moominmolly | (no subject)

Foods I can no longer eat: Orange juice, grapefruit juice, corn syrup. The first two give me heartburn, and the third makes me feel crappy AND gives me heartburn. Does anyone know of a sugar-sweetened ginger ale?

Foods I find myself eating more than I used to: Cheese, dairy products. Especially, and this is the big turnaround, low-fat dairy products. Rich cheeses are nice, but I prefer things I can eat in slightly larger quantities, like low-fat yogurt or cottage cheese or even string cheese.

Foods I now adore: bananas, Fuji apples. Oh my god, Fuji apples. Every so often, I hear someone say, "wow! I'm not an apple person, but those Fujis sure are good!" and I'm like, "yeah, whatever. Get over it. It's still a goddamn apple". I mean, I like Granny Smiths when

dilletante is willing to patiently slice them up thin for me, and I like baking apples, but I've never been big on just tossing one in my bag and going. That's not a snack, it's an ingredient. But Fuji, oh, bless you Fuji, I'm sorry I doubted you for so long.

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That's like swearing off beer after having only tried Coors and Bud Lite!

Oh, I didn't really *swear off* apples. I happily ate bits of D's Granny Smiths. I just hadn't ever classified them as something I, you know, wanted.

Today I'm eating a Braeburn and it seems too mealy for me. Slowly, I'll work my way around the apple varieties I can find.

I wonder why I bothered to cultivate a taste for beer and coffee and stinky cheeses and not for apples? Probably because the first three are either macho, off-putting, or kind of obscure, and apples are none of those. Also, the first three have a reputation for being "acquired tastes", and I guess *everyone* thinks they know what apples taste like.

Eeewww... Mealy apples. BLECK! For me, my tastes for beer (and wine), coffee, cheeses, haggis, and the like evolved thanks to 3 things. First was due to the "acquired tastes" status - I took it to heart and assumed that either I'd have to try it a bunch of times before my tastebuds could make an accurate assessment or that I'd have to try a bunch of different types because they were all so different. Second, for beer and coffee, I liked the effects they gave - so I actively wanted to find a good taste to go along with them. Third, I just have a natural tendency to want to try the oddest thing on any given list of foods or beverages :)