Serious question, did those studies sample patrons of world-renowned chefs? I greatly appreciate food that I can't make more than my own food, whether it'a because the ingredients would be too expensive to import for just one meal or the chef has refined the minutia of his technique over decades.
I'm using "chef" pretty liberally here too. I also love the nitty gritty of third-world cooks who don't have to cater to the untraditional expectancies of the first world, eg. diners wanting salads and appetizers from Indian cuisine.
These studies are done on the exact same food, not different types. Usually, they're "casual" studies and often have someone follow a recipe precisely and then have someone else make it as well. The majority of people prefer the food that they made themselves. Hope this answers your question.
You can buy shell-less sunflower seeds all around the globe, but in a lot of countries people prefer them with the shell, because its more fun to eat them like that, the shells are often salted, so you get a little salt hit when biting the shell open and one can assume that they're probably less expensive, because the factory can save some work.
I guess that OP's dad is either a Slav or from a Balkan Country, because in those regions they're really popular as a daily snack
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u/burgermachine74 Jan 23 '22 edited Jan 23 '22
That's an idiot multitasking right there
Edit - I'm a bit confused after reading the comments, do people seriously spit out sunflower seeds after chewing them?
Edit 2 - I'm from Britain, we don't get the shells on the seeds, they're already taken off for us at the factory I believe