4 ms·
I had a similar realization with food recently, bear with me. You ever hear how in certain cultures, Mom's food is the best? Now, of course there's nostalgia i
by adt2bt 5y ago
I had a similar realization with food recently, bear with me.
You ever hear how in certain cultures, Mom's food is the best? Now, of course there's nostalgia involved. A hint of home can make your taste buds sing just a bit louder. But also, even for a 'simple' meal, there are so many options a chef can make that subtly change the meal.
For example, looking only at one ingredient, you can end up with a dizzying amount of options. For example, do you use chicken thighs or white meat, sear it first or let it braise, brine it or salt it right before going on, use a jar of pre-ground spices or add your own concoction of 5 spices? Each of those is a choice, and only one set of choices ends up with Mom's chicken cacciatore.
In software, any good UX is usually the result of thousands of intentional choices. It takes trial and error and research and actually time spent using the damn thing to figure out the tradeoffs involved in many of those choices. Just like it usually takes new chefs dozens of crappy, burnt, lifeless meals before developing the taste required to make those tradeoffs effectively.
- bradknowles 5y agoThe thing that hit me many years ago was when I was very young (less than five, I think), and I was at my great grandmothers house, and she fixed dinner. And I LOVED the creamed corn she made! I made such a fuss about it that she had to get another can off the shelf and make a second helping. It was just plain creamed corn with condensed milk. But it was also the best thing I had ever eaten. She was very confused. As was my grandmother. And my mom. None of them understood just how important that “granny corn” was, despite the fact that it was straight from a can into the pan to be heated a little, and then put into a bowl for me. I heard that story time and time again, for decades. Association is a huge part of impression and memories. That’s why smell is such a good trigger for emotions, because it is very primal and connected so closely to those parts of your brain that are involved in association.
- MonkeyClub 5y ago> You ever hear how in certain cultures, Mom's food is the best? Just had the semi-shocking realization that the cross-section between those cultures and the cultures where moms are stay at home is quite large.
- exolymph 5y agoWhat are the cultures where people don't have nostalgia for the food their parents fed them? Like, people will get weepy over canned veggies. Personally I think nostalgia is the most significant ingredient here.
- jimmygrapes 5y agoIn a world where children are sent to daycare, Headstart, Pre-K[indergarten] and then Kindergarten all before entering the public/private school system for the next 18 or so years, I have increasingly seen nostalgia for school cafeteria meals from those now in their 20s. Doesn't matter if it's awful quality from the same source as hospital and prison food; they grew up with it as their primary meal source.
- adt2bt 5y agoExactly. I objectively hate it, but I would eat that square pizza with square pepperoni bits again without a second thought if offered.
- hallway_monitor 5y agoTotino's has some good news for you