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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
Today I felt like having a simple potato knish.
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And that started me on the path of good food/bad food. By that I don't mean what's good for you. But how luck may effect you choice of food.
When I was about 9 I had my first experience with lasagna. It was so bad that I didn't try it again for 15 years. Truth. Now it's one of my favorite foods to make.
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But after the lasagna experience I've learned to try something a few times, and at different places, to see if I do or don't like it.
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I know what you mean. Sometimes a single bad experience with food can spoil good food for a long time. I grew up with boiled un-seasoned vegetables with every dinner. Probably healthy, but very boring. I've only in recent years found out that both kohlrabi and jerusalem artichoke are actually very nice, given the right methods of preparation (i.e. not peeled and boiled).
An example of the opposite (or it has now gone almost full circle):
When I was a child I liked blood sausage a good deal (fried and served with apple sauce and cinnamon-sugar). Then as I grew up I got a little squeamish about it - you know, eating blood. But then I realised how silly I was being and told myself to get over it. And I did
(I'll still not eat a huge portion though - too sweet)