Thread: As a kid, what food were you made to eat at mealtimes that you hated?

Sunday dinner: boiled potatoes and sprouts.

I'd clear the good stuff and then be left with these, and so began the weekly battle of my mum and dad telling me to eat them before I could leave the table and me spooning minuscule amounts in to look like I was making an effort.

I just thought of this while I was eating some boiled potatoes that I had made, but I've never once eaten a sprout in my life.

The things even smell like farts when they're being cooked!

Brussel sprouts and peas. They simply would not go down. The peas I have come to enjoy, but fresh, not tinned or frozen. Fuck the Brussel sprouts though.

Creamed corn and liver. Revolting, and my mom stopped making me eat it after I hurled onto my dinner plate.

Sheep Brains, which i ate once when i was 5 but never again, if fact brains which you can identify as a brain i will never touch again.

Originally Posted by aging one

Fuck the Brussel sprouts though.

Wise thinking AO.

Brussel sprouts contain an indigestible fiber called raffinose, which can be tough on the stomach. When bacteria in your large intestine try to break this and other indigestible fibers down, they produce gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane.

Liver, peas, meatloaf, cream of corn. Trust me, I went without dinner. I usually cooked Popcorn.

It's looking like a unanimous vote for sprouts...

I hated liver too, but it was never an option unless I was with my grandad.

I ate everything put in front of me I seem to recall. Even Brussel sprouts. I still eat Brussels sprouts. The folks were Scots and quite frugal. Mince and tatties were the go to meal. It was a different era. People weren't so much reliant on supermarket food. Pre prepared etc. We knew no different but were well fed and happy as fuck

FFS... I never realised you were a sweaty!!?

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Liver, peas, meatloaf, cream of corn.

All disgusting. Our childhoods were clearly a food nightmare.

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The things even smell like farts when they're being cooked![/QUOTE]
So. No dizzy Gillespie for Mrs Hal. ? Not even for valentines day? Ya miserable coonty Hal.

Originally Posted by Norton

Wise thinking AO.

Brussel sprouts contain an indigestible fiber called raffinose, which can be tough on the stomach. When bacteria in your large intestine try to break this and other indigestible fibers down, they produce gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane.

That's why they make ya fart like a champion

Can I up the ante?

Tuna noodle casserole. Vile shit.

Originally Posted by Mendip

FFS... I never realised you were a sweaty!!?

Aye. Was born there. Then the old man got a deal for 10 quid each to immigrate to oz. 10 pound pom deal they called it. I was 2 when we arrived. I'm half Scottish half australian. Half of me wants to get drunk.all the time the other half disnae want to Pay for it.

Originally Posted by BLD

half australian

No such thing, unless you are aboriginal.

Originally Posted by BLD

Aye. Was born there. Then the old man got a deal for 10 quid each to immigrate to oz. 10 pound pom deal they called it. I was 2 when we arrived. I'm half Scottish half australian. Half of me wants to get drunk.all the time the other half disnae want to Pay for it.

Originally Posted by bsnub

No such thing, unless you are aboriginal.

I've been known to honk on the glass didgeridoo with a bit of home grown so technically I can identify as an abo.

Things I couldn't eat as a kid but eat all the time now:
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Cabbage.
Punkin.
Sprouts.
Oysters.
Olives.
Broccoli.
Cheese.
The white part of eggs.



Things I couldn't eat as a kid, and nothing has changed on that front.
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Any and every type of offal.
Cloves.
Anchovies.
Okra.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

But not broccoli.

TBH it's a bit boring on its own and needs something to give it a lift, but in a Chinese take-away or in a home cooked veggie stir-fry it's ok

I could eat anything but tomatoes, which made me gag for some reason. I could eat ketchup but not tomatoes.
I'm OK with them now although don't eat them often.
I used to stop my brother getting a beating by finishing his sprouts and roast spuds... for half his pudding...I'm good like that

Originally Posted by BLD

The folks were Scots and quite frugal

Originally Posted by Mendip

FFS... I never realised you were a sweaty!!?

Have you seen the amount of family holiday threads he's put up on here?

It seems more likely that it'd be one of your ancestors who would've been the caber tosser.

That's one thing that irked me about my youth. Not food. The lack of Fukkin holidays. The only place I recall apart from crazy golf and sitting in the sergeants mess on Sundays was a day trip to Belsen Fuckin Concentration Camp.


With that homemade haircut, Mendy, you do look like one of those Jews in the shower photos in there.

^ That's at least twice you've mentioned my haircut?

A bit gay?

I have always eaten all foods apart from currants, raisins and sultanas... none of which were the types of food a parent would force you to eat, I also have never liked marzipan so Christmas cake has always been out.

I love all veggies and I love offal... as kids my sister would always sneak me her kidneys from the steak and kidney pie and I never had to give her anything in return.