Eli5: Do our tastebuds actually “change” as we get older? Who do kids dislike a certain food, then start liking it as an adult?

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When I was a kid, I did not like spicy food. Now an adult, I love it.

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I wonder how different these results would be culturally or by country. I know I hated a lot of foods as a kid due to quality and poor preparation and I lived in a very sugar & fat friendly country. I’m curious about countries/cultures that have have an emphasis on savoury and different textures as well (like tendons, seafood, offcuts, not potato root veggies, etc). For example in Korea and Japan eating tendon, tongue, liver, live octopus, chicken feet, etc is not necessarily odd from my understanding. Its just food. I could be wrong, but this is why I am curious if there are cultural differences.

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