If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.

--Bryan

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
wrote:

>If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
>that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
>garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
>If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
>mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
>
>--Bryan

When I was a kid there were many things I didn't like that I eat
today. Chicken, pork, and fish were awful to me because my mom wasn't
much of a cook and everything had to be VERY well done. If there
wasn't lots of gravy and a quart of milk for each kid the food was
almost impossible to choke down. My dad liked his beef rare so at
least that was good. We liked ham so we ate that a lot. I wasn't a
picky eater and liked everything you mentioned but it was never
prepared well.

Today I like all meats, love bleu cheese, think sardines, oysters and
anchovies are to die for, etc. In my case is was the cook. Spices?
what are those? <g>

Lou

One time on Usenet, Abe > said:
> >If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> >that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> >garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> >If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> >mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
> >
> >--Bryan
>
> Lots of things I hated as a kid I like now.
> Borscht
> Schav
> Gallarita
> Olives
> Stinky cheese
> Schmaltz herring
> and the list goes on...

For me it's more common foods:

Mashed potatoes
Cottage cheese
Asparagus
Mushrooms
Pork Spare ribs

I still don't like yellow mustard or dill weed though...

--
Jani in WA

"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.

Gee, I've always loved peppers. Still don't like bamboo shoots.

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> > If someone had told me that in my mid-40s...
>
> Heck, if somebody told me I was going to be 40 one day I wouldn't
> have believed them.
>
> -sw

Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.

As a kid I disliked eggplant, blue cheeses, anchovies, cucumbers, squash,
lamb...
Now I love them alla, and the reason is a change in tastes, which I see is
very common between people. For one: I know very very few persons who used
to like blue cheeses when they were kids.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

Jerry Sauk wrote:

> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If someone had told me that in my mid-40s...
>>
>>Heck, if somebody told me I was going to be 40 one day I wouldn't
>>have believed them.
>>
>>-sw
>
>
> Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.
>
>
Children, children, please calm down. Just wait until your kids are in
their forties and then you can be thankful for living that long. <VBG>

George, who is older than mud

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
>
> --Bryan
>
Recently I have been enjoying ceasar salads. I didn't like that even in
my 30's. Still don't like the straight anchovies though. And some of
those stinky cheeses are pretty yummy now.

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

"Vilco" > wrote in message
...
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
>> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
>> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
>> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
>> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
>> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
>
> As a kid I disliked eggplant, blue cheeses, anchovies, cucumbers, squash,
> lamb...
> Now I love them alla, and the reason is a change in tastes, which I see is
> very common between people. For one: I know very very few persons who used
> to like blue cheeses when they were kids.
> --

Growing up in Maryland, when my mother made backfin crab cakes for the
family,
she made TUNA cakes for me because I did not like them!!

Now I might kill for my mother's backfin crab cakes. Big lumps of white crab
meat,
barely held together by a few bread crumbs, egg and seasoning, fried lightly
in
butter. Amazing!



--
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:30:45 -0700, Abe > wrote:

>Schmaltz herring

???? herring in chicken fat?


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On Jul 18, 7:51 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> > If someone had told me that in my mid-40s...
>
> Heck, if somebody told me I was going to be 40 one day I wouldn't
> have believed them.

When one of the school principals told me that I was "a smart kid,"
and that I was throwing away my future by being such a misfit, I told
him that all I wanted to do was play in a sleazy Rock'n Roll band,
have sex with lots of loose women and get high a lot, and that I
didn't necessarily expect to live too much past my 20s.

I didn't really think that--or at least that was a major exaggeration--
but I wanted him off my case.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

"Abe" > wrote in message
...
> >On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:30:45 -0700, Abe > wrote:
>>
>>>Schmaltz herring
>>
>>???? herring in chicken fat?
> Schmaltz herring are mature, higher-fat herring that are filleted and
> preserved in brine

I was going to ask that same question.



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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:56:04 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"
> wrote:
>
>With me it was eggplant. I hated it when my mother cooked it. Now I know
>why. My mother can't cook worth a damned and I never tasted decent
>eggplant as a kid. I didn't like shredded wheat cereal back then either.
>
>Michael

It must've been a common cooking method in the 1940's.

My Mom "cooked the ****" out of
cabbage, cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli, etc.
It got to the table gray, mushy, and smelly.

I didn't taste veggies "al dente" until after I was married....
( and my new bride got a modern cook-book as a wedding gift )


<rj>

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:56:48 -0700, Abe > wrote:

>
>Lots of things I hated as a kid I like now.
>Borscht
>Schav
>Gallarita
>Olives
>Stinky cheese
>Schmaltz herring
>and the list goes on...

Aaaah yes....
A poker party, a case of beer,
limburger, herring, and crackers....

HEAVEN !!

( even more fun after you crawl into bed..... ;o)

<rj>

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:09:06 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>Growing up in Maryland, when my mother made backfin crab cakes for the
>family, she made TUNA cakes for me because I did not like them!!
>
>Now I might kill for my mother's backfin crab cakes. Big lumps of white crab
>meat, barely held together by a few bread crumbs, egg and seasoning, fried lightly
>in butter. Amazing!

Hubby feels that way about shellfish in general and Dungeness Crab in
particular (he adores crabcakes like your mother used to make). His
parents used to catch fresh Dungeness crabs and served them quite
often. He hated crab at the time. Now that the price is
astronomical, he's a lover not a hater. Kids! I was the same way -
but it was because I got bored with the food. My grandparents put
lump (Dungeness) crabmeat on every leafy side salad they could and I
felt like I ate baby artichokes at least 3 or 4 times a week every
time they visited (they stayed for 6 months at a time). They were
snowbirds who took off for California instead of Florida.



--

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:44:55 -0700, Abe > wrote:

>>On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:30:45 -0700, Abe > wrote:
>>
>>>Schmaltz herring
>>
>>???? herring in chicken fat?
>Schmaltz herring are mature, higher-fat herring that are filleted and
>preserved in brine

thanks


--

A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:22:06 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
wrote:

>On Jul 18, 7:51 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>> > If someone had told me that in my mid-40s...
>>
>> Heck, if somebody told me I was going to be 40 one day I wouldn't
>> have believed them.
>
>When one of the school principals told me that I was "a smart kid,"
>and that I was throwing away my future by being such a misfit, I told
>him that all I wanted to do was play in a sleazy Rock'n Roll band,
>have sex with lots of loose women and get high a lot, and that I
>didn't necessarily expect to live too much past my 20s.
>
>I didn't really think that--or at least that was a major exaggeration--
>but I wanted him off my case.
>>
Yeah, but can you afford to pay separately for your news feed?


--

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wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:56:04 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"
> > wrote:
>
>>With me it was eggplant. I hated it when my mother cooked it. Now I know
>>why. My mother can't cook worth a damned and I never tasted decent
>>eggplant as a kid. I didn't like shredded wheat cereal back then either.
>>
>>Michael
>
>
> It must've been a common cooking method in the 1940's.
>
> My Mom "cooked the ****" out of
> cabbage, cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli, etc.
> It got to the table gray, mushy, and smelly.
>
> I didn't taste veggies "al dente" until after I was married....
> ( and my new bride got a modern cook-book as a wedding gift )
>
>
> <rj>
You're about right, my Mom was born in 1905 and learned to cook on a
fireplace and then graduated to coal or wood stoves, her Mom was born in
1862 so never learned to cook otherwise either. Everything she cooked
was cooked to pieces and meat was done when it looked and tasted like a
charcoal briquette. I always tell people the only good thing about Mom's
cooking is that it was free.

Got married in 1960 and encountered an entirely different world of food.
Veggies cooked just crisp and tasty, cabbage that you could tell it was
really cabbage and not boiled-to-death paper. Meat that was tasty and
tender. Thank goodness there are people who really know how to cook and
present food.

George

George Shirley wrote:

> Jerry Sauk wrote:

>> Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.
>>
>>
> Children, children, please calm down. Just wait until your kids are in
> their forties and then you can be thankful for living that long. <VBG>
>
> George, who is older than mud

Not me, I am still 39. On my birthday (November 14th), my mother said I
could have anything I wanted, and I chose to stay 39. I figure that will
work until my children reach my age, which is still 39.

Becca

> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Jerry Sauk wrote:
>
>>> Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.
>>>
>>>
>> Children, children, please calm down. Just wait until your kids are in
>> their forties and then you can be thankful for living that long. <VBG>
>>
>> George, who is older than mud

George..... you have the spirit of a young 'un)))))))))))))))

Ophelia wrote:
>>George Shirley wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jerry Sauk wrote:
>>
>>>>Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Children, children, please calm down. Just wait until your kids are in
>>>their forties and then you can be thankful for living that long. <VBG>
>>>
>>>George, who is older than mud
>
>
> George..... you have the spirit of a young 'un)))))))))))))))
>
>
I do the optimism of a young 'un, signed a contract yesterday for a year
at a gym. DW and I start working out tomorrow. Noticed a lot of cute
young things there today when we had orientation. <VBG>

George

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
>
> --Bryan
>



As a teen I would have agreed with you. I also like all of the above.
Be thankful that our tastes change and, most important, that you were
motivated to taste the things you once hated.

gloria p
who recently found herself eating (omigod!)
pickled herring in Sweden, and it was GOOD.

Bobo Bonobo > wrote:
> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.

I know how you feel. I could not understand how my old man could
add black pepper to all sorts of things. I could not stand it then
but like it now. On the other hand, I used to like peaches when
we lived next to a peach orchard, but I really haven't tasted any
peaches that taste good to me since then. I used to like nuts,
but for some reason they turn me off these days.
I have grown to like asparagas, which I disliked as a kid. I have
not learned to like brussel sprouts or any of the other "stinky"
vegetables that are always supposed to be so good for me. Sigh.
I always liked mushrooms and carrots.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

<sf> wrote :
>
> Hubby feels that way about shellfish in general and Dungeness Crab in
> particular (he adores crabcakes like your mother used to make). His
> parents used to catch fresh Dungeness crabs and served them quite
> often. He hated crab at the time. Now that the price is
> astronomical, he's a lover not a hater. Kids! I was the same way -
> but it was because I got bored with the food. My grandparents put
> lump (Dungeness) crabmeat on every leafy side salad they could and I
> felt like I ate baby artichokes at least 3 or 4 times a week every
> time they visited (they stayed for 6 months at a time). They were
> snowbirds who took off for California instead of Florida.
>

Lucky you, lucky them!

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> If someone had told me that in my mid-40s, I'd love bell peppers, and
> that I'd especially enjoy them stir fried with cubed sirloin and
> garlic, I would have considered it extremely unlikely.
> If you'd said I'd also like bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, carrots and
> mushrooms added, I would have thought it even less likely.
>

I don't know what you're making, but I think I'd like some

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>>George Shirley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jerry Sauk wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Your over 40? Damn that pic you sent really WAS from the Eighties.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Children, children, please calm down. Just wait until your kids are in
>>>>their forties and then you can be thankful for living that long. <VBG>
>>>>
>>>>George, who is older than mud
>>
>>
>> George..... you have the spirit of a young 'un)))))))))))))))
> I do the optimism of a young 'un, signed a contract yesterday for a year
> at a gym. DW and I start working out tomorrow. Noticed a lot of cute young
> things there today when we had orientation. <VBG>

LOL attaboy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Jul 19, 1:53 pm, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:22:06 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Jul 18, 7:51 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
> >> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:11 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >> > If someone had told me that in my mid-40s...
>
> >> Heck, if somebody told me I was going to be 40 one day I wouldn't
> >> have believed them.
>
> >When one of the school principals told me that I was "a smart kid,"
> >and that I was throwing away my future by being such a misfit, I told
> >him that all I wanted to do was play in a sleazy Rock'n Roll band,
> >have sex with lots of loose women and get high a lot, and that I
> >didn't necessarily expect to live too much past my 20s.
>
> >I didn't really think that--or at least that was a major exaggeration--
> >but I wanted him off my case.
>
> Yeah, but can you afford to pay separately for your news feed?
>

Yeah, I just got spoiled. Right now money's tight with all the
production expenses for the album, and we've yet to get the old house
completely emptied and fixed up to rent out, but I have no reason to
complain. Hey, green peppers are cheap right now, right?

--Bryan

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:57:47 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
wrote:

>On Jul 19, 1:53 pm, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:22:06 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I didn't really think that--or at least that was a major exaggeration--
>> >but I wanted him off my case.
>>
>> Yeah, but can you afford to pay separately for your news feed?
>>
>
>Yeah, I just got spoiled. Right now money's tight with all the
>production expenses for the album, and we've yet to get the old house
>completely emptied and fixed up to rent out, but I have no reason to
>complain. Hey, green peppers are cheap right now, right?
>
Good luck with the new album *and* moving. The part you're doing for
moving now is pure grunt work. Ugh.


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