When I was a kid and served a food I didn't like, I just had to eat it anyway.

As an adult, I just don't cook food I'll dislike. The secret is to taste as you go.

As an adult? I paid for it, I'll eat it. Then I won't order it again.

As a child, I was taught to eat what was served and to finish what I was served, Whether I liked it or not.

It's even simpler as an adult because 1) I like to try new things and I know I will often need more than a single bite of anything to really appreciate anything new 2) I want to show some appreciation to the person cooking (I simply don't cook things I know don't like, myself ;)

I learned that if I had a sandwich I don't like, throw it at a pig.

I generally make food I'll like, or if it's a new recipe, a small batch. I can eat a small batch! Or give it to my husband lol.

If out to eat, I'll stick to things that I'll enjoy. If even that is bad, eat what I can then be annoyed later at myself or at the restaurant. I could complain, but doing that would make my brain explode.

If I burnt something, salvage what I can, feed family with that, and eat prepackaged stuff for myself. It's not their fault I fucked up the food, so they should eat first.

So when you were a kid and didn't like to eat something, you'd give it to your parents

You do? That would just ensure that my parent would make me eat it.

As an adult I don't like olives, capers, avocado and most sea food.

Like do adults just throw away food that taste bad?

Generally I just won't buy food I don't like. But sometimes I order a greek salad without olives ... and they put in olives. These I will pick out and throw away.

I mean like say you are at a restaurant and want to try something new… and end up hating it like two bites in…

Yeah, that's pretty much the reason I'd never order unfamiliar food while dining at a restaurant.

Your an adult. You make an effort, you try and suck it up because you’re not a kid anymore

Well you don't cook it. But yeah I generally weigh if I'm willing to pay the cost of the meal not to eat it if I really fuck up dinner or order something I wind up not liking

I give it to my chickens if I can’t stand to eat it myself.

I'm generally pretty good at figuring out what I will and won't like when ordering from a restaurant. The only reason I wouldn't finish something I ordered is if I physically cannot force myself to swallow it. If it comes to that, and my wife doesn't like it either, into the compost it goes.

I just... Don't cook food I don't like, generally. It has to be pretty bad for me to not want to eat it. My first attempt at brown rice (severely undercooked), I tried rice and beans (turns out I hate beans to the point of wanting to puke :D). Those went in the trash. But generally I just eat it, maybe I don't chew if it's bad enough, but it's pretty rare regardless.

My room mate either hands it to me, or tosses it if I won't eat it. That's the source of most of my tossed food. Food they didn't want that I was curious enough about to take the offer, then ended up not liking myself.

It's very rare I don't finish what I started. If I won't eat it, nobody else will. It would go to the trash.

Give it to my dogs.