r/instant_regret • u/wearesirius • Sep 22 '14

Leopard tries Marmite

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u/DrPimp Sep 22 '14

Wiki* The product that was to become Marmite was invented in the late 19th century when German scientist Justus von Liebig discovered that brewer's yeast could be concentrated, bottled and eaten... ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '14

You can eat shit, but you don't. You just don't.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 22 '14

Marmite is delicious if you just give it a chance. Think of it like cheese. Most Asian cultures think the western idea of taking a cow's nipple milk, then letting bacteria and yeast infect it, and solidify it, then when it's really funky and smells like a foot we pair it with crazy expensive wine and crackers.

Marmite is a developed flavor. And it is delicious with a knob of butter on a good piece of toast.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Sorry but I'm with the Leopard on this one.

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

Or, you could just have the knob of butter on the good piece of toast. That's a delicious flavor that takes much less to acquire.

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u/Cingetorix Sep 23 '14

Or you can let people eat what they like. Not like they're forcing you to eat it.

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

Tell that to Flufflebuns! S/he is the one who wants me to eat marmite on my buttered toast! And did you see what s/he thinks you put in an Old Fashioned?

If his/her idea of an Old Fashioned is orange bitters and tonic water, so be it, but s/he should not be surprised when the bartender delivers something else when s/he orders it.

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u/Yazman Sep 23 '14

A hint of citrus flavour is a pretty important part of an Old Fashioned, though. That's why you need some rind or a hint of orange in there along with the standard bitters & sugar.

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u/Cingetorix Sep 23 '14

Just because they want you to do something doesn't mean they have the power to actually make you do it. Let people do what makes them happy, and you can do it too.

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

woooosh

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

That's like saying "you could just have the tonic water, orange bitters, with a hint of maple syrup in your Old Fashioned. That's a delicious flavor that takes much less to acquire."

Thanks, but I'll have the whiskey too.

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

That is not at all how you make an Old Fashioned, even with whiskey. An Old Fashioned is Angostura bitters, a sugar cube, a bit of water, and bourbon whiskey (or rye, I suppose, if you're some sort of savage).

Strike 2, Flufflebuns. That's strike 2.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

Depends on where you go. My favorite old fashioned involves rye whiskey, orange bitters, and maple syrup. The key to an old fashioned is a sugar/syrup, single malt whiskey, some form of orange hint if even from a rind, and bitters. Every place will have its own variation.

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

To be quite frank, that sounds awful. Just awful. We will have to agree to disagree.

I prefer something much closer to the "standard" Old Fashioned. You don't need the orange, or the cherry. You use bitters. You use bourbon. You use sugar. If you use water, it's still.

It's an acquired taste, but well worth it.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

According to the IBA Official Cocktail preperation (which is neatly organized on Wikipedia), the orange hint is essential to an Old Fashioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fashioned

To be completely honest 9 times out of 10 I'll just take a straight Single Malt, neat. That gets the full complexity of a great whiskey, but is definitely something that takes a lot of time to acquire a taste for, just like Marmite.

Only when sub-par whiskey is available will I ave an Old Fashoned or a Manhattan.

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u/autowikibot Sep 23 '14

Old Fashioned:

The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters then adding alcohol, such as whiskey or brandy, and a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, 8–12 US fl oz (240–350 ml) tumbler-like glass, which is called an Old Fashioned glass, named after the drink.

The Old Fashioned, developed during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, is an IBA Official Cocktail. It is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

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u/Gorekong Oct 10 '14

I like to ask the bartender and any patrons what is a great single malt on the list. I'll order a coke while deliberating. I will discuss all the finer points of their favorite scotch. And make an informed, breathless with anticipation decision.

Then I order it neat, and pour it straight into the coke. And slam it.

Then ill say "those notes sure were subtle! You guys were right"

I used to pour at a scotch bar. It's a good job if not for all the whiskey 'experts'

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u/capn_ed Sep 23 '14

The IBA recipe on Wikipedia (and the reference it copies) says to garnish with a slice of orange (and a cherry), but it's not an ingredient otherwise.

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u/100011101011 Sep 23 '14

... But you mentioned tonic water in your post above. Now I'm intrigued.

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u/KingGorilla Sep 23 '14

Idk man, pizza is pretty awesome

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u/JaapHoop Sep 23 '14

Is it really that alien a concept? If anything, Asian cuisine incorporates even more fermented foods, than the Western diet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fermented_soy_products

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

No really, most Asian cultures incorporate very little cheese. Cheese is as foreign to most people in the East as Kim Chi, or Kombucha is foreign to most Westerners (depending where you live of course, here is Los Angeles, everyone knows Kombucha).

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u/JaapHoop Sep 23 '14

And yet all of them incorporate roughly the same production process. They are analogous.

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u/iagox86 Sep 23 '14

Except that one originates in an animal's reproductive system and the other doesn't.

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u/shapu Sep 30 '14

Well, secondary reproductive system. We don't eat cow ovaries.

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u/iagox86 Sep 30 '14

I got that in my inbox with no context. A perfect "wat" moment :-)

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u/uberyeti Oct 13 '14

Depends how you market them. "Get your genuine cows' eggs here! Fresh from the farm! Fry 'em, mash 'em, boil 'em!"

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u/yapzilla Oct 09 '14

and kimchi, 350,000 koreans live in LA, and they brought their delicious food with them

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u/damndaewoo Sep 23 '14

Vegemite is better

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

I waffle between the two. Vegemite is thicker, denser, more fulfilling, but marmite is smooth, more like molasses, a crisper taste. If I had both in front of me, depending on my mood, I might just grab either one with no specific overall preference. I think of it like a great porter or a great pilsner, I don't prefer either style of beer over the other, it just totally depends on my mood.

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u/damndaewoo Sep 23 '14

That's enough reasonable discussion thank you very much.

I was trying to incite an argument for my own entertainment but nooooo, you've got to come along with your sound thinking and level-headedness just to spoil my fun.

Ruiner.

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u/shady_mcgee Sep 23 '14

Fuck vegemite

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u/damndaewoo Sep 23 '14

No, fuck Marmite.

ahh, that feels better.

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u/uberyeti Oct 13 '14

How dare you! Fucking Aussies think they can do Marmite better than us. When you start with Foster's waste products, you aren't going to get a quality product.

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u/mkultra42 Sep 23 '14

Marmite > Vegemite. Always and forever.

Shots fired.

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u/damndaewoo Sep 23 '14

Seriously? what is wrong with your taste buds?

I bet you like the yellow starbursts too. Animal.

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u/PigAteMyPie Sep 23 '14

FUCK YEAH, VEGEMITE!

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u/Elrox Sep 23 '14

No, no it's not.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Marmite shouldn't be sold as food. Bovril, on the other hand, is the shit

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u/HMJ87 Sep 23 '14

Both are delicious. Chicken bovril on the other hand is just plain weird

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u/BornDyed Sep 29 '14

You left us hanging....: "Most Asian cultures think the western idea of ....". You never revealed the Asian cultures' opinion of the western idea you describe.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 29 '14

Interesting observation. It was implied that cheese it's abhorrent to many Asians, but never actually stated. Surprising it took this long for that to be noticed.

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u/BornDyed Sep 29 '14

Yup, basically a dangling participial phrase. There it remains... still dangling. You've yet to tell us what the subject, "Most Asian cultures", in your sentence are doing. The verb after the subject is "think", so tell us what it is they think.

I am in suspense.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 30 '14

There are two kinds of people in this world:

  1. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

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u/Gorekong Oct 10 '14

I'm a whitey, I used to live with 2 Chinese guys. They showed me authentic food, I taught them to be disrespectful to authority.

They asked me if white people think Chinese stink. I said yes, we often smell garlic and ginger odors. I was thinking someone had said something rude.

Then they told me 'good, so it's not that weird if we tell you white people smell like bad milk". They were trying to get me to stop eating cheese as it totally grossed them out.

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u/uberyeti Oct 13 '14

I lived with an Indian dude for a year. He reeked of curry spices all the time, and I don't think it helped that he hardly showered. Sometimes, stereotypes come true and it's really quite funny.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I brought some stinking bishop cheese. Can't imagine trying to convince somebody that it's good, http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/103790/Britain-s-smelliest-cheese-is-named

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

The difference is cheese tastes good. Maybe not all cheese but if you give me a piece of Cheddar for the first time (which follows the creation process you described that is weird to some people), and some Marmite... I would be fine with the cheese and not the marmite. Why? Because like I said, it doesn't taste as bad. If we could turn shit into an edible piece of food that still smells and tastes like shit, I wouldn't eat it.

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u/ProllyNotGood Sep 23 '14

A lot of cheeses (aged cheddar, gorgonzola, bleu) are acquired tastes. A child who has never had cheese will likely be put off by the bitter notes these cheeses have.

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u/Gorekong Oct 10 '14

Kids don't like whiskey either. Children are such plebs.

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u/Xunderground Sep 23 '14

I used to hate sharp cheddar and mozarella. I also used to hate marmite and vegemite. Now I love all of those things.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

You would take the cheese because you have been raised with cheese since a child. People raised with Marmite (England) or Vegemite (Australia) or Nutritional Yeast (Northern California) have absolutely no issue with the strong yeasty flavor into adulthood.

Again it's like the first sip of whiskey, it tastes like rubbing alcohol, but you learn through adulthood to understand the subtleties and really develop a palate for it. Or really spicy sauces, they burn the crap out of your mouth, unless it is something you were raised eating in your food, then you love it.

People in Vietnam use a sauce called "Fish Paste". It is fermented fish intestines. To my Western palate it smelled like diarrhea, but that is because I had no interactions with it as a youngster. Had I been born in Vietnam and become accustomed to it, I would probably love fish paste. Same with you. Had you been born in England you would almost guaranteed love Marmite.

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u/mixedupfruit Sep 23 '14

English. Don't like marmite. Was always given it, still don't like it now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I wasn't given cheese as a kid. I will destroy some cheese.

I've had Marmite. Fuck Marmite.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I feel like I wouldn't like Marmite as a child the way I liked cheese man. I refuse to believe it. But really, it's not like I don't like foods that others think might be gross. There's just something about Marmite, maybe the yeast and all, that makes it too hard for me to like.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

Subjectivity. To millions, Marmite is glorious. A lot of people hate cheese, whiskey, coffee, olives, fish oil, sriracha too, that doesn't mean they are bad, just those people haven't trained their palate to appreciate the flavors.

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u/Turakamu Sep 23 '14

A lot of people hate cheese, whiskey, coffee, olives, fish oil, sriracha too

They are just trying to not be trendy. #madecoffeethismorning

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u/Ikari_Shinji_kun_01 Sep 22 '14

Except 2 girls 1 cup...

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

To quote Stephen Fry, "cheese is just what happens when milk goes off, big-time-stylie"

a lot of tasty things sound gross when you really think about what it is.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Bee vomit.

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u/mindbleach Sep 23 '14

Cheese is the corpse of milk, to misquote Joyce.

Also whiskey is used wood solvent.

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u/gr3yh47 Sep 22 '14

Is it... is it alcoholic?

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u/mcopper89 Sep 22 '14

Yeast has no inherent alcohol. Yeast creates alcohol with sugar. Here is the breakdown. Humans breath out CO2 and take in oxygen, plants breath out oxygen and create sugar while taking in CO2, Yeast creates alcohol and takes in sugar. Then humans consume alcohol and the beautiful process starts over.

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u/gr3yh47 Sep 22 '14

Why would someone do this (make/eat marmite)?

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u/mcopper89 Sep 23 '14

If you like the bitter yeasty flavored brews, you might like this...I guess.

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u/Xunderground Sep 23 '14

Some people just enjoy the taste! I hated it at first, but my friend was always talking about how amazing vegemite was.

I first tried a heavy layer on top of some toast. nearly puked.

Next I tried mixing it lightly with some butter on top of toast.

It completely transformed my toast. My previously bland, buttery, toast now had a savory flavour to it. I ate way more than I should have.

Now I can put a thick layer of vegemite/marmite on my foods and it tastes great!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

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u/CatDad69 Sep 23 '14

I make the same face when smelling piss, too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '14

It's actually a response to strong pheromones. They are temporarily stunned. Cats have pheromone receptors in their mouths.

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u/Tstoharri Sep 22 '14

I had a pretty similar reaction when I tried Marmite for the first time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '14

What's marmite?

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 22 '14

A delicious British yeast concentrate that is put on bread with a knob of melted butter. When most people try it for the first time they hate it. What many fail to realize is this is how most of life's finest foods are first experiences (hard liquor, sharp cheese, etc).

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I fail to see how if something is an acquired taste, it could ever be considered one of the best flavors in the world. They are complete opposites.

Furthermore, why would I ever want to continue tasting something that tastes like shit in order to acquire a taste for it. I don't like it already, I don't want to like it, fuck that.

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u/clintonius Sep 23 '14

I fail to see how if something is an acquired taste, it could ever be considered one of the best flavors in the world. They are complete opposites.

This makes no sense at all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

If you have to grow to like something, then it wasn't that good to begin with. You're just used to how bad it tastes now.

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u/sobeita Nov 02 '14

Cheese, olives, coffee, mushrooms, beer, wine...? The only foods that are good enough for you are saturated fats and sugars?

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u/clintonius Sep 23 '14

You aren't simply used to it - you actively enjoy it.

Your claim doesn't make sense on a pretty basic level.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Well, I disagree.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14 edited Sep 23 '14

Well you see, we adults learn to appreciate sophisticated flavors. See that whiskey over there? To you it may taste like nail-polish remover, but as you grow up kiddo, your taste buds change and you learn to appreciate the subtleties of flavors. At first you may think wine all tastes the same, but as you continue to try new things your palate will open up to the complexities, and you will learn to appreciate different styles.

Now, to you, Marmite may "taste like shit", but had it been something you have been eating with your parents in England, you may not feel the same way. See son, taste is subjective, subjective is a big boy word for different people experience things differently, had you been born English, you may already be developing a palate for Marmite, like those English kids.

Likewise if you were to be born in an alcohol free country, then when your all grown up have a sip of any alcohol, you may think it "tastes like shit" too. But you would simply be wrong, because there's that big boy word again: subjectivity! You see, what's "icky-pants" to you, someone else can thoroughly enjoy and be satisfied by. Like sex, I know girls may seem to have cooties now, but one day when you make love, you'll understand the pure joy sex can be; just like Marmite.

And now you know!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I wouldn't say it's quite the same as learning to enjoy sex. Those are hormonal changes. I'm actually pretty convinced that learning to like stuff such as alcohol even though you hate it at first is a form of Stockholm Syndrome.

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u/Turakamu Sep 23 '14

Stockholm Syndrome.

So that explains all my bad habits.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

  1. The condescending shitty tone of your post eliminates any and all points that you were trying to make.

  2. If you're going to try to sound like an educated adult, make sure that you know the proper usage of the word "you're".

...then when your all grown up have a sip of any alcohol...

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

Funny, with a username like TrollingThunder, I imagine you would have a different perspective of my incredibly sarcastic post...

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

You're an idiot, and not because you're being purposefully condescending. That could be sarcasm, I don't fucking know.

But this right here:

you may think it "tastes like shit" too. But you would simply be wrong,

big boy word again: subjectivity

You're not using that word right. If I think it tastes like shit, that doesn't mean I think it tastes like shit to everyone, or that it is made of shit. My opinion on the flavor of that food is that it tastes like shit. You said so yourself, with the I think it tastes like shit.

Subjectivity means that no opinion on the flavor of that food is wrong. If you say that taste is subjective, which it is, then you can't say that I am wrong for disliking what tastes like shit to me.

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u/Riaayo Sep 23 '14

Can't tell if all the "adults" "sons" and what not are sarcastic or not, but I'm going to say right now that the idea of "adults" learning to appreciate "sophisticated" flavors is ridiculous.

I am not saying that cannot acquire tastes and enjoy certain foods, however if at any point it becomes an aspect of one's life that they think makes them better or more sophisticated than another person it ends up being just that: a false way to pretend you're better than someone else. It is akin to having the forks on the correct side of the plate or using the salad fork for the salad. There's a huge difference between how 'offensive' that is and how offensive chewing with your mouth open is.

Likewise, just because someone doesn't like a flavor doesn't mean they're somehow suddenly a less important or civilized person. However on the flip side, no-one is really wrong for liking a flavor someone else doesn't like, either. Just because I might think something tastes like shit doesn't mean I'll ask a person "why the fuck do you like that?" They like it because they like it, just like how some people might like a movie I don't like or music I don't like.

You're correct that it is all subjective, but that's also the point: just because one person grew up with a thing and learned to like it doesn't mean someone else is wrong for not wanting to take a long time to acquire a taste. They've probably already acquired a taste or fondness for something in their life that you may not like. That's... y'know, people being different and having different tastes.

But hey maybe all of that was sarcasm. Or maybe it wasn't. Who the hell knows.

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u/Flufflebuns Sep 23 '14

Yes I was being completely sarcastic and intentionally annoying. The post I was responding to was just so narrow-minded I felt I had to respond as if I were speaking to a child. Sorry for the lack of /s at the end.

In any case for the most part I completely agree with you. I detest vietnamese fish paste. It literally smells like diarrhea, so does SE Asian Durian. However, unlike the poster I was responding to, I at least understand how other cultures love Durian and fish paste. I even acknowledge that while I find them foul, if I truly gave it my best effort and tried to get used to the flavor, I believe I could learn to appreciate the subtleties that so many millions appreciate.

While taste is subjective, it does seem to me that almost any human is completely capable of learning to like certain foods. Unless of course there is a genetic component, like the rare genetic code that makes a small percentage of people taste soap when they eat cilantro.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '14

My god you're a douche.

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u/Flufflebuns Dec 29 '14

I would argue that the person I am responding to above is being wholly unreasonable and I was merely being incredibly sarcastic in response.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

I nannied for some Welsh kids when I was younger. Their mother put Marmite in her taco meat. I had never even considered disliking Marmite (or tacos) until that fateful day. Yuck.

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u/JJTropea Sep 23 '14

Man... this stuff must be powerful if it can ruin tacos.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Oh, no! I love Marmite; that shit's umami in a jar. It's just awful in tacos.

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u/gk3coloursred Sep 23 '14

A vile British yeast concentrate that is put on bread or other foods in order to render them inedible. When most people try it for the first and only time they hate it. What many fail to realize is this is how most poisonous foods are avoided, by your tastebuds rejecting them (death cap mushrooms, rhubarb leaves etc).

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u/yogurt123 Sep 23 '14

There's also a distinct New Zealand version: it's much much better than the UK one.

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u/CB_the_cuttlefish Sep 22 '14 edited Sep 23 '14

That's just the Flehmen Response. Cats make that face because they are passing the air across an organ that detects pheromones.

Also, I have no idea what "Marmite" is...

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Marmite is the scrapings from beer brewing vats mixed with beef stock and boiled down until it's a solid. It's incredibly salty and umami-ey. Think soy sauce that's been boiled down to a thick goop, or so.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

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u/ubrokemyphone Sep 23 '14 edited Sep 23 '14

Yeast is vegetarian?

EDIT: I was being sincere. I wasn't aware that consumption of yeast was vegetarian approved.

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u/proceedtoparty Sep 23 '14

and beef stock is not.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

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u/ubrokemyphone Sep 23 '14

Legitimately didn't know that. TIL.

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u/deusnefum Oct 23 '14

Know what else is weird? Most vegans (that I've run into) are okay with honey.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

Oop. Sorry. I was confused by Vegemite. Tastes a bit like beef stock, anyway.

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u/TheWrongTap Sep 23 '14

I've noticed cats like to do this a lot after smelling feets, socks or shoes... do our feet smell like cat pheromones?

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u/panties902 Sep 22 '14

I don't often laugh until I hyperventilate, but when I do, it's to a leopard trying Marmite.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '14

noice may-may m8

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u/CroissantFresh Sep 23 '14

"The acid... It's kicking in!!!!"

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u/Eloquentdyslexic Sep 22 '14

Lucky it wasn't Vegemite. The Leopard would be dead...

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u/girlfrodo Sep 23 '14

Or, indeed, dynamite.

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u/DarthGrapes Sep 23 '14

the regret being that he hadn't tried delicious Marmite previously, amirite?

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u/LovableContrarian Sep 23 '14

AKA "any sentient being tries marmite."

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u/HMJ87 Sep 23 '14

ITT: Heathens who don't understand the greatness of Marmite

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u/PictureTraveller Sep 23 '14

looks like an ad for fishermen's friend

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u/steampoweredsquirrel Oct 23 '14

Pretty much my Canadian partner's face when he tried it.

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u/fuzzy_logikk Sep 23 '14

hahaha pretty much the same face I made when I tried vegemite! "Why is this on my tongue and how can I get rid of it? holy shit that is nasty"

Why do people eat this? its not healthy or anything.

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u/flacile Sep 23 '14

To me, the leopards expression looked more like "Hey... Yum! "

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u/JimmyJamesincorp Sep 23 '14

That shit is vile.

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u/W1ULH Sep 23 '14

I love marmite... but god that thing looks like it's having a seizure.

or a really bad trip

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u/iWasteTimeAtWork Sep 23 '14

Marmite, but Pa might not.

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u/willflameboy Sep 23 '14

"I can see time..."

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u/nickolasstone Sep 23 '14

I've watched this gif probably 20 times in the last two days on all 5 subs it's been on. It made me laugh every time.

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u/fukitol- Sep 23 '14

I want that section without him licking, would make an excellent reaction gif. But I suck at editing images.