hydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 29 days agoBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moehydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 29 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoGood point. We’ve cultivated several vegetables to become less bitter over the decades and children are more sensitive to bitter taste than adults.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·29 days agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoI imagine you licking things like batteries that are coated with that super bitter compound, that is supposed to prevent kids sticking it in their mouth
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoIf I was a nintendo switch era baby I totally would be sucking on a game card all the time.
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoBroccoli was one of the few vegetables I liked as a child. It’s tasted the same for the last 30+ years as far as I can tell.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·29 days agoNo. We roast fresh veggies and add salt and pepper today. Everyone steamed plain frozen vegetables with freezer burn back then.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoI still liked that tbh but I didn’t know any better.
Is the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
Good point. We’ve cultivated several vegetables to become less bitter over the decades and children are more sensitive to bitter taste than adults.
Me as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
I imagine you licking things like batteries that are coated with that super bitter compound, that is supposed to prevent kids sticking it in their mouth
Nintendo Switch cartridges
If I was a nintendo switch era baby I totally would be sucking on a game card all the time.
Broccoli was one of the few vegetables I liked as a child. It’s tasted the same for the last 30+ years as far as I can tell.
No. We roast fresh veggies and add salt and pepper today. Everyone steamed plain frozen vegetables with freezer burn back then.
I still liked that tbh but I didn’t know any better.