Comments on: Friday fluff: What a fool I’ve been

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:47:27 +0000

I’ve just thought of another one: the word “blog.” God I used to hate it.

By: oscah

oscah — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:54:23 +0000

Also sci-fi. Once my housemate introduced me to Philip K. Dick, there was no going back.

By: oscah

oscah — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:49:59 +0000

Beetroot. I hated it on sight, but I ate lunch enough times with a friend who used to get it in her sandwiches that I wound up trying it…love at first bite.

By: Cacie

Cacie — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:21:38 +0000

Brussel Sprouts! It turned out that I actually love them when they start out fresh and are prepared with grace and skill. I had only ever had them previously frozen, over-steamed, and drenched in butter. They were bitter, slimy, and disgusting.

However, fresh brussel sprouts sauteed lightly in butter and garlic with a little bit of salt is delightful. The opposite of what I expected in every respect.

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:28:21 +0000

I used to hate green bell peppers. All of a sudden, I like them. Weird. My husband even commented — why is there a green bell pepper in the fridge? He had been conditioned not to buy them.
Otherwise, me and most vegetables are good friends. Well, in the sense that I like and eat them. So, maybe from the vegetable’s perspective, I’m not such a good friend.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:08:58 +0000

Having just finished a lovely bowl of oatmeal with maple syrup, sliced almonds, and sliced banana, I can tell you that when I was a kid, I couldn’t get oatmeal down. The slimy texture was just gag-inducing.

I tried oatmeal again about a year ago because it’s good for reducing cholesterol, and found that as long as you stick with the whole oats, not the quick-cook, and just give them 2 minutes in the microwave so they still have some bite to them, and if you add something with some flavor (dried cranberries work well too), it’s a lovely cold-day breakfast.

As for salads, well, those of you who hate salads, if you ever find yourself in Naples, Florida, go to the Turtle Club at the Vanderbilt Beach Resort for lunch. Ask to sit outside. Then order the grilled salmon salad. It’s a massive bowl of greens, chopped tomato and bell pepper, gorgeous berries, (straw-, rasp-, and black- )and a generous piece of perfectly grilled salmon in a citrus dressing. Absolutely delicious. You’ll never think the same way about salads again.

By: Colleen (but not prettypear Colleen)

Colleen (but not prettypear Colleen) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:10:00 +0000

Kitty:
I went to the University of Rochester, and then lived and worked in Rochester for a year after I graduated. I LOVE Rochester, miss it every day, and want to move back as soon as I’m done with law school. I’ve never understood why people hate Rochester.

My food revelation was onions. Thought I hated them for years, but now I love them.

By: thevulvatron

thevulvatron — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:44:25 +0000

Count me in on the brussel sprouts aversion. I HAAAATED them when my mom would make them when I was a kid (from the can). I had them last year, split down the middle and roasted in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt and pepper and I fell in love. When I used to think of them as slimy green balls of death, they have now become adorable tiny cabbage lookalikes.

I also always thought I hated raw tomatoes until recently. They’re pretty much fabulous in a salad with chunks of mozzarella, whole basil leaves and olive oil.

Lastly, referring back a couple weeks to the exercise post – due to the President’s Physical Fitness Tests in PE as a kid, I always thought I hated exercise. I didn’t realize until I was much older that it doesn’t have to be torture, and its also a great depression reliever.

By: ravenkim

ravenkim — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:33:41 +0000

I had a very limited list of “acceptable” vegetables when I was a kid. Since becoming a vegetarian in college, I have learned to like zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, onions, cooked leafy greens, brussel sprouts, cabbage, parsnips and beets. I still don’t really like turnips very much, though.

By: definitive.dot

definitive.dot — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:22:59 +0000

I’ve been a fool about my hometown, the city of Philadelphia. I hated it all my life. At the age of 20 I was convinced that Philadelphia was the source of all my problems: it was depressing me and holding me back. I really hated everything about it, and became convinced that I must really be a small town girl and big cities suck.

Then a couple of years of go I decided to visit every library branch in the city because I love libraries. There are 58 branches. Since I don’t drive (a luxury of living in the city that I now wholeheartedly appreciate) I had to take the bus to every branch. I haven’t finished yet, but exploring every part of the city has really changed my mind. There is so much I love about Philadelphia now. I still plan to move someday, just to live in different places, but I really love living in the big city and I especially like this one.