Hm...I had no idea that you had to warm up to particular foods. That's very interesting and also encouraging! For me, I don't mind tomato flavor in salsa and pasta sauce, but I'm not really a fan of soups that only consist of like a base (no chunks of things), especially if it's tomatoey. That seems like drinking spaghetti sauce or something, which sounds very unappetizing.
Anyway, back to the topic...for some reason I had not considered that people can learn to love particular foods. For that reason, I haven't really tried to like things that I don't. But then I had a conversation about this with a friend and he mentioned how people grow to love coffee or wine, and it's true that I have more tolerance for wine now than I did years ago (but still not a love).
I read your comment a couple of days ago and it's been on my mind since. It's making me feel I should try to get in the practice of eating some things that I shy away from just to experiment and see if I begin to like them. How long does it normally takes?
In many cases, it's not that I don't like the food, but that I prefer other things to it so I decide to eat the more enjoyable (and often less healthy) choice. I need to change my mentality that choosing something healthier is somehow "wasting" a meal. I don't know if that makes sense at all but it's been a struggle for me.
Anyway, back to the topic...for some reason I had not considered that people can learn to love particular foods. For that reason, I haven't really tried to like things that I don't. But then I had a conversation about this with a friend and he mentioned how people grow to love coffee or wine, and it's true that I have more tolerance for wine now than I did years ago (but still not a love).
I read your comment a couple of days ago and it's been on my mind since. It's making me feel I should try to get in the practice of eating some things that I shy away from just to experiment and see if I begin to like them. How long does it normally takes?
In many cases, it's not that I don't like the food, but that I prefer other things to it so I decide to eat the more enjoyable (and often less healthy) choice. I need to change my mentality that choosing something healthier is somehow "wasting" a meal. I don't know if that makes sense at all but it's been a struggle for me.
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