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I was raised with it and I think Hershey's smells like dog poop.

ziml77 5y ago
Hershey's is odd, but humans eat plenty of foods that taste or smell strange. Some of those are even considered delicacies. The biggest factor to if one likes them is growing up with it, but of course liking them is not a given.
- ahartmetz 5y ago
  (German) I didn't grow up with Hershey's but when I tried it, the traditional spoiled milk substance in it tasted like honey to me. And later I read that the substance is indeed found in honey. The honey taste is alright, it's a nice variety on chocolate taste. It's the rest of it that I find slightly subpar for the price - not terrible though. Maybe they sell a different recipe here.
RankingMember 5y ago
So it's not just me! It's weird though, because I can still eat it no problem. One of those weird things like cheese where it smelling bad doesn't make it unappetizing.
- distantaidenn 5y ago
  You're talking to a man that loves him some natto and when I can get my hands on it: durian. Both can clear a room. I can pretty much eat anything. But, I couldn't even get down one bite of stinky tofu when I was in Taiwan. It tastes exactly like it smells. Still waiting to try some surstromming.
  - WastingMyTime89 5y ago
    > It tastes exactly like it smells. Don't know if it will help you but I think the same thing of durian. It smells like rotten food and tastes like rotten food. I think people have varying degree of sensitivity to the various compounds in the food and that another significant part of it is also linked to what you were exposed to while growing up and the association you made.
  - bjelkeman-again 5y ago
    In my limited experience surströmming doesn’t taste as bad as it smells (it smells pretty bad). But, it doesn’t actually compensate by tasting good either. So I never saw any point eating it beyond the first try.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  I eat it sometimes, but will never choose it if I have an option. But yeah, for years now, I've been like, uh, people, this literally smells like dog poop, right? Does nobody notice this except me? A few years ago again mystified I googled it and found the butyric acid acid thing. Apparently people more often say "vomit" but to me it's definitely dog poop. SO WEIRD that now this scent/flavor has apparently become well-liked, that other chocolate manufacturers do it on purpose? Just weird. But yeah, people like what they like.
RHSeeger 5y ago
There are high quality cheese that smell like old feet. My wife started out calling Locatelli (my favorite Pecorino Romano) "foot cheese". > The compounds produced by the Limburger cheese are close enough to human body odor to confuse mosquitoes https://askentomologists.com/2015/09/10/mosquitoes-love-cheese-heres-why/ https://askentomologists.com/2015/09/10/mosquitoes-love-chee... Just because something has a smell that is reminiscent of some other (unappatizing) thing, doesn't necessarily speak to how good it tastes.
RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
I did outdoor ed and summer camps for decades, and I've never though Hersheys smelled like anything other than doo-doo. Like actual doo-doo. I remember bringing it by a kybo and doing a smell compare. Yep. Doo-doo. Its gross, nasty brown candle wax.
- vidanay 5y ago
  Holy crap (lol), I haven't heard the term KYBO used in 30+ years.

Hershey's is odd, but humans eat plenty of foods that taste or smell strange. Some of those are even considered delicacies. The biggest factor to if one likes them is growing up with it, but of course liking them is not a given.

ahartmetz 5y ago
(German) I didn't grow up with Hershey's but when I tried it, the traditional spoiled milk substance in it tasted like honey to me. And later I read that the substance is indeed found in honey. The honey taste is alright, it's a nice variety on chocolate taste. It's the rest of it that I find slightly subpar for the price - not terrible though. Maybe they sell a different recipe here.

RankingMember 5y ago

So it's not just me! It's weird though, because I can still eat it no problem. One of those weird things like cheese where it smelling bad doesn't make it unappetizing.

distantaidenn 5y ago
You're talking to a man that loves him some natto and when I can get my hands on it: durian. Both can clear a room. I can pretty much eat anything. But, I couldn't even get down one bite of stinky tofu when I was in Taiwan. It tastes exactly like it smells. Still waiting to try some surstromming.
- WastingMyTime89 5y ago
  > It tastes exactly like it smells. Don't know if it will help you but I think the same thing of durian. It smells like rotten food and tastes like rotten food. I think people have varying degree of sensitivity to the various compounds in the food and that another significant part of it is also linked to what you were exposed to while growing up and the association you made.
- bjelkeman-again 5y ago
  In my limited experience surströmming doesn’t taste as bad as it smells (it smells pretty bad). But, it doesn’t actually compensate by tasting good either. So I never saw any point eating it beyond the first try.
jrochkind1 5y ago
I eat it sometimes, but will never choose it if I have an option. But yeah, for years now, I've been like, uh, people, this literally smells like dog poop, right? Does nobody notice this except me? A few years ago again mystified I googled it and found the butyric acid acid thing. Apparently people more often say "vomit" but to me it's definitely dog poop. SO WEIRD that now this scent/flavor has apparently become well-liked, that other chocolate manufacturers do it on purpose? Just weird. But yeah, people like what they like.

RHSeeger 5y ago

There are high quality cheese that smell like old feet. My wife started out calling Locatelli (my favorite Pecorino Romano) "foot cheese". > The compounds produced by the Limburger cheese are close enough to human body odor to confuse mosquitoes https://askentomologists.com/2015/09/10/mosquitoes-love-cheese-heres-why/ https://askentomologists.com/2015/09/10/mosquitoes-love-chee... Just because something has a smell that is reminiscent of some other (unappatizing) thing, doesn't necessarily speak to how good it tastes.

RosanaAnaDana 5y ago

I did outdoor ed and summer camps for decades, and I've never though Hersheys smelled like anything other than doo-doo. Like actual doo-doo. I remember bringing it by a kybo and doing a smell compare. Yep. Doo-doo. Its gross, nasty brown candle wax.

vidanay 5y ago
Holy crap (lol), I haven't heard the term KYBO used in 30+ years.