hydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1197arrow-down1imageBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moehydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months 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-up4·5 months agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months 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-up2·5 months agoIf I was a nintendo switch era baby I totally would be sucking on a game card all the time.
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months 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-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months 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-up2·5 months 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.