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Your kid self isn't really wrong. However, your kid self is comparing the "mass market" versions of things while your adult self understands that "mass market"
by bsder 4y ago
Your kid self isn't really wrong. However, your kid self is comparing the "mass market" versions of things while your adult self understands that "mass market" kind of sucks.
Mass market "fruit cake" is terrible. A "proper fruit cake" has a ludicrous amount of alcohol in it and is quite a different beast. I suspect I've never had "genuine" marzipan. And a chocolate peanut butter cup or creme filled donut made by hand at your local store is very different from anything "mass market".
However, I will also say that kid you is remembering a different food as well. Reeses cups have gotten terrible--the chocolate and peanut butter have gotten nasty. Similarly for creme filled donuts, I'm pretty sure that they don't even wave a dairy product over those anymore at Dunkin Donuts.
- QuantumSeed 4y agoTotally agree with your stance on Reeses. I learned how to make my own cups after seeing a video from Bon Appétit on YouTube. I think it's definitely worth the trouble if you're a big fan of peanut butter cups.
- samarthr1 4y agoThanks for reminding me about that channel... Was thinking about it, but has forgotten it.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoThere is also a significant biological difference. Children basically have an unlimited preference for sweetness, while as we age adults' flavor preferences change and we get turned off by things that are too sweet. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/kids-sugar-cravings-might-be-biological https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/ki...