• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    Sometimes adults forget that taste and texture are often perceived differently during childhood. Some things that I eat as an adult, my kid self would be completely grossed out by. And vice versa.

    I HATED milk when I was a kid. I just found the taste and texture to be weird. As an adult, I don’t drink much of it but I don’t hate it anymore.

    • starlinguk@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Thing is, if you’re permitted to never to eat anything you don’t like, you’ll still be eating like a toddler at the age of 34. Your tastebuds will never develop if you only eat chicken nuggets.

      Although milk does have an odd texture and taste and plenty of people dislike it all their lives, so that’s fair. I actually went off it when I grew up.

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        10 days ago

        I’m not sure that’s true. There were lots of foods that I couldn’t eat as a kid without vomiting. I learned to like a broader variety of foods as an adult by experimenting at my own pace (and learning to cook for myself).

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      10 days ago

      I hated milk too, and MUCH later on in life i learned I’m lactose intolerant. Neither parent noticed because they also didn’t drink milk.