I was 35 when I started eating tomatoes like apples. Sprinkle some salt and mayo and OMG it’s like a steak.

I was 32 when I realized olives were amazing. Now I can eat them like nobody’s business.

I won’t get into adult drinks as that’s a whole nother story. But I love some good food. And unfortunately I didn’t learn what good food was until far later in life. Not too late because I am making up for my shortcomings with volume now!

Brussels Sprouts & dark chocolate off the top of my head.

Tomato still a no-go for me.
Cooked is ok, or in Pico de gallo. Raw, hard pass. Rarely even have salsa or ketchup.

Onions.

Really disliked them when I was younger. Now, I love them and use them on everything.
I could probably eat one like an apple now.

Same for olives, I used to HATE them.

Brussel sprouts and broccoli are AWESOME now.

Same for cocktails and many other kinds of alcohol, especially wine.

mustard for me

Bleu cheese, in dressing or otherwise. Actually, most stronger cheeses I developed a taste for after childhood.

Steak on the rarer side.

For years the rarest I’d go was med-well but in the past few years have been asking for my steak more around medium and I’m surprised at how much better it is.

Sushi. I did not eat it until I was in my forties. Now I love it.

Fish. Crustaceans and shellfish were okay. Just fish. Any kind of fish. I could eat breaded fish sticks with Tartar sauce though.

I didn’t like eggs as a kid, but I know now I just didn’t like hard dry scrambled the way my mom cooked them. Lord knows I’d eat anything else. I loved smoked oysters and sardines and bleu cheese when I was really little.

Mushrooms.

Brussel Sprouts
Black Olives
Avocados

I will NEVER willingly eat Bell Peppers.

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Tastes you only liked in later years?

When I was a kid, it’s all meat. Hated vegetables. Now, mostly vegetables and less meat.

Scotch.

When I was young the taste just didn't work for me. (Bourbon was fine).

As I grew older I began to appreciate the subtle layers of flavor. Now, neat is just fine.

Spinach, pizza, sushi, steak cooked less than well done, salads. I was the proverbial meat and potatoes kid growing up, avoided a lot of vegetables. Some of the other things like sushi were the byproduct of growing up in a small town with limited culinary choices.

cucumbers, took a trip to England and thinly slice cukes on a sandwich to get to eat them,

now, I have some , and some cuke salad, once in a while,

almonds,
hated them as kid and young adult, eat a bag a week now,

Man, there are so many things I hated as a kid but eat today.

Spinach, okra, brussel sprouts, tuna, sardines, mushrooms, bell peppers, mayonnaise, blue cheeses, fat on meat of any kind and now I know the flavor it gives, and I know there are so many more but this is just what comes to mind right now.

What a luxury... grew up in a household, you ate what was put in front of you or you didn't eat at all ! Today ain't Too much I can't and / or won't eat...

Asparagus. Hated it as a kid, love it now.

Lettuce salad, lasagna, spaghetti.