As children, some of us never really had the option to pick what was made for dinner — in fact, there were even some instances where we absolutely hated what was being served. So when Reddit user coldpizza4brkfast asked: “As a child, what is one meal that you always dreaded?” so many adults shared their “tortured” experiences. Here’s what they said below.
2.
“Brussels sprouts. Back in the day, they were bitter and boiled until gray. My parents claimed their marriage was based on a mutual love of Brussels sprouts, so we had them often. Nothing like modern BSs.”
3.
“Pork chop night. Mom overcooked them. Every time. Brown pucks of protein that I drowned in ketchup.”
4.
“Borscht. This was the only mealtime fight I ever won with my parents. I sat in front of that bowl from lunch until bedtime, but would not eat it. My parents swore the bowl was fuller at the end, from my tears. But I never ate it, and they never tried to make me, again.”
5.
“Tuna fish casserole. Tastes awful, smells even worse, put me off canned tuna for practically my entire adult life.”
6.
“Canned peas were the worst.”
7.
“Corned beef and cabbage. Cabbage was overcooked to the degree that it was liquefied. My parents had no clue about cooking vegetables. My brother and I used to smuggle veggies into a napkin and then into our pockets, and then bury them in the backyard. We got in trouble when my mom was gardening and found a cauliflower graveyard.”
8.
“Anything with lima beans as a side.”
9.
“Pickled beets — the purple colored, canned ones.”
10.
“Wild answer here, but steak. My mom would buy these London broil steaks and broil them in the oven. It was like eating your shoe. I would just drown it in A1 to get through. It wasn’t until probably high school that I discovered that steak could be awesome. Now, it’s probably my favorite meal and the number one thing I pursue when we are going to go have a nice meal somewhere.”
12.
“Salmon Patties/croquettes, depending on your location. Can’t eat salmon to this day.”
13.
“Rabbit stew. My dad would put the carcass in whole instead of stripping it, so you’d be spitting out tiny bones all meal long.”
14.
“Chop suey from the La Choy kit. I could not stop myself from gagging on it, and my Mom would smack me because she thought it was intentional.”
15.
“Scalloped potatoes. It’s the only way I know of that a person can prepare potatoes that I don’t like.”
16.
“A meal involving Nellie’s Sweet and Sour Beets. I can’t think of anything I hate more than these, except maybe mayonnaise. My sister loved those beets, and she was the golden child, so it was a constant battle. The smell of them makes me gag to this day.”
17.
“In Mississippi we call it ‘SOS’ aka shit on shingles… basically hamburger gravy over toast. Refuse to eat it to this day!”
18.
“Mashed lungs. Literally ground, fried up in a pan, lungs. shudder.”
So, tell us, what is one meal that you always dreaded as a child, either anonymously in the Google Form or in the comments below?