Chocolate Pizza

Why is it that little kids have such strong opinions about what tastes good and what doesn't. They sure are picky for only being given mush and milk for the first year of life. I was no different though. I think I had my favorites, the same as any other kid. What I find most fascinating is that some foods I liked then, I don't like now and visa-versa. One  example is "mac n' cheese," which seems to be a universal little kid favorite. I liked it then. Not so much now.

What really perplexes me now is that when I was little I didn't care for pizza or chocolate (especially dark chocolate, which was and is my mother's favorite). Now the opposite is true. I really like pizza and chocolate. I didn't care for chocolate until I spent 2 years living in Scotland. It's true that European chocolate is better than american chocolate. People were always giving it to me there so I guess I grew to like it. I even like dark chocolate. As for pizza, well, I don't remember when I started to like it a lot, but I know that my non-pizza bend must have not lasted very long.

Those are just a couple of examples. Most of the stuff I thought was gross when I was little (mustard, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.). I now find quite tolerable and sometimes very palatable. Other things I've always liked (milk-shakes, hamburgers, chicken noodle soup, sweet and sour pork, etc.). However, I can't think of anything that I liked a lot when I was little that I don't like now.

 Can anyone tell me what "Matilda" has to do with this post?