What food did you not try until you were an adult? Did you have a "where have you been all my life" moment?
What food did you not try until you were an adult? Did you have a "where have you been all my life" moment?
Despite the fact that 90% of what I ate was home cooked, mostly from scratch, meals, I managed to miss out on some basics like courgette (zucchini) and aubergine (eggplant) and BUTTER if you can believe it.
My mother was big on margarine. So when I moved out I continued the tradition until one day I made a fateful mistake. It was like in Ratatouille. I was sat in my studio just eating buttered bread having an out of body experience.
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Most recently... empanadas.
But there are so many foods i hadn't been exposed to but absolutely adore. We didn't have much "ethnic" foods as a kid, so there's been a lot I've tried as an adult and loved. Butter chicken has become a staple for me. Saag paneer. Pad see ew is another great one. Savory pies in former British colonies (I had a butter chicken pie at a takeaway in NZ that was incredible). The list goes on...
There's a Salvadoran bakery a block from my home that makes the best empanadas I've ever had. Favorite brunch (with Turkish coffee).