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> It's a very acquired flavor... I don't think that it is actually "acquired". You liked it as a child, and still do. I find it to be vile and inedible, and al

> It's a very acquired flavor... I don't think that it is actually "acquired". You liked it as a child, and still do. I find it to be vile and inedible, and always have. This preference seems to innate and fixed.

moron4hire 6y ago
I don't care for it, but I don't hate it. It's kind of "meh". Don't see what the fuss is, either way.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
  > I don't care for it, but I don't hate it. It's kind of "meh". Therefor, if there is a gene that makes one sensitive to the extreme pungency of liquorice in bad way, then you don't have it. You just fall somewhere on the range of preferences that you might find for any taste.
gowld 6y ago
Have you tried it more than 50 times?
- kbutler 6y ago
  If you detested it the first 49 times, why keep eating it?
  - ImprovedSilence 6y ago
    familiarity breeds comfort. A common hack to get your kids to eat anything, is to force them to try it at least 10 different times. They always keep spitting it out or crying they don't like it. Eventually one time you feed it to them and they get used to it and like it, as if they never threw a fit with it before. Not everybody's parents did this. That's why there's grown adults that eat nothing but pizza or steak and potatoes... P.S. that being said, I still don't like broccoli.... Might be one of the only foods I've never liked in any shape or form... P.P.S. I've had that salty black licorice before when I visited Sweden. I enjoyed it in very small doses.
    - ctidd 6y ago
      Forcing your children to eat things they aren't comfortable with is not a hack. Please do not do this. There is a significant difference between providing a positive environment for your child to encounter new foods and forcing them, physically or otherwise, to eat them.
      - kbenson 6y ago
        There's something to be said for this, but I also don't think the GP literally meant forcing them. Forcing children to eat something can cause aversion and eating problems. That said, I am a fan of strongly incentivizing thought promising a later treat for the first few times there's something new to try that I want them to give a fair shake to.
        SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
        > but I also don't think the GP literally meant forcing them We only have the GP's words: and at face value, as they should be taken, they do seem to literally mean that.
        kbenson 6y ago
        To a degree. Hyperbole and idioms are a normal part of communication, as is learning to decipher meaning from them. If someone said something along the lines of "I would kill my son if they did that", would you take that literally, or as a hyperbolic idiom meaning they would be mad at them and punish them? I think the actual meaning of the statement in question is ambiguous given the above, and providing for the option that you misinterpreted someone's meaning when condemning their speech likely does a lot to keep the discussion civil and useful.
        SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
        parents actually killing their child is rare. Parents actually making their child eat specific food, with threat of physical force, not so rare. You don't have to search for a figurative meaning where none is needed.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
  >Have you tried it more than 50 times Over the years, I must have. It's invariant. This is _not_ an "acquired taste" thing, it is simply unpalatable to some, and you can kindly stop pushing it.
verst 6y ago
I didn't like beer, wine, whiskey or coffee at 16 or 18 and now do. I don't know when I started liking black licorice but surely I didn't eat that as a toddler. I remember my parents giving it to me when I couldn't sleep pretending it was a sleep medication. It worked haha
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
  Are you saying that you went from the "hate liquorice" to the "like liquorice" camp? At what age? I literally don't know of anyone who has "acquired" the taste for liquorice via exposure. It's really nothing like "aging into" the preference for coffee, beer, whiskey or wine. It's more like the preference for coriander / cilantro, which is genetic. I appreciate that your experience of liquorice is different to mine, but I ask you to stop explaining my experience of liquorice to me.
  - verst 6y ago
    I don't think anyone is explaining your experience. You always hated it and still do. No big deal. However you seem to reject the idea people can go from disliking it to liking it, which isn't the case. Nobody claimed you can force yourself to enjoy it :)
    - SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
      > you seem to reject the idea people can go from disliking it to liking it, which isn't the case I'm saying that I have never seen this happen when the person has the "liquorice averse" reaction, which is not simple a regular food preference or toddler with unfamiliar food thing. And so I am very sceptical. You say it "isn't the case" but ... nothing more. Ok, that does not convince me.

moron4hire 6y ago

I don't care for it, but I don't hate it. It's kind of "meh". Don't see what the fuss is, either way.

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> I don't care for it, but I don't hate it. It's kind of "meh". Therefor, if there is a gene that makes one sensitive to the extreme pungency of liquorice in bad way, then you don't have it. You just fall somewhere on the range of preferences that you might find for any taste.

gowld 6y ago

Have you tried it more than 50 times?

kbutler 6y ago
If you detested it the first 49 times, why keep eating it?
- ImprovedSilence 6y ago
  familiarity breeds comfort. A common hack to get your kids to eat anything, is to force them to try it at least 10 different times. They always keep spitting it out or crying they don't like it. Eventually one time you feed it to them and they get used to it and like it, as if they never threw a fit with it before. Not everybody's parents did this. That's why there's grown adults that eat nothing but pizza or steak and potatoes... P.S. that being said, I still don't like broccoli.... Might be one of the only foods I've never liked in any shape or form... P.P.S. I've had that salty black licorice before when I visited Sweden. I enjoyed it in very small doses.
  - ctidd 6y ago
    Forcing your children to eat things they aren't comfortable with is not a hack. Please do not do this. There is a significant difference between providing a positive environment for your child to encounter new foods and forcing them, physically or otherwise, to eat them.
    - kbenson 6y ago
      There's something to be said for this, but I also don't think the GP literally meant forcing them. Forcing children to eat something can cause aversion and eating problems. That said, I am a fan of strongly incentivizing thought promising a later treat for the first few times there's something new to try that I want them to give a fair shake to.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
        > but I also don't think the GP literally meant forcing them We only have the GP's words: and at face value, as they should be taken, they do seem to literally mean that.
        kbenson 6y ago
        To a degree. Hyperbole and idioms are a normal part of communication, as is learning to decipher meaning from them. If someone said something along the lines of "I would kill my son if they did that", would you take that literally, or as a hyperbolic idiom meaning they would be mad at them and punish them? I think the actual meaning of the statement in question is ambiguous given the above, and providing for the option that you misinterpreted someone's meaning when condemning their speech likely does a lot to keep the discussion civil and useful.
        SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
        parents actually killing their child is rare. Parents actually making their child eat specific food, with threat of physical force, not so rare. You don't have to search for a figurative meaning where none is needed.
SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
>Have you tried it more than 50 times Over the years, I must have. It's invariant. This is _not_ an "acquired taste" thing, it is simply unpalatable to some, and you can kindly stop pushing it.

verst 6y ago

I didn't like beer, wine, whiskey or coffee at 16 or 18 and now do. I don't know when I started liking black licorice but surely I didn't eat that as a toddler. I remember my parents giving it to me when I couldn't sleep pretending it was a sleep medication. It worked haha

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
Are you saying that you went from the "hate liquorice" to the "like liquorice" camp? At what age? I literally don't know of anyone who has "acquired" the taste for liquorice via exposure. It's really nothing like "aging into" the preference for coffee, beer, whiskey or wine. It's more like the preference for coriander / cilantro, which is genetic. I appreciate that your experience of liquorice is different to mine, but I ask you to stop explaining my experience of liquorice to me.
- verst 6y ago
  I don't think anyone is explaining your experience. You always hated it and still do. No big deal. However you seem to reject the idea people can go from disliking it to liking it, which isn't the case. Nobody claimed you can force yourself to enjoy it :)
  - SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
    > you seem to reject the idea people can go from disliking it to liking it, which isn't the case I'm saying that I have never seen this happen when the person has the "liquorice averse" reaction, which is not simple a regular food preference or toddler with unfamiliar food thing. And so I am very sceptical. You say it "isn't the case" but ... nothing more. Ok, that does not convince me.