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What foods have you only started to eat in later life?

(61 Posts)
shandi6570 Thu 03-May-18 16:54:12

Olives for me too, although I am the only one in my family to enjoy them so I don't have them very often. Fell in love with them after eating my first greek salad some years ago.

Oh, and celeriac.

Niobe Thu 03-May-18 16:41:54

Always hated cheese but love it now.

Jalima1108 Thu 03-May-18 16:32:12

Sweet potatoes and butternut squash or pumpkin.

wildswan16 Thu 03-May-18 16:22:51

Sweet potatoes, don't know why I hadn't tried them before. Kale/spinach for their health benefits. Ground up sunflower and pumpkin seeds in my morning porridge. Green tea.

Still haven't managed to pluck up the courage for .. garlic, tomatoes, peppers or chilis.

Panache Thu 03-May-18 15:32:18

Indeed as a result of repeated Cancers I changed my entire diet mid way through life,eating mainly organic fruit and veggies, mainly in their raw form with whole grains,pulses,fish oils,nut oils together with juicing becoming my greatest friend.
It only needed putting mind over matter and knuckling down to the very different tastes..........a juice made with kale is very much different to one with oranges, yet possibly of greater nutritional value!

As a youngster I had not enjoyed much of a varied diet so I had to make a lot of changes,once you know they are for the better nutritionally, you feel a million dollars and just get on with it!!
I was very "picky" eater as a child, so since these changes I have enjoyed a lot of new tastes.............surprising myself let me tell you!

cavewoman Thu 03-May-18 15:05:00

Olives. Always thought I couldn't stand them, but after a wine tasting charity evening with not much else to nibble on, I have developed an absolute passion for them.

Bathsheba Thu 03-May-18 15:04:37

Rooibos tea and sweet potatoes. Love them both! Oh and coconut oil. I can't think of anything else that I've taken to eating or drinking in latter years, but I'm sure there must be others.

Greyduster Thu 03-May-18 15:00:13

Quinoa. In fact, all sorts of whole grains.

rascal Thu 03-May-18 14:58:11

I have had to eat only gluten free food because I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease.

tanith Thu 03-May-18 14:54:11

Never liked asparagus, but I bought one of those veg selection trays with tender stem asparagus, baby carrots and brocilli shoots and I really enjoyed it so I’ll be buying again.

Sazz1006 Thu 03-May-18 14:44:44

At the tender age of 61, I have started to eat beetroot for the first time in my life! I think I was put off by the vinegary stuff being put on our school dinner plates with mashed potatoes that stained the potatoes pink and have never eaten it until recently.
The other things I really would like to like and am revving myself up for trying are boiled or poached eggs. They look so tempting but I just can’t bring myself to eat egg white! I quite enjoy scrambled egg or the occasional omelette.
Anyone else liking a type of food for the first time?