acquired taste?

[yne721 10+ year member]

i hate when you say you don't like something because it tastes like shit, and their reply is "it's an acquired taste"

let me break it down for you. it's an acquired taste, because you thought it tasted like shit too. You just forced yourself to keep eating/drinking it for whatever reason, probably to be accepted by somebody.

i'm sure if you ate rotten eggs for long enough, they'd eventually become "an acquired taste" also.

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[Gearstix 10+ year member]

Heineken is a acquired taste for me.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

nah man, people have different taste bud alignments so they can stand some things and not others. i don't like eggs or fish. Its not like they "taste like sh it" I just don't like them. My taste buds don't appreciate their texture or flavor.

Some things are just disgusting across the board. Some things need mixing with something else in order to provide the proper taste and texture. But its all dependent on the person

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

No, you are completely wrong.

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[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

i hate when you say you don't like something because it tastes like shit, and their reply is "it's an acquired taste"
let me break it down for you. it's an acquired taste, because you thought it tasted like shit too. You just forced yourself to keep eating/drinking it for whatever reason, probably to be accepted by somebody.

i'm sure if you ate rotten eggs for long enough, they'd eventually become "an acquired taste" also.

When I was younger I used to hate beer, I only drank liquor.

When that because unavailable I got myself used to 40oz's until I liked them, and from then to beer lol

Now I love beer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

(Except Fat Tire that's some nasty shit)

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

nah man, people have different taste bud alignments so they can stand some things and not others. i don't like eggs or fish. Its not like they "taste like sh it" I just don't like them. My taste buds don't appreciate their texture or flavor.Some things are just disgusting across the board. Some things need mixing with something else in order to provide the proper taste and texture. But its all dependent on the person

i understand all that. and if someone asked me to try something, and after trying it i said i hated it, and their response was "oh, well i like it, to each their own" or something like that, it wouldn't be so irritating.

i usually find that elitist's are the people that say it's an acquired taste.

like beer snobs, who only drink IPA's and stuff like that.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Wrong. yne is a fail tonight.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

a lot of acquired tastes are for very rich or potent substances. These are very good tasting but take some time to adjust to the intensity of flavor

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I used to hate bud lite, i was at the bar the other night and drank like 10 of them, even the first couple tasted good. so somehow over the past couple years I acquired the taste

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

When I was younger I used to hate beer, I only drank liquor.
When that because unavailable I got myself used to 40oz's until I liked them, and from then to beer lol

Now I love beer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

(Except Fat Tire that's some nasty shit)

40oz's are beer.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

The only two foods I can't get used to are olives and tomatoes. I will eat anything else, and many I have acquired tastes for, but tomatoes still taste like horse shit to me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

40oz's are beer.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Technically they are "malt liquor" but that's the order in which I started drinking.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

i hate when people say "your too picky". i feel that i would rather not eat something that i dont like. i dont care if they dont like something. its not like i chose not to like it lol.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Beets? How does one acquire a taste for dirt clods?

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Ok, let me break it down for you.
Why because I have acquired a taste for something does that mean it must taste like shit? Red Wine is a huge example for this, many people dont like red wine, but you taste it enough your taste buds change. It takes time for you to ACQUIRE the taste. Its only applicable to certain foods and or beverages. Examples are coffee, olives, wine, etc. It may taste like shit to you, but to me my first time it may be decent so Ill keep trying it to acquire the flavor to which I actually appreciate the flavor. Make sense?

was this so hard? this makes more sense to me, as the only time i ever really dislike anything is because it's insanely bitter, like IPA's as mentioned. but since you told me your little story about other instances, i can see it, even though i don't have the same problem.

maybe it's just harder for me to think acquiring a taste is realistic, because i don't really have a problem with almost all of what i eat/drink.