Welcome to Sunday Sobremesa, a bimonthly thread to discuss food and culture while sipping on a café americano (or un gin tonic1, if that’s more your style!).
Earlier in the week I talked about gazpacho, which I actually kind of hated at first but now love. Writing the newsletter made me think about how our tastes van cambiando2 over the years. Since I was a picky eater as a child, I have a whole list of things that I swore I would never, ever eat but now do. Some of them I trained myself to appreciate (like mushrooms), but others just happened naturally (like black coffee, olives, and mustard—minus yellow mustard and honey mustard, which I still can’t stand).
How have you gotten more gastronomically adventurous over the years? Is there something that you swore you’d never eat—either as a child or as an adult—but now enjoy?
I’m excited to hear how your tastes have evolved! See you in the comments!
Un gin tonic: A gin and tonic. You probably figured that out on your own, but I’ve always found it curious that it’s called a gin tonic here instead of a gin y tonic, which would be the direct translation.
Well you didn’t like a lot of food! You were fine before you started school then everything changed. You would eat just about anything including spinach when I would round it into little balls but not just scooped out to eat! You were spoiled but well loved is what I always said🥰
I hardly ate anything when I was a kid, but I vehemently refused to eat mushrooms. Oh, and I hated tomatoes even though I loved marinara sauce and ketchup.
Well you didn’t like a lot of food! You were fine before you started school then everything changed. You would eat just about anything including spinach when I would round it into little balls but not just scooped out to eat! You were spoiled but well loved is what I always said🥰
I didn’t like avocados 🥑 until I was an adult! Now they are one of my favorite things - something about the texture put me off when I was younger.
I hardly ate anything when I was a kid, but I vehemently refused to eat mushrooms. Oh, and I hated tomatoes even though I loved marinara sauce and ketchup.