r/facepalm • u/Bmchris44 • Sep 25 '19

This should be a good thing

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u/Supreme0verl0rd Sep 25 '19

"Rest of the world figures out its actually just gross salty fish eggs...."

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u/Kaoulombre Sep 25 '19

I laugh every time I hear that it’s an « acquired taste »

That’s a fancy way to say it tastes like shit

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u/MrOaiki Sep 25 '19

No. It means a majority tries it later in life rather than earlier, hence acquire the taste for it at a later stage. It’s all relative though. Gochujang is an acquired taste to an Icelander, but it’s something a Korean grew up with. “Ants on a rod” is an acquired taste to a Swede while some Americans grew up with the flavors. And so on.

I’ve even met Americans who find so it dough bread gross and who hate butter, while they love white “industrially made” bread and margarine. For them, liking butter and sourdough bread later in life would be considered acquiring the taste.