I disliked tomato as a kid, but couldn't explain why -- I loved ketchup and tomato soup and tomato juice. Now I know why, it's the texture. I'm still not extremely fond of raw tomato (and can't stand cooked ones unless they are puree, fried and canned ones are disgusting, literally) but I'll eat it in salad.
Red and green 'bell' peppers I like. Beets, including turnip and swede (rutabega), I like if cooked well (not to the slimy stage, they should still be solid enough to bite). Most squashes I still don't like, except cucumber. Celery I don't like the taste unless it's cooked in stew or soup (and don't see the point if it's raw -- like lettuce it has negative calories, needing more to eat than it gives).
I know steak isn't a vegetable, but that's another thing I like now but hated, my mother hated any 'pink' and cooked it to leather.
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Date: 2011-06-03 07:22 pm (UTC)Red and green 'bell' peppers I like. Beets, including turnip and swede (rutabega), I like if cooked well (not to the slimy stage, they should still be solid enough to bite). Most squashes I still don't like, except cucumber. Celery I don't like the taste unless it's cooked in stew or soup (and don't see the point if it's raw -- like lettuce it has negative calories, needing more to eat than it gives).
I know steak isn't a vegetable, but that's another thing I like now but hated, my mother hated any 'pink' and cooked it to leather.