From Wikipedia of course:
The following items are considered acquired tastes, particularly by people not from the place where it originates:
List of Acquired Tastes
Jul 26, ’07
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From Wikipedia of course:
The following items are considered acquired tastes, particularly by people not from the place where it originates:
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15 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Aren’t all foods an acquired taste?
I was born with an affinity for very stong flavors. My quest in life to avoid bland foods has brought me to many different culinary adventures. My motto is to try everything twice, so I can get past my initial reaction and actually appreciate the flavor of whatever I’m sampling.
From the list, here are the items I enjoy.
Aloe Vera: I don’t know why this is listed as an aquired taste, it’s very mild and pleasant. Maybe because when it’s used in drinks it’s usually left in chunk/pulp form? If you ever get to have some you really should!
Anchovies: If they didn’t have the tiny bones that stab me in the gums I’d eat them on everything. Currently they go on my home made pizza, in my salads, and in my pasta sauce.
Calamari: Chew chew chew, yum!
Capers: In the salad with the Anchovies, also in pasta salad!
Caviar: Osetra when I’m in Vegas. I’ll eat the salty cheap stuff any day too!
Strong Cheeses: Bring on the roquefort! Please!
Chili Pepper: Not so much that I can’t taste my food though.
Coffee: Who doesn’t like it?
Coriander: In my enchilada casserole!
Dijon Mustard: Coarse ground on a cracked wheat cracker with summer sausage. Oh yeah!
Durian: I’ve only had this in sweet treats. I’m afraid if I buy one I might step on it or drop it on my cat.
Eel: There’s two full sized filets in my freezer atm. GOD it’s so good! And so easy to prepare in the toaster oven.
Fish Sauce: Throw away that crappy brine that comes with your ramen noodles and sprinkle some of this on them instead. It’s also used to make Bulldog Sauce which is a miracle condiment.
Kimchi: I promise it doesn’t taste as bad as it smells.
Natto: I’ll probably never eat this again but I’m glad I tried it.
Octopus: It’s yummy, but I don’t eat it anymore. I don’t feel right about eating an animal that’s so intelligent.
Olives: Black, Green and Purple please! Marinate with some ginger, garlic, sea salt and lemon zest.
Sushi: If it comes from the sea I’ll probably eat it. White tuna is the best!
Uni: It tastes like the ocean.
Wasabi: It makes the very top of my head itch but I love it!
@Piri: You don’t eat Octopus but Calamari are yummy? May I point out that both are the same?
@Tichy: Huh? Calamari is squid, not octopus…
Yeah, silly!
Maybe he meant they’re the same as in “EW!”
That said, I love me some calamari…
I love me some calamari too. But just the tentacles please. The rings freak me out.
fish and plankton and sea greens and protein from the seeeeeea
Acquired taste: “Stella,” the TV show.
a southern acquired taste: boiled peanuts
I fell in love with kimchi the first time I tasted it. The spiciness blew the top of my head off, but it was good! It was served in a lunch plate cooked up by Korean mother-in-law’s at a food booth in, of all places, Germany, at a gift bazaar. So yummy!
LOL.
Semen is an “acquired taste”…LOL
@Bob McCown: Well, I said I don’t eat octopus because of the intelligence of the animal, not because of anything to do with the flavor.
@Chris: The rings will come for you in your sleep! Boo!
@s g: Oh wow, boiled peanuts are the best. There’s a stand on my way to grandma’s that sells them fresh on the side of the road. I can’t pass them up. NEVER buy the preserved kind you can sometimes find at the grocery store. They’re smelly and they don’t taste right.
Radmilla : Well said ! Tee Hee
Chris, I am the opposite-no tenticles please !
Piri-what do boiled peanuts taste like compared to regular ones ?
Humm, hard to say. They’re very soft, like beans and they’re usually boiled in heavily salted water. Some places I’ve had them add cajun spices to the water. It’s still a peanut flavor but milder with a very different texture and a funky smell.