Thread: The worst foods your parents tried to feed you

Originally Posted by WTE

I used to hate brussel sprouts but now I like them. They need to be fresh. Trader Joe's sells them on the stalk and they're excellent. Bake them with a little olive oil and salt and pepper.

No thanks.

I hated brussel sprouts and lima beans as a kid. I don't hate them now, but I'm not going to choose to eat them if I have another option.

Nothing comes to mind. My mom was a pretty good cook and she didn't like liver or brussel sprouts either, so none of us had to eat them

My kids will never have to eat liver, brussel sprouts, or lima beans.

I don't think I have ever had liver.

I have tried fried chicken gizzards, although I have no idea WTF a gizzard is.

I hate lima beans and lentils. Can't stand lentil soup.

Originally Posted by slim

I don't think I have ever had liver.

I have tried fried chicken gizzards, although I have no idea WTF a gizzard is.

Muscled part of a bird stomach for mashing and grinding food.

Outside of liver, my Dad is Canadian, so he and my grandmother both used to put butter on every type of sandwich, it was gross. Less gross was vinegar on fries.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

I ate pretty much anything my Mom would make. I always hated lent though - to this day I don't like fish. Any kind.

I hate any and all seafood, so I'm with you there. Ditto on the Liver and Lima beans. Another abomination I grew up with was baked Prem, a cheap competitor of Spam, which my Mom would put pineapple rings, cherries, and brown sugar on, as if it was a real ham. Powdered milk also sucked the big one. My mom would sneak it into milk bottles and swear it was the real article. No way in Hell you can pull that one off!

I eat a lot of Cheese and Crackers during Lent.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Ug. Brussel sprouts. I forgot about those nasty little balls of vomit. My kids and wife love them. Just the smell makes me want to throwup.

Ha ha, when I was young my Mom used to call them "Muscle builders". My brother and I ate the hell out of them! She was a smart woman.

Originally Posted by WTE

I used to hate brussel sprouts but now I like them. They need to be fresh. Trader Joe's sells them on the stalk and they're excellent. Bake them with a little olive oil and salt and pepper.

WTE, try them on the grill on a veggie cooking tray prepared the same way. Good stuff !

I was never forced to eat anything.
I love liver and onions. I cant stand lima beans or okra, the snot vegetable.

Originally Posted by turftoad

WTE, try them on the grill on a veggie cooking tray prepared the same way. Good stuff !

I will. After work yesterday I bought some brussel sprouts and made them with that asian style chicken thighs Tink spoke about in the What's For Dinner thread.

Originally Posted by Davii

Outside of liver, my Dad is Canadian, so he and my grandmother both used to put butter on every type of sandwich, it was gross. Less gross was vinegar on fries.

wha???? he was Canadian so he put butter on every type of sandwich? I don't get it, never heard of that. I'm Canadian and the only sandwich I have ever put butter on is a grilled cheese and that was on the outside to grill the bread.

Maybe it's an Eastern thing, I will have to ask my relatives that live out there. Sounds disgusting, like mayonaise

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

broccoli...

You must be a taster.