Changing food dates as you get older

Granmarderby10 your post brought back a memory! I was born with something wrong with my left foot. When I was a little girl I had to attend hospital regularly and on the way home my mother used to take me into a little shop near the hospital that sold Fruitellas loose. The lovely shopkeeper used to pick me out a bagful of strawberry ones for being a brave girl . I don’t remember much about the hospital but I remember the shop very well.

We definitely eat less meat and I'll usually have fish if we are out and normally twice a week at home. I also eat less starchy things like potatoes, pasta etc but fill up with veg or salad. I've still put a little weight on though as my metabolism seems to be slower than it used to be.

I have become addicted to fruitella chewy sweets (other similar available at Lidl and Aldi). I crave fruity juicy things more than chocolate now. Always drawn to citrus fruits inc. limes and grapefruits. Love olives and feta (with lemon)
Prefer simple none cheffy meals like poached eggs and home made fried potatoes or….
beef or lamb rissoles from a recipe at the back of my old and scruffy Delia cookery course book -chapter: leftovers these really are gorgeous served with a scoop of creamy mash a drizzle of Sundays’ leftover gravy and a sweet chutney.
Also now like nougat, marzipan and marshmallows but never used to. What is wrong with me! ?

I certainly eat far less than I used to but that's probably because I used to over indulge. If believe my range of tastes has widened dramatically and I love trying new and interesting things.

My appetite is much reduced. Being presented with a large plate of food puts me off eating. I love spicy foods but have to be careful as too much upsets my stomach.

I agree, Redhead56 about portion size. I drastically reduced portion size to cope with menopausal weight gain.

For environmental reasons I have reduced the amount of meat we eat, not by eating more plant based meals, but as we mainly eat meat in casseroles and stews, I have increased the quantity of vegetables in every casserole and stew. I will casserole a pound of meat, we will eat a quarter of it between us and save three. Each person's portion contains only 2oz of meat instead of the 4oz usually seen as a portion size. We eat 'Pasture of Life meat, which is really tasty, but it does not work out expensive because we eat it in such small portions.

I wondered what changing dates were!

I’ve gone off fish in the last few years. Prawns are ok and smoked salmon but the rest, nope, unless heavily disguised with parsley sauce or similar.

I have gone off a lot of food I have never seen the point in eating bland food. I don’t eat a lot anyway but I am struggling with meat I used to enjoy a nice ham not anymore. I am eating more sustainable fish now and enjoying it.
I would sooner have a choice of various things to eat rather than be faced with a big plate of food.
As a treat I used to love cheese and onion crisps now I can’t stand snacks like crisps. I went off cucumber years ago I am eating it again with a salad and lots of fruit.
I do love to cook everything from scratch I always have. If I make a special dinner for us the portion size has greatly reduced.
My mum used to say appetite changes as you get older it’s true my dh is the same we both eat at lot less than we did years ago.

I never had much of a sweet tooth, but I have found that my taste for sweet food has declined dramatically since the menopause.. I recently needed to grab something for a quick lunch at a petrol station and came out with a pack of falafels rather than sweets or biscuits

In restaurants, I have starters but, rarely a dessert

Apart from that, my tastes haven't changed much.

I don't think I have stopped liking anything - yet - but I like things now that I didn't like when I was younger, such as olives and chickpeas.