Comments on: Peanut butter month all over again, and some thoughts on food love affairs

By: Nell

Nell — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:36:44 +0000

Ahhh… The memories. I’ve been round the love-hate roller coaster so many times it’s scary. Anything pork tends to irk me a bit. I’ve not eaten pork actually since I was about 14. There is a particular recipe for sloppy joes (we call it something else) that my mother makes. This recipe has been the bane of my existence for many years. One month I love it. The next month I can’t even stand the smell. Another classic is salmon. Don’t even cook it in the house. *shudders*

By: Darcy

Darcy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:05:19 +0000

McDonalds chicken nuggets. When I was a kid I hated them, then about 3 years ago I just HAD to have some for some reason, and I wasn’t pregnet. So for about 3 weeks I had it 3 or more times a week. Then all of a suddent, didn’t want chicken nuggets anymore. It comes in cycles now about every 10-12 months I NEED some, but then I have some and I’m okay and can move on with my life.

By: Trena

Trena — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:32:52 +0000

I’m so happy to hear someone else mention Ramen. It’s definitely an on-again off-again relationship there, tho a closeted one, it seems. I like my Ramen naked with veggies. The salty packs of flavoring are a little too much.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:20:16 +0000

Hot dogs….Delicious as a kid with macaroni and now I think they’re just disgusting. Childhood overkill.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:39:03 +0000

I go through yogurt phases. I’ll eat a container every day for awhile, then buy a whole bunch when it’s on sale, only to realize that the thought of eating yogurt makes me sick because I’m so tired of it. This is compounded by the sick feeling I get after realizing I have wasted so much perfectly good food.

I loved shrimp for one day when I was 9 years old. I ate a LOT of it that day. Then, I saw live shrimp and got freaked out by how ugly they were. When I grew up and was no longer creeped out by them, I tried them again and realized I can’t stand the texture.

By: sd

sd — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:50:19 +0000

one more thing: I agree about the ramen. wayyy too much ramen & top noodle during my freshman & sophomore years of college- at this point, if I never eat it again I would perfectly content

By: sd

sd — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:49:14 +0000

I’m always shocked by how my tastes change.. I’m pretty sure my friends & family get annoyed, but I think it’s so strange!

-I’ve always liked ice cream. Then I LOVED ice cream. Now, I pass on it. I don’t dislike it, it just doesn’t excite me
-I had a love-hate-love relationship with yogurt. I eased back into yogurt in high school, but I was picky (only Yoplait Vanilla Custard-Style) & now i like it all
-I have always alwyas loved shellfish. When I was young I liked fish, but a bad experience with bone-filled fish led me to swear off all non-shell fish. For years. 3 years ago, I was waitressing & famished & my options were salmon or salmon for lunch. I reluctantly chose salmon… & again.. now it is honestly my favorite food, & I would rather eat fish than ANYthing

But why does this happen? I honestly feel like I never disliked these things, like it was all in my head (I always hated lasagna, until hunger one day forced me to eat it & now I love it)

Something that is odd btu has always been this way: I dislike brownies or chocolate ice cream or choc cake (with choc icing) – anything that is ALL chocolate is WAY too much for me. I like chocolate but only in moderation!

By: DW

DW — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:43:13 +0000

Peanut butter is my one true love … we will never part.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:12:51 +0000

I give Ramen an extra flare by adding hot sauces.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:38:29 +0000

I sometimes go on a Mini Wheats (brown sugar, of course) kick, where I have a full zip lock of them and dunk them individually in a glass of milk. Controlling the saturation of milk makes them so much tastier! I’ve been off this for a year now, but I’m almost ready to go back.
Nachos and salsa are also a cyclical snack for me. I will crave them for months on end, and after a few weeks of snacking, I have to go off them.