hydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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-up2·2 years agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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
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.