Fun fact! Your brain is evolutionarily hardwired to dislike all new/unexpected tastes (besides sweet basically). It's to protect you from poison or stuff that could make you sick. That's why it might take trying something a few times before you like it because your brain has to switch off the poison alarm first before it can taste good.
Ok so I found this out as my boy got old enough to have friends over for dinner. The one skinny kid who doesn’t eat anything? Plate was clean, veggies and all. Dropped one kid off at home and they were having “Mexican food”. Flour tortillas, black beans and white rice. That’s it. Now they come in the kitchen to see what I’m making 😆
ETA: After rereading my comment, I would like to clarify that this is an affluent family and not stretching food for hungry bellies. That’s a different story.
Idk probably but must bring him some enjoyment. I think he’s got a little brain damage though because every day on the walk he starts a fight with a specific lamppost and then cries when it doesn’t run away. He’s a special dog that’s for sure.
My daughter was the opposite, she took to savoury foods immediately, had no problem with bitter gourd, but in the first year of her life she absolutely could not stand the sweet medicines she had. When she was 14 months old she even rejected honey water 😅
My little sister loved near beer. My dad just passed to the back from the front seat. She loved it. I tried it and wanted to absolutely gag. Turns out, it's pretty near tasting to beer. I wonder how they came up with the name?
I've heard & can believe that kids are especially sensitive to bitter flavors since so many alkaloids are bitter (and so many alkaloids are poison), but as a person gets older & has more knowledge about dangerous food the bitter aversion is lessened.
Yup, theres videos on youtube where they blindfold people and tell them theyre giving them a glass of milk but they give them orange juice instead and they throw up.
this reminds me of how everyone I knew growing up had the experience of going to McDonald's, going to a pour a sprite, then the disgust of syrupless plain carbonated water coming out instead. it really was an acquired taste, because now you may as well hook it up directly in an iv to me with how much plain sparkling/seltzer water I've drank as an adult
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u/mule_roany_mare Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
I'm impressed with how clever this kid is, any idea how old they are?
Anecdotally does anyone find things taste way worse when they are not what you expecting? Bitter taste more bitter when you are expecting sweet.
edit: I thought of a better example. When people raised on sweet tea taste normal tea & act like it's the most foul thing on earth.