Interstellar_1What's something you used to dislike that you have come to enjoy?
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terraborraMatt Smith as the Doctor
deadbeef79000The best doctor is always the last doctor.
Jelly baby … ?
Pertwee was my first doctor. I’ve always grown to like them all.
Weird, because Tennant wasn’t the last doctor …
But he is the most recent one that isn’t current, which seems to track for a lot of the fan base.
((Jo Martin - retcon))
William Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Peter Davison
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Paul McCann
(John Hurt - excellent retcon)
Christopher Ecclestone
David Tennant
Matt Smith
Peter Capaldi
Jodie Whittacre
Ncuti Gatwa
He isn’t.
spoilerYou’re ignoring the 3 episodes where Tennant came back as the Doctor, between Whittaker and Gatwa. Not as a throwback or anything, but as a proper regeneration.
And the metacrisis, oh wait, oh I see. You’re right. I shall hang my head in shame.
SkaraBraeBrussels Sprouts.
When I was a kid my mother used to boil them. I would gag from the taste. Mushy vomit-balls of awful.
A few years ago I watched a Jamie Oliver video on how to cook them properly and now they’re a staple with roasts and meat + 3 veg at our place. My wife, my oldest son and I fight over who gets the most.
cabbageThis might not be on account of your mother's cooking, Jamie Oliver, or your evolving taste buds. Rather, Dutch scientists managed to breed tasty brussels sprouts back in the 90s, and the tasty version has since become the standard.
That's why everybody hated brussels sprouts in the 80s, and everybody loves them today. They're just not the same vegetable.
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donHaving eaten them both back then and now, and had them both properly cooked and poorly cooked, this makes the most sense. I just eventually forgot that they used to taste less pleasant than they do now.
I’m dutch and grew up in the 2000’s, I still remember boiled brussel sprouts tasting super bitter and awful. Haven’t really tried them since I cook my own meals though.
ThisIsNotHimThey also get more bitter the longer they’re cooked. Even with the new variety, I suspect boiling Brussels sprouts might be off the table. Higher temps, or raw (shredded and put in a salad) may get you results you actually like.
Roasting at 230C (450F) for up to about 20 minutes should be good. You may be able to go as high as 260C (500F). If they look slightly burnt when they come out, that’s good. The bitter flavors that develop from burning are related to sugars, so brussel sprouts are largely immune.
I didn’t have brussel sprouts I liked until the 2010s, but now they’re one of my favorites.
I keep hearing I should try eating them. With this info, I guess I might as well
Lvxferre [he/him]I’d recommend halving and roasting them, drizzled in a mix of olive oil, good quality vinegar, salt, pepper, and a tiny dash of honey. Just make sure to pre-heat the oven, and use a high temperature (220°C should be good).
Alternatively: dice bacon, render fat, reserve the meaty bits, use the fat to brown the seasoned halved sprouts on high fire. Then put the meaty bacon bits again with them. Then add grated Parmesan.
Bacon fat is cheating! Lol
All is fair in love and war, and a kitchen is a bit of both anyway! :P
I’ve heard this, but I’d like to know what I’ve been eating over time. I never hated sprouts - I had them boiled (briefly!) as a kid in the 90s, when I guess this variety hadn’t yet proliferated? I like sprouts more now but have always attributed this to cooking them differently - fried or roasted, but occasionally simmered in a curry.
IronKrillI still hate 'em, lol.
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was it this one?
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NuggsyMy nan used to boil them and I loathed the smell and taste.
I had them for the first time last year since I was a kid and they were okay. I think they were sautéd in butter and some other stuff. Not as bad, but I still really dislike the smell and I could easily never eat them again xD
Working out. Twelve years ago I never really excercised,. My children were small and I almost got into a fight with some aggressive asshole while I had them with me. The combination of the need I felt to be able to protect them and the desire to do active things with them as they got older made me take up training. I work out 2 to 3 times a week now. I look 10 years below my age and I am way fitter than most of my friends. It’s not that I enjoy going, but I don’t skip because I like the results.
I too come to enjoy girls.
As a former picky eater, lots of foods. Most notably sushi (used to dislike all fish), and bell peppers that moved from disgusting to delicious.
Lots of music. As most kids do (or used to before streaming was a thing) I was locked in a limited set of genres, but I’ve come to appreciate songs I’d have never considered back then.
I think that’s standard with food. When you first encounter it, the body’s normal reaction is “WTF is this?! It’s going to kill me!!”, then the second time it’s more like “Hmmm I don’t know about this, but it didn’t kil me last time”. Then eventually you learn to like the food.
Meanwhile, many allergies are not actually caused by the thing you reacted to, but to something else. Your body just associates the bad effect with something that else alongisde it. For example, a seafood allergy can develop after eating bad seafood - but it doesn’t happen until after. The time you eat bad seafood will be largely uneventful, maybe you have a bit of a dodgy poo, but then the next time you eat seafood you will have a bad allergic reaction. Your body detected the harmful substance that came with the bad seafood, then associates the harm with all seafood, such that all seafood is then rejected.
In the case of bell peppers there’s also the fact that children are more sensitive to bitter flavours, and there’s some bitterness on peppers. Specially commercially grown, since when you grow them home they end sweeter.
Teas in general. They went from “eeew” to occasionally wanting some.
This is likely related to fruit juices going down in my list, from “must. have.” to “…okay”.
If you can get your tea local instead of from a grocery store the flavours can be really good.
Yup - I’ve been planting some things (like peppermint), drying others (like orange peels), and the taste is another level than store-bought stuff.
Olives
Have tot tried Castelventrano olives? With the pit so good🤌
SLVRDRGNThose are great, and there’s one called Mina which is exceptional.
Beer
And now that some good varieties are available…NA beers
Hop water is super refreshing, we’re living in a renaissance y’all.
And now that some good varieties are available…NA beers
Hop water is super refreshing, we’re living in a renaissance y’all.
Coke. COVID fucked my taste up. Clearly Coke made COVID.
For me it’s pop music. Still love rock & metal but I stopped being a pathetic elitist and began to enjoy music for what it was.
Now I’ll listen to anything from Dua Lipa to Darkthrone.
I have come to like more pop music over time too. What I found though is that I don’t tend to attach much to music unless it has something unique to it, so have found myself going for bands like Pixie Paris which is very poppy but still a bit different.
Aah, so still being a bit elitist ;)
Only thing that is annoying about pop music, radio stations here play the same 10 songs several times per day. Every day.
“Music” could be on this list for me.
I don’t know where you found anything different from radio stations playing a few songs over and over, between almost constant blather, but this is why I never liked music. At one phase I started to like music but it was turning into an expensive habit to have any choice, then the industry changed format and obsoleted my library.
It was a revelation when we got good music streaming services (and I could afford them) and I listen to so much more music now, from many genres and eras. I love music.
…… well, we’ll see as services turn more hostile to their customers
VanthCheck out digital streams of radio stations! Lots have a website with streaming. My podcast app has a function to subscribe to radio station streams so I can just tap into them at any time (Podcast Addict, but I’m confident lots of podcast apps would have this feature). I’ve got around a dozen radio stations from around the world that play different genres.
Like WFUV out of New York, WBRU out of Providence, and Double J out of Sydney. There are also genre stations.
NineMileTowerCountry music. I thought it was all Morgan Wallen, Tim McGraw, pop garbage. I’ve recently got into classic style honky tonk shit. I’m seeing Charley Crockett next week. I also like a band called The Reeves Brothers.
Not a country fan, but we’ve been listening to a lot of old stuff, Bakersfield Beat on Sirius, Texas country, and alt. I like Hayes Carll. My son digs Charley Crockett. I haven’t listened to it yet. How do you feel about Orville Peck? I initially thought it was goofy but now can’t get Daytona sand out if my head.
I'm back on my BS 🤪Same! I came from an urban Latino environment. Country sounded like vomit to me. Then, I met some country dude with roots in Appalachia. He introduced me to authentic country music. That shit hits hard.
If anyone is looking to give country a try, my favorite artists are as follows:
- The Steeldrivers/Chris Stapleton
- The Dead South
- Alan Jackson (kind of bro-country sound, but great lyrics)
- The Avett Brothers
dan1101Alan Jackson, Chris Stapleton, and Jamey Johnson are a few of the mainstream country artists that I still like.
I would classify The Dead South as bluegrass! Also, bluegrass is a great answer to OP
Old country music has been replaced by the genre folk, with a lot of crossover with modern day blues and americana.
Check out red dirt country music, it’s the descendant of outlaw country.
Sturgill Simpson is S tier
I mean going through life many foods. tomato and avocado. never disliked pickle but went from meh to almost a must have.
adONisOlives
Same here. For me, it might be familiarity. My family pretty much never had olives so the few occasions I saw them were just not appealing. However my ex’s family had them more frequently so I learned to like them with more frequent exposure (and maturing tastes)
When I was a child, they reminded me of grapes, but tasted salty… which is why I hated them
toomanypancakesMy Chemical Romance. I had barely heard any of their music when I was younger but hated what I heard. Now I own the black parade on vinyl. They’re not my favorite band or anything, but they’re actually pretty fun, as it turns out.
They definitely grew on me as I stopped being a pretentious loser that hated things just because they were popular
Joe Biden
ZozanoFor me, it was Trump.
I used to hate him, but after he lost the presidency, I realised how empty my life was without him.
From 2016 to 2020, every morning I would wake up with a smile on my face while I read the latest, dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. Each day was progressively more unhinged than the day before.
He was the perfect receptacle of my endless rage. Sure, he was the source of the rage in the first place, but the combination of infuriation and bewilderment was cathartic.