On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:47:33 -0500, Julia Altshuler
> wrote:

>Name something that you didn't used to like but now do. It could be
>coffee, cavier, wine, scotch, olives, calamari, green vegetables, or
>anything else. It should be something that you previously thought was
>blech but that you now appreciate, enjoy and look forward to. Would you
>say that you learned to like it? How did you do it? Did you just keep
>tasting it until something changed? Did you finally get a good bottle
>or get it prepared in a way that you liked? What made you feel
>compelled to eat it the time that you liked it? Peer pressure, or
>doctor's orders, or something else?

1. yogurt. I just kept eating it until it clicked. Why? It was the
60s, I was young and impressionable.

2. green olives. I hated then and was occasionally forced to cut
them up for my mother's potato salad. I figured out how to dissect
olives into molecules. Then, at some point lost in my memory, I liked
them. Probably because I liked the potato salad and the green olives
are part of why it's so good. Now I love them on their own as well.

3. brie. I couldn't understand why people made such a fuss over
bland plastic cheese. Then one day at a friend's house I had some
before the wine and I tasted "it." A few minutes later I had some
wine and "it" was gone. Darndest thing, the wine zapped my tastebuds.
I realized that every time I'd had brie in the past it was at a
reception, etc. where I'd pick up the wine first, then the cheese.
But now that I know what taste to look for, I guess my tastebuds are
trained and I have no problem appreciating brie even with wine. Love
the stuff .

Most other things that I don't like, I stand firm

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!