I visited my daughter yesterday and she greeted me with a small bandage around a finger and a series of them of the larger variety up her right arm.
“My! What happened to you?
“Just a regular morning. Seems my life being held together with Ban-Aids and coffee.”
Coffee is her pick me up and her sedative, her elixir of life. For as long as I remember, she’s always liked coffee. I was like that too. I never didn’t not like coffee. Coffee, tea, chocolate. Anything with caffeine although I don’t overly indulge. I can’t say that I have known anyone else who immediately took to the black gold of beverages. (I also immediately took to that other liquid black gold, Guinness, even though beer in general is not among my list of favorite beverages. Guinness has a sweetness to me, but that’s a story for a different post.)
Most “adult” beverages take some getting used to. Some people never get used to them. Or to some of them. The clear ones, tequila, vodka, and gin, take most people by the greatest degree of surprise at first sip. They’re clear. Like water. They should have no taste. But they do. And somehow people get used to them.
It’s not only beverages that hold this acquired taste phenomenon. The cheese family has many examples of food that objectively tastes bad. Stop and think about it. Most cheeses smell bad, rely on mold or fermentation to achieve their heady flavor, and many come with a slimy, sticky, or crumbly texture if they aren’t held together by a waxy coating. Not the sort of list one might write up when developing a yummy confection from scratch.
Did you ever try to eat a peeled kiwi by hand? Impossible. It’s like trying to corral a sardine.
Speaking of sardines, the fish family is another with seemingly endless reasons not to like. Slimy, smelly, bones that magically appear after cooking.
then there are bizarre organ meats. Liver, tripe, brains. Ecch.
Mind you, I like all this stuff. And add to that olives, squid, eel, even cilantro.
But no liver or brains. And no gin.
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Guinness has a….sweetness, you say?!? Ummmm…I’m gonna need an explanation. Gah! 😜❤️😜
Oh my gosh yes! Line up a dozen beers and do a blindfold taste test. Most people think Guinness is so string and bitter because it’s so dark, but it’s actually mild and sweet and low alcohol. Tummy and good for you! 🍻
I knew there was a reason why hubby Paul liked it — and now you’ve explained why!!! LOL! 🥰🤣🥰
Happy to help, Ma’am
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You may not have intended morning giggles, but you gave them to me. I was in Ireland and tasted Guinness–not my cup of tea. Beer in general isn’t tolerated by my system–it’s a gluten thing. I love a good cup of coffee, and like your daughter, I shamelessly got my kids to drink it at very young ages–drinking even coffee alone isn’t my thing. But then you got onto cheeses and slimy things. Where in the world did you learn to eat eel? And squid? Not normal dishes in the States. I was raised on liver–Mom thought eating organ meats was healthy, even though it was disgusting. Flavor is a necessary thing, but so is texture. You’re a man of many tastes!
Oh my, squid (calamari) was a staple growing up although I never developed a taste for octopus. Eel was a special occasion. Mostly at Christmas as part of our 7 fishes, but it popped up every now and then throughout the year. I could never tolerate lover but my other also thought it was a healthy “meat.” [shudder]
Cilantro seems like a funny thing to add to that list. No liver or brains for me either!
Oh my, I’ve seen fights over cilantro. It doesn’t bother me any. There’s something else very common that is polarizing to its fans and detractors but I just like it too because I can’t think of what it is
I had no idea it was that controversial. Funny!
It’s 2025. Controversy lurks everywhere!
No doubt about that!
I read several books from Britain and Australia and New Zealand. I ran into a popular food lamb sweetbreads and finally looked it up. YIKES!!!!! Although, from there, I found a reference to sheep or goat whistles for dogs. Double yikes!!!!! One of the more amusing things I picked up this last month was a cute skeleton shape. Of an octopus. Which, as my son said, is illogical. BUT, it is cute! NOTE: I don’t like octopus. Too chewy. I did gross out a hair stylist the other day. They were talking about snails and asked what they were. I mentioned they were slugs with houses. Then, I shared a recipe I found for a coff syrup made from a layer of clean slugs, sugar, slugs, and so on. The sugar melts the slugs and you add flavoring. Alas, my boys never wanted me to make it.
another note: our dog was partial to the neighbor’s Guinness.
The dog has taste. And a sweet tooth!
laughed!
Haha. I’m right there with your boys. Slug syrup does not sound at all pleasant!