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arrow-up1197arrow-down1imageBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moehydration9806 to Non-Political Memes · 1 month agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoIf I was a nintendo switch era baby I totally would be sucking on a game card all the time.
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-down2·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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.