hydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agoBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moehydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours 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-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours 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-up4·17 hours agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours 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-up2·14 hours agoIf I was a nintendo switch era baby I totally would be sucking on a game card all the time.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·16 hours 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-up2·16 hours 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?
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.
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.
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.