Foods/drinks you once loved but can no longer stand.

Gin and tonics were my drink of choice in college, but now the smell of gin nauseates me. What about you?

but I haven't had one now for maybe 20 years. A little wine at dinner is it for me now. And another thing: I can't even drink wine on an airplane any more. I get totally snockered on just 1 glass.

rather than or along with alcohol. Not like coffeehouse music, either, but regular, plugged-in stuff. There is a dearth of these types of places. I'm more of a coffee drinker in my old age.

Diet Coke just doesn't cut it.

I don't have anything against alcohol--but a glass or two of wine or a nice cocktail with a bite to eat are more my speed, nowadays. (Heh--she said "speed"!)

:puke: I loved them as a kid, but I got deathly ill from drinking water in Italy in 1977 after eating a bag of candy that was identical to Smarties. To this day, I cannot bear the thought of Smarties! :( The Smarties didn't make me sick, but they'll always be associated in my mind...

Too much during childhood, to the point they could be removed from the earth and I wouldn't care.

On the other hand, we are entering gin and tonic season. I love 'em on a hot day. And, a martini is not a martini without gin. These vodka martinis are naught but false pretenders to the throne.

but a couple weeks ago I had a couple (not even enough to get tipsy), and they made me nauseous. If I do drink, it's usually a microbrew. :beer:

That brings back fond memories of my fling with a handsome navy captain. We used to drink martinis and gaze into one another's eyes. However, I learned a lesson: don't drink with the navy. It can be bad on the liver.

used to LOVE them. But I had one for breakfast almost every day of school for 7th and 8th grade. Since then, i just can't eat them.

I used to absolutely LOVE those things when I was a kid. But either my memory is faulty or they have somehow become more paltry over time. I mean, I recall they at least had some filling in the middle, but the last time I tried one, not only did they seem desiccant-dry, that filling layer was infintesimal (and kinda crunchy to boot). According to the expiration date, they certainly weren't old either.

I notice that a lot about foods I recall from childhood (or even things from only a decade or so ago) ... either my tastebuds have undergone a drastic transformation, or the quality of some of this stuff has declined precipitously. While I suspect some degree of transformation, I'm also pretty sure there's a quality issue in there too.

and i've changed into more of a texture-based person than a flavor-based person

drank that stuff like it was water in high school. By college, I hated it.

SoCo , my ass. Damn, I couldn't look at that shit anymore w/o :puke:

Never drank Southern Comfort without regretting it the next day. After a night of Southern comfort abuse, I once awoke naked in my VW van, and the floor was about 5" deep in barf, which I did not notice until I got down from the bed. Blaaaaaaaaaah.

:puke:

Tacos (or anything) from Jack In The Box!

Once a huge treat, now they make me ill they are so sickeningly sweet.

I was drinking a Coke one day a few years back, and it hit me... "this really tastes awful. Why do I keep drinking this crap?"

It's one of those things you never question (well, seldom question). You just drink the shit because you always have. I've barely had a sip of in in five years now.

Now I can't stand the stuff. I think part of it is the quality has gone downhill. Not that it was ever at the pinnacle to begin with.

McDonalds is the same as always. You've just grown out of the taste of it. I used to live on McD food when I was a teenager. Can't stand it now.

I can still recall the old-style McDonald's fries as if they were an event unto themselves back in the day when they were deep-fried in beef-tallow. Probably not all too good for a person, but definitely tasty little buggers.

These days, while the fries retain their shape, the taste is definitely something that would not induce me to pull off the highway for some (plus it doesn't help that just about every McDonald's I go to these days cooks those things until they become crunchy, high-tensile-strength mouth-javelins that poke, prod, and otherwise assualt the gums).

Speaking of fries, seems to me we should have a fry shape poll: straight or wavy? I'll pick straight every time (something about wavy fries bugs me!).

It was gin that I once MASSIVELY overdid it on in college and can now no longer stand to be anywhere near.

now he tends to down the occasional Slivovitz - now that will blow your doors off....

Or was that anti-freeze?

You brave soul...

I couldn't help myself...

Used to eat 'em by the sack.Now they give me terrible stomch pain.:(

My body now rejects it.

When were in Vegas, I made the mistake of having a veggie pasta dish that has chicken broth as a base (but no actual meat in it.) That night I awoke with cramps that almost had me doubled over and spent a lot of time in the bathroom (to put it delicately.)

I became a vegetarian for health reasons, but now it's a matter of necessity.

I used to drink that stuff by the case in college (late 80s), but after I worked in an English pub (in England) I turned into a total beer snob. I won't even touch the stuff nowdays.

I was a curious baby.

Gawd I used to eat a lot of crap. :scared:

I used to love. Now, I find it too sweet and syrupy. Haven't had one in 15 years.

as a teenager...:puke:

:puke:

Though I don't think Chicken-like McNuggets ™ would be a big seller...:rofl:

Chicken McNuggets are definitely not soy or chicken.

drinks? I started at 18 with Scotch, got sick of it (literally), went to screwdrivers (blech, now!), then to milder drinks until I stopped at Virgin pina coladas and virgin strawberry daiquiris.

One of my meds distorts smell and taste, so I can no longer stand to drink my beloved Pepsi. (It tastes metallic, or just...wrong.)

That's about it.

too damn sweet!

But somewhere around age 8 or 9, I nagged mom into buying
a whole one, which I ate in about an hour and made me sick
as a dog.

Can't stand the smell of it ever since.

There's a bunch of stuff I couldn't stand before and now I like, but none the other way around.

Very peculiar. I wonder why that is.

I'm a vegetarian and the texture would make me crazy.

I skipped pizza for about 15 years, but enjoy a good veg pizza these days.

Fruit punch.

I don't care for cantaloup much any more.

I used to eat them straight out of the can when I was a kid, but now the sight and smell of them nauseates me.

And rye & coke ~ that used to be my beverage of choice in the early years but I have long since hated the sickening sweetness of it.

Thank God for rye & no-cal ginger & lime!

:toast:

was my drink of choice 10 years ago, but my taste buds have matured (helped along by my wine enthusiast husband!) and now I can't stand the stuff.

the disease of the modern wine era.

pop-tarts to name some.

I used to love them; now just the smell of them nauseates me.

I still eat mashed potatoes, I just don't go ga-ga over them like I did when I was younger.

I really used to eat that stuff. :puke: