AF Members with Kids, Whatcha Think?

[Whateverist]

Alex -

I agree. I was 8 when my brother was born so I had to start learning to cook early to help out, but I was futzing around in the kitchen before that. To this day, so far we've only found 5 things I hate, and I've hated them all my life so I can only assume it's a body chemistry thing. (Mushrooms, asparagus, shrimp, tentacled things, and raw fish)

Oh girl, I'm so sorry you've fallen away from asparagus, mushrooms and raw fish.  (Shrimp is ho hum for me but I've never enjoyed the mouth-feel of tentacled things either.)  But Asparagus is like one of the very best vegetables going.  Some day, when you return to them, you will weep for all the years lost for eating them.

Raw fish goes without saying, but there are plenty of good sushi rolls which are vegetable only.
Mushrooms I guess you know are many and varied.  A good shiitake mushroom cooked just right can taste like steak.    And chanterelles added to so many things just exude flavor.  I never buy or use button mushrooms and if they come in a salad I feel cheated, nearly cardboard on the flavor-meter.