how do acquired tastes work?

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Things like mouldy cheese are awful initially, but after a while they become sought-after delicacies for many people. How does this work?

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At first all you know is chicken nuggies and easy Mac, that green shit looks terrible. Then you gain some life experience- love, fear, pain, doubt, and you learn how to handle it. Then one day you aren’t so scared of the green stuff. You eat it and it’s pretty weird but stimulating, you say I’m glad I tried but maybe not for me. Then you get more life experience and you want to keep trying new things. You come back to the green things and suddenly that one green thing tastes amazing and you now understand the weird stimulating taste but also appreciate it now. You keep eating it and trying with new dishes and you find new love for it. You graduate to alcohol perhaps when your parents let you try a sip of beer. It tastes wack but you’re like why do my parents love that shit, one day you’re with your pals and you get tipsy on beer, you may even try a different hoppy beer and the same feelings happen when you learned you liked greens. More life experience happens and now you have an open mind to take anything on. You maybe even start venturing out of your local community. You’re trying Indian food, wine, hot sauce, whiskey, maybe even some escargot… you realize even if you don’t like it all you’re glad you tried because it makes you appreciate other things even more. Then you’re x3 times the elder of the wine you’re drinking and you approach it with nothing but class, you may even share it with the people you love, and you join it with specific cheeses that smell like ass but taste amazing. Suddenly it’s a bonding thing and you’ve found a loving taste for this drink/dish that you look forward to on the right occasion. You continue to age and appreciate all things regardless if they are your specific pallet and you’re happy to have tried so much and look forward to the next scary dish.

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