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Have you ever had a time a food so good it "converted" you? (lemmy.world)

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As a further elaboration: growing up, I absolutely hated pasta salad. I could not and would not eat it. But one day, when I was about 22-23, I was working somewhere that includes meals, since shifts were literally all day for a week (save eight hours for sleeping). The cook made a pasta salad that I could only describe as "orgasmic." I ate that same pasta salad for every meal for the next two days until they finally tossed the leftovers. Ever since then, I have been "converted" to enjoy pasta salad. That one dish completely changed how my body reacts to a food that I already tried several times.

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[-] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago

It was the fourth of fifth date with my girlfriend. She was an avid cook and wanted to cook me dinner.. Specifically lasagna.

I arrived at her apartment with her in full swing preparing it... The only problem was all the pasta was green, it was a vegetarian lasagna (she's not vegetarian). Asparagus and other vegetables rounded it out. It looked really unappetizing.

Here's the problem. By this time I was REALLY into this girl and here she was spending a lot of effort making me something that I really didn't think I could eat. I was afraid this was going to end our relationship.

So I spent the whole time watching her make this dish telling myself... "Ok Canopy, you're a 34 year old man and not a child. You can pretend to enjoy it this once. It won't kill you."

Over and over that was going through my mind.

We sit down at the table and she told me to serve myself and I dished out as much as I thought polite...

Then I took a bite.

I ended up eating two servings worth it was so damn good.

OH, and she and I have been married for 20 years now and have two boys. Also, food became one of the cornerstones of our relationship. She took me from being a Midwest redneck meat and potatoes child, to a full blown foodie that actually has a wider palate that her.

She also taught me how to cook and it turned out I am really good at it. I made us salmon cakes with an aioli, with mashed potatoes (that I just threw together without a recipe), and roasted broccoli.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm smiling ear to ear over here. Lovely story.

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