hydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 14 hours agoBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1153arrow-down1imageBroccoli, cheese, and MILFsfiles.catbox.moehydration9806@lemmy.ml to Non-Political Memes@lemmy.ml · 14 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarecanlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoIs the brocoli we eat today the same as they were eating when this cliché came about?
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 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-up5·12 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-squareGrasslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoMe as a kid sucking on grapefruit rind for the bitterness
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 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-squareGrasslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 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-down2·11 hours agoNo. We roast fresh veggies and add salt and pepper today. Everyone steamed plain frozen vegetables with freezer burn back then.
minus-squarecanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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.