But I love them now! My tastes totally changed when I grew up!

I think they’re also called by another name, but the biggest ones were quite repulsive to me.

I think those limas are called Ford Hook lima beans.

Nasty MFers
I had a potty-mouth even then.

It took a long stretch well into adulthood for me to realize that beets weren’t pure poison. I love ‘em now, but back then, I would have sooner eaten a June bug than a bite of beets.

beat sauce.

Little packets of bland mush.

Funny story... I used to slip them off the plate and give them to the dog under the table when nobody was looking. One night after dinner, as we were all in the living room watching tv, the dog came in and puked up all my lima beans right in front of everyone!! OOPS busted!!!

I didn’t eat lima beans, and I threw up the one time we had Brussel sprouts. Oddly, I like Brussel sprouts now, but roasted, not boiled or steamed.

I used to gag from the texture of mashed or baked potatoes. I got over it in adulthood. My Mom had it from Beans like baked beans.

Our frozen vegetables were peas or corn, and perhaps frozen spinach in paper blocks, and the rest were fresh and cooked. To this day, as an adult, I have never bought frozen mixed vegetables. Just in case you were including canned, the only canned vegetable we ever had was creamed corn. I was born in Canada and my mother's parents were both from England so that British influence was definitely a factor.

At 85 I still don't like "em.

Lima beans, Brussel sprouts or beets. Same holds true today.

You ate what was on your plate or had to sit there until you did, end of discussion!

Still don’t like them. I also would have ignored asparagus.

I love fresh and frozen beans and peas, but canned ones are just evil.

(I suspect my father wouldn't eat them.) I really disliked canned yams and beets. Actually, I'm still not fond of canned vegetables in general, except beans and artichoke hearts - I like those.

It seems like we ought to have had more fresh or frozen vegetables available back in the day, but we didn't.

I tolerate them now.

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Corn, carrots, potatoes, iceberg lettuce.
That might be it.

I've changed a lot from my mid teens onward!
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