keen on them.
It's the same with most salad/vegetable items.
Do we think that perseverance will let me grow to like them to the point that they will be a pleasure, not a chore?
In answer to your initial point, it's far better to just not eat unnecessarily than to replace with perceived 'healthful' foods. If you want to lose weight, eat less, not different.
I've always loves sprouts, yet almost everybody I know despises them. This is great at meals because I get to scoff the lot!
I think with sprouts and many other things, as has already been mentioned, it can be in the cooking. Most people seem to overcook sprouts and the resulting soggy mess puts people off in childhood.
Bananas, I love them as long as they are ripe. Under-ripe ones are like eating an undercooked potato but without the taste, and are pretty vile. Also cheap bananas can lack flavour, I find bananas from the Co-Op tend to be consistently better in this regard.
I think with sprouts and many other things, as has already been mentioned, it can be in the cooking. Most people seem to overcook sprouts and the resulting soggy mess puts people off in childhood.
Bananas, I love them as long as they are ripe. Under-ripe ones are like eating an undercooked potato but without the taste, and are pretty vile. Also cheap bananas can lack flavour, I find bananas from the Co-Op tend to be consistently better in this regard.
I grew up believing I hated curry. Apparently this is because my mum gave me a tinned curry when I was a child, and I didn't eat any of it. I had blanked the trauma from my memory, but just knew I hated curry.
When I was 19 or 20 a girl I was keen on invited me to her house for a curry, which left me with a dilemma. On the one hand I knew I hated curry, therefore had to say no. On the other hand, it would be a good way to get into her knickers, so I took her up on her offer and I have loved curry ever since.
So yes, you can grow to enjoy a particular food, but I think parents have a lot to answer for food wise. One of my work colleagues comes from a family of fussy eaters and when he started at work he would only eat minced beef based things or steak and chips. Because of peer pressure he has tried new things and is now totally at home in the fine dining restaurants we are sometimes forced to go to.
When I was 19 or 20 a girl I was keen on invited me to her house for a curry, which left me with a dilemma. On the one hand I knew I hated curry, therefore had to say no. On the other hand, it would be a good way to get into her knickers, so I took her up on her offer and I have loved curry ever since.
So yes, you can grow to enjoy a particular food, but I think parents have a lot to answer for food wise. One of my work colleagues comes from a family of fussy eaters and when he started at work he would only eat minced beef based things or steak and chips. Because of peer pressure he has tried new things and is now totally at home in the fine dining restaurants we are sometimes forced to go to.
Depends, a lot of people dislike certain things because of one or two bad experiences. Go to a fancy restaurant and you might get something you think you hate converted into something that tastes amazing. Wife claimed she didn't like fish but slowly been introduced to lots of different types and found lots that she likes, just the mackerel and herring "fishy fish" as she now describes it that she doesn't get on with, though I didn't say what fish they used to make the fresh kippers we had last weekend.
For bananas I prefer them a bit green rather than when they are too sweet and soft, great as fritters which might defeat the purpose or caramelized in a banoffee pie, that might get you used to them
For bananas I prefer them a bit green rather than when they are too sweet and soft, great as fritters which might defeat the purpose or caramelized in a banoffee pie, that might get you used to them
My Mrs used to dislike whisky but she persevered and now rather likes it, which is annoying.
jamesh764 said:
I grew up believing I hated curry. Apparently this is because my mum gave me a tinned curry when I was a child, and I didn't eat any of it. I had blanked the trauma from my memory, but just knew I hated curry..
Same here, when I started uni I didn't eat curry, pizza or chilli for similar reasons. they ended up being the majority of my diet for the next 3 years 
I think there may be a middle phase of acceptance before moving onto liking something.
I hate lettuce, I have done since I was young so have probably not deliberately eaten any for 30 years. If I go to McDonalds/BK I always ask for it to be left out of the burgers, sometimes however the odd shred finds it's way in and I can immediately taste it amongst all the other stuff, well not tomato/gherkin as obviously I have asked this to be left out as well. I think this is because if is such an alien (to me) taste that it it only takes a little bit to notice it.
If I were to try and become a lettuce convert then maybe leaving it in burgers or having a prawn cocktail where it is a component means after a while I could get a salad down because I wouldn't have a knee jerk reaction to the taste.
Likewise, if you make a slit in the side of a banana, put a few chunks of Dairy Milk in there, wrap it in foil and then put it in the oven for a bit you will find it easier to get down, after a while it would be easier to move onto a straight banana.
I hate lettuce, I have done since I was young so have probably not deliberately eaten any for 30 years. If I go to McDonalds/BK I always ask for it to be left out of the burgers, sometimes however the odd shred finds it's way in and I can immediately taste it amongst all the other stuff, well not tomato/gherkin as obviously I have asked this to be left out as well. I think this is because if is such an alien (to me) taste that it it only takes a little bit to notice it.
If I were to try and become a lettuce convert then maybe leaving it in burgers or having a prawn cocktail where it is a component means after a while I could get a salad down because I wouldn't have a knee jerk reaction to the taste.
Likewise, if you make a slit in the side of a banana, put a few chunks of Dairy Milk in there, wrap it in foil and then put it in the oven for a bit you will find it easier to get down, after a while it would be easier to move onto a straight banana.
Agree on the childhood comment. My niece used to eat everything, and at Christmas would berate me for not eating Brussels sprouts and nick them off my plate. Then she started school and it as soon as one of her friends declared they didn't eat something, she decided she didn't like it either, and now refuses to eat brussles sprouts amongst other things.
Just so that you know, bananas aren't really a low-calorie fruit. In fact, they have almost twice as many calories per 100g as an apple, pear or pineapple, and 50% more than mango.
Given that you don't really like them, and they aren't particularly low-calorie, I would be inclined to bin them off in favour of something more tasty.
HTH
Given that you don't really like them, and they aren't particularly low-calorie, I would be inclined to bin them off in favour of something more tasty.
HTH
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