Despite the fact that 90% of what I ate was home cooked, mostly from scratch, meals, I managed to miss out on some basics like courgette (zucchini) and aubergine (eggplant) and BUTTER if you can believe it.
My mother was big on margarine. So when I moved out I continued the tradition until one day I made a fateful mistake. It was like in Ratatouille. I was sat in my studio just eating buttered bread having an out of body experience.
- makingStuffForFun ( @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ) 12•11 months ago
A properly made Old Fashioned. Yes, whiskey is a good group. 👍
- ExoMonk ( @ExoMonk@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
One of my greatest joys is going to a new restaurant and ordering an old fashion. The quality of that drink sets the whole mood for my dining experience.
- moobythegoldensock ( @moobythegoldensock@geddit.social ) 3•11 months ago
It sure does! It’s crazy how the flavor of the drink can vary so much from place to place.
- Moohamin12 ( @Moohamin12@lemm.ee ) 11•11 months ago
I am Indian.
Never tried paneer in my life till I was almost 30.
Suddenly my life got brighter after I did.
- dark_stang ( @dark_stang@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
I am not Indian, but also discovered paneer around 30. Cheese curds + curry = delicious. Why wasn’t this fed to me as soon as I could process solid foods?
- Drusas ( @Drusas@kbin.social ) 8•11 months ago
Soo many things. Most of my favorite foods, I didn’t try until I was an adult.
Curry (all of the curries - Indian, Japanese, Thai, it’s all delicious). Mapo tofu (and other Sichuanese dishes like boiled fish or beef). Hot pot of all varieties. Pancit bihon. Hungarian mushroom soup. Khao soi. And on and on…
As for basic ingredients: Avocados. Fish sauce. Doubanjiang.
- Baggins ( @baggins@beehaw.org ) 7•11 months ago
Chickpeas, hummus etc.
We weren’t big on ‘foriegn’ foods when I was growing up 😒
Same, discovered both in my mid-20s
- yenahmik ( @yenahmik@beehaw.org ) 7•11 months ago
Most recently… empanadas.
But there are so many foods i hadn’t been exposed to but absolutely adore. We didn’t have much “ethnic” foods as a kid, so there’s been a lot I’ve tried as an adult and loved. Butter chicken has become a staple for me. Saag paneer. Pad see ew is another great one. Savory pies in former British colonies (I had a butter chicken pie at a takeaway in NZ that was incredible). The list goes on…
- davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
There’s a Salvadoran bakery a block from my home that makes the best empanadas I’ve ever had. Favorite brunch (with Turkish coffee).
- marshadow ( @marshadow@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
Fresh vegetables, grilled or roasted. Growing up, vegetables were mostly frozen/canned (less expensive, kept longer) and I couldn’t stand the texture. Then, in early adulthood, there were a few times in restaurants where I took a few bites of something to be polite/fit in. Lo and behold, it turns out I love vegetables when they’re not all squishy and weird!
- confusedbytheBasics ( @confusedbytheBasics@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
Rare beef. Chanterelles. Eggplant. Artichokes. Lamb. Moist chicken with skin on. Turmeric, coriander, and oh my… cumin!
- Devi ( @Devi@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
Not adulthood but I didn’t eat pizza until my mid teens. I hate tomato, and so avoided all foods with tomato in. I was persuaded to try tomato sauce and really liked it, from there I had pasta sauce, and pizza, which is amazing.
Turns out I only really hate uncooked tomato.
- RealAccountNameHere ( @RealAccountNameHere@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
My parents were…not great. One of the ways they were not great was that I wasn’t exposed to a lot of new things, so I didn’t have Chinese or Mexican food until I was an adult, not to mention Thai, Middle Eastern, Indian, Japanese, and so on.
So my 20s felt like a decade just full of “holy shit this is amazing” and also a peculiar shame for not knowing such things existed.
- IamSparticles ( @IamSparticles@lemmy.zip ) 4•11 months ago
Sushi. I was in college and my dad was visiting me. We were looking for somewhere to have dinner and I saw a sushi restaurant. I grew up eating lots of different foods but that was one I just hadn’t had the opportunity or inclination to try. But college is when you try new things, so we did. And I loved it.
- tpWinthropeIII ( @tpWinthropeIII@beehaw.org ) English4•11 months ago
Our local Indian restaurant has a vegetable dish called Vegetable Chatinad. Wonderful.
- HowlsSophie ( @HowlsSophie@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
Fresh veggies. Grew up on canned stuff, mainly green beans and peas and carrots. Still not a huge vegetables fan but canned ANYTHING doesn’t even register for me unless it’s a recipe ingredient.
Butter was also an eye opener after growing up with margarine and I even got my parents to switch to it ☺
- minkshaman ( @minkshaman@lemmy.perthchat.org ) 2•11 months ago
Olives.
I just didn’t like them, even olive oil cooking turned my stomach, now I love it all
- bonegakrejg ( @bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months ago
Coconut. It wasn’t that I had never had it before, I just didn’t like it. But one day, I had a "wait, this is awesome, what is wrong with me??“ moment. I am now fully on Team Coconut.
- trevron ( @trevron@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
Eggs. I was always told I was allergic and they grossed me out so I never had a desire to challenge that but my roommate in college convinced me to try them. So good in so many ways.