What is it exactly that happens to our taste buds between the ages of 11 and
20? Why do we eat certain foods when we are kids but abandon almost completely when we become adults? When
you're an adult, and you move into different social circles and experience new foods and you're a little more
adventurous, you can say that you do or don't eat certain foods because your palate has become more mature (or whatever
the food-centric phrase is). Unless, of course, you're the type of nine-year-old who used to eat caviar,
risotto, Caesar salad, or elaborate chicken dishes.
Below are the 8 foods I loved and always ate as a kid, but don't (or rarely) eat now. What's on your list?
1. Meatloaf: I don't eat much meat in general anymore
(just chili during the fall and winter and maybe a random pepperoni pizza here and there), but my mom used to make
meatloaf once a week and I loved it. It's probably because (in addition to the above don't-eat-much-meat factor) I
don't want to take the time to make it, and if I do have hamburger, it won't be in loaf form.
2. Marshmallows: Used to toast them on the flame of
my old stove in the house I lived in as a kid (once started a small fire, but that's a story for
another day). Used to plop them in hot chocolate, and even ate them out of the bag as a snack. Now I never have them
(nor do I have anything that has marshmallows in it).