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Default Why the mystique? learning to like something you hated

In article >,
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> 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?

>
> I always hated olives as a kid because the flavour was too strong...


I have three children. I used to be a child myself. Kids just don't
like the same foods as adults, in general. It varies a lot.