Here's the thing about acquired tastes, that they're acquired.
Often times we taste something and immediately decide whether or not we like, love or hate it. Sometimes we begin by not liking it and as our taste buds mature we grow to like it even love it and judging by the number of things one dislikes as a kid and loves as an adult one can assuredly pronounce that children have taste buds most vulgar; the inverse of which also happens. Things you loved as a kid and hate as an adult..and then there are some sneaky foodstuffs that silently stayed under the radar, always on your plate but you never had much thought about it until very recently.
Case in point cucumbers.
I've never had many opinions about cucumbers except ones that are cooked or warm in which case watch me fling the plate.
Cucumbers have always been a sort of sideshow or sidekick kind of vegetable for me. I enjoy them in a sandwich with copious amounts of butter, in salads with other accoutrements, but rarely do I ever like munching on them just on their own.
It's not that I don't like it, it's more like I don't care to ever eat it on its own like I would a carrot or a turnip.
I realized this when I was asked why I never buy cucumbers, for they're always picked by others who go vegetable shopping with me, for when I'm on my own I never ever buy cucumbers.
Hmm, I didn't have an answer to this until I realized I do not much care for cucumbers. Why? I don't know. They just kind of lack character, and I'm not one opposed to eating them on travels slitted and lemoned with a bit of spicy salt, but if left to my own devices I'd not be the one buying it. No sir.
So, talking about acquired tastes, I think tuna would be for some an acquired taste, though as a kid growing near seaside I always had an affinity towards fish and tuna wasn't something that ever repulsed me like I know it does some.
An acquired taste for me is soy milk. I love it in my smoothies, in shakes etc, but as I prepared a warm cup of soy milk with a teaspoon of coconut sugar and pinch of cinnamon in lieu of afternoon caffeine I realized I do not love the taste of soy milk at all.
Its peculiar rather bean-like flavour somehow gets masked in smoothies but when drinking on its own I try to gulp it in quick sips instead of lingering over like I usually would with almond milk or as I used to with regular milk.
Another acquired taste for me is coconut water. Can you imagine? I literally grew up near coconuts but always disliked the taste of its water. I'd once described its taste as stirring plain water with a steel knife, however, a few years of disliking it yet drinking it still since it was more easily available than water I began loving it, to the point that I drink 2 glasses of it every day. Great source of potassium too.
Coffee too I think is an acquired taste for me, and still is, for there are times when I absolutely can't stand it and sometimes when/if prepared just right watch me do a big splash and dive in it.
The point of this post?
none except that I needed to rant against my mug of steaming soy milk and confess that I really do not much care for it at all.
Often times we taste something and immediately decide whether or not we like, love or hate it. Sometimes we begin by not liking it and as our taste buds mature we grow to like it even love it and judging by the number of things one dislikes as a kid and loves as an adult one can assuredly pronounce that children have taste buds most vulgar; the inverse of which also happens. Things you loved as a kid and hate as an adult..and then there are some sneaky foodstuffs that silently stayed under the radar, always on your plate but you never had much thought about it until very recently.
Case in point cucumbers.
I've never had many opinions about cucumbers except ones that are cooked or warm in which case watch me fling the plate.
Cucumbers have always been a sort of sideshow or sidekick kind of vegetable for me. I enjoy them in a sandwich with copious amounts of butter, in salads with other accoutrements, but rarely do I ever like munching on them just on their own.
It's not that I don't like it, it's more like I don't care to ever eat it on its own like I would a carrot or a turnip.
I realized this when I was asked why I never buy cucumbers, for they're always picked by others who go vegetable shopping with me, for when I'm on my own I never ever buy cucumbers.
Hmm, I didn't have an answer to this until I realized I do not much care for cucumbers. Why? I don't know. They just kind of lack character, and I'm not one opposed to eating them on travels slitted and lemoned with a bit of spicy salt, but if left to my own devices I'd not be the one buying it. No sir.
So, talking about acquired tastes, I think tuna would be for some an acquired taste, though as a kid growing near seaside I always had an affinity towards fish and tuna wasn't something that ever repulsed me like I know it does some.
An acquired taste for me is soy milk. I love it in my smoothies, in shakes etc, but as I prepared a warm cup of soy milk with a teaspoon of coconut sugar and pinch of cinnamon in lieu of afternoon caffeine I realized I do not love the taste of soy milk at all.
Its peculiar rather bean-like flavour somehow gets masked in smoothies but when drinking on its own I try to gulp it in quick sips instead of lingering over like I usually would with almond milk or as I used to with regular milk.
Another acquired taste for me is coconut water. Can you imagine? I literally grew up near coconuts but always disliked the taste of its water. I'd once described its taste as stirring plain water with a steel knife, however, a few years of disliking it yet drinking it still since it was more easily available than water I began loving it, to the point that I drink 2 glasses of it every day. Great source of potassium too.
Coffee too I think is an acquired taste for me, and still is, for there are times when I absolutely can't stand it and sometimes when/if prepared just right watch me do a big splash and dive in it.
The point of this post?
none except that I needed to rant against my mug of steaming soy milk and confess that I really do not much care for it at all.
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