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What is a food that you thought you hated and now you absolutely love?

I’ve never been able to get my head around sweet potatoes 🍠. I just never thought I’d like it because sweet potatoes? Like, WTF! I refused to even taste it. I just decided that I wouldn’t like it.

I bought it for the first time; a few months ago, because a friend of mine was hyping about all the gut benefits linked to eating sweet potatoes, but I ended up binning them, because they went off in my cupboard without me so much as pilling one of them.

So, two weeks ago, I added them to my shopping list again, and they ended up in the back of the cupboard again, but I pulled them out yesterday vowing not to waste them again.

I half boiled two with the skin still on them, tossed them in olive oil and a tiny bit of salt, and stuck them in the oven to roast. I made rice and lamb stew 🥘, and had the roasted sweet potatoes on the side.

OMG!!! 😱. The sweetness of the potatoes, and the savouriness of the meat and rice; 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯❣️

I’m now in love 😍 with sweet potatoes.

Double0h7:
What is a food that you thought you hated and now you absolutely love?

you look beautiful can you date a Nigerian

I love Black amala and ewedu.
So sumptuous and delicious

FriendsAndFans:
I love Black amala and ewedu.
So sumptuous and delicious

Did you dislike it before you tried it?

Apku and stew. Lol

Before i was like, how do peeps digest it!

But since one itsekiri woman abi na ijaw encourage me to taste it, i started eating the food.

Okpa, it wasn't so bad when I tasted it

Double0h7:
Did you dislike it before you tried it?

It was like we were match made from heaven

Garden eggs stew and rice!

That’s mine favorite now. Just cook it with chicken, crawfish and dry fish.

ManknowThyself:
Garden eggs stew and rice!

That’s mine favorite now. Just cook it with chicken, crawfish and dry fish.

Can ask you (no offence intended), why is fish added to almost all Nigerian cuisine?

Double0h7:
Can ask you (no offence intended), why is fish added to almost all Nigerian cuisine?

It’s good for most people here cos it one of the cheapest proteins economically.

Anyway it’s a thing of choice cos my cousin don’t eat fish. I personally liked it smoked or fried not fresh cooked.

Thanks for asking and neither was offended with your question.

ManknowThyself:
It’s good for most people here cos it one of the cheapest proteins economically.

Anyway it’s a thing of choice cos my cousin don’t eat fish. I personally liked it smoked or fried not fresh cooked.

Thanks for asking and neither was offended with your question.

Thank you for letting me know ☺️.

I’m sensitive to fish, it’s always hit or miss for me depending on how it’s prepared. I started eating salmon just last year for its health benefits. It’s the smell that I can’t handle 😷

Double0h7:
Thank you for letting me know ☺️.

I’m sensitive to fish, it’s always hit or miss for me depending on how it’s prepared. I started eating salmon just last year for its health benefits. It’s the smell that I can’t handle 😷

Yea it’s natural thing generally about life, there are always particular food not compatible with the our system.

Try mahi-mahi is a good fish, you gonna like it.

Where are you from? It’s seems not a Nigerian.

At first I thought I could never like dried catfish. I had only eaten it when it was too hard or too fishy, so I avoided it for years. But a few months ago I tried it properly prepared in soups and stews, and the taste completely changed my mind — now I actually enjoy it and even look forward to it on the table.

What helped was learning that good dried catfish isn’t just smoked and dried fish; there’s quality and technique involved. I came across a detailed article on how premium dried catfish is produced and supplied in Nigeria, with proper processing and hygiene, and it helped me appreciate the product even more:
https://difarms.com/premium-dried-catfish-in-nigeria/

Now I don’t just eat it — I recommend it to friends. If you once avoided dried fish, try a properly processed one; the experience might surprise you.

Double0h7:
What is a food that you thought you hated and now you absolutely love?

For me, it is masa.

it's a popular food in Northern Nigeria. People often eat it during celebrations.

When I was five years old, I ate masa at Christmas. After that, I became very sick with a high fever. As a child, I thought masa made me sick, so I avoided it for a long time.

Now, I love masa. I eat it as a special treat.

Another one is beans.

As a child I hated beans in every form—porridge oo, akara, moimoi, I no dey like anything wey get beans, even when beans is mixed rice I dey pick am out. Today the story is the opposite.

Beans porridge, till I went to boarding secondary school and we ate it like every day

Also, I don dey follow GenZzz dey eat Indomie

Banga soup and the other soup forgotten its name

Salad
Salad
Salad
Salad
Fried egg

FriendsAndFans:
It was like we were match made from heaven

Common English you no sabi

Double0h7:
What is a food that you thought you hated and now you absolutely love?

Semovita, I didn't eat it throughout my youth. I began eating it few years ago.

Life Chicken 🐔 I hated it while growing up

As a child I hated Beans be it porridge or plain boiled beans but now I dey chop beans as an adult with delight.

Opa I don't like it then but right now is my favorite

Be like this site has been sold to a billionaire teenager.... Page topics these days eeeh!!

Beans, water leaf soup XD

i never love beans and will never like it,

Amala & ewedu
Hmmmmmmmmm

Double0h7:
I’ve never been able to get my head around sweet potatoes 🍠. I just never thought I’d like it because sweet potatoes? Like, WTF! I refused to even taste it. I just decided that I wouldn’t like it.

I bought it for the first time; a few months ago, because a friend of mine was hyping about all the gut benefits linked to eating sweet potatoes, but I ended up binning them, because they went off in my cupboard without me so much as pilling one of them.

So, two weeks ago, I added them to my shopping list again, and they ended up in the back of the cupboard again, but I pulled them out yesterday vowing not to waste them again.

I half boiled two with the skin still on them, tossed them in olive oil and a tiny bit of salt, and stuck them in the oven to roast. I made rice and lamb stew 🥘, and had the roasted sweet potatoes on the side.

OMG!!! 😱. The sweetness of the potatoes, and the savouriness of the meat and rice; 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯❣️

I’m now in love 😍 with sweet potatoes.

my own is Irish potatoes

I disliked amala as a kid
Omo now ehn just gimme the pot.

My mom of blessed memory tried to introduce me to semovita back then.

Today I'm a swallow fan.

Double0h7:
I’ve never been able to get my head around sweet potatoes 🍠. I just never thought I’d like it because sweet potatoes? Like, WTF! I refused to even taste it. I just decided that I wouldn’t like it.

I bought it for the first time; a few months ago, because a friend of mine was hyping about all the gut benefits linked to eating sweet potatoes, but I ended up binning them, because they went off in my cupboard without me so much as pilling one of them.

So, two weeks ago, I added them to my shopping list again, and they ended up in the back of the cupboard again, but I pulled them out yesterday vowing not to waste them again.

I half boiled two with the skin still on them, tossed them in olive oil and a tiny bit of salt, and stuck them in the oven to roast. I made rice and lamb stew 🥘, and had the roasted sweet potatoes on the side.

OMG!!! 😱. The sweetness of the potatoes, and the savouriness of the meat and rice; 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯❣️

I’m now in love 😍 with sweet potatoes.

Everything you said, same here o

My own is Beans. I so much hated it as a child, now I can well handle it

Cat fish. Preferred croaker to it, but now ehn, I Dey chop am pass anything