Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)
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It took me until high school to realize the source of that distaste was the acid. I thought I just didn't like chocolate, but after purchasing a bunch of more expensive or foreign chocolates I realized it was that feeling that I associated with chocolate that I didn't like.
It's really bothersome that other chocolate manufacturers follow this trend, because to this day I don't really like chocolate (definitely do not hate it either. As a result, sometimes I just want to buy some cheap chocolate to indulge a craving but I can't because most cheap chocolates have that exact taste.
Date: 2020-08-03
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Tricky
as a canadian, we grow up with both. US chocolate as well as brittish.
I do feel that when eating chocolate bars that dont have caramel, nuts, wafer etc. the brittish or japanese chocolates are creamy, milkier and slightly less sweet which is better than waxier, grainier, sour american chocolate. BUT there are some candy bars where the sour-ness adds a layer to the overall experience of a candybar which is good. this is for bars that has a lot more ingrediants. nougat etc.
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as a canadian, we grow up with both. US chocolate as well as brittish.
I do feel that when eating chocolate bars that dont have caramel, nuts, wafer etc. the brittish or japanese chocolates are creamy, milkier and slightly less sweet which is better than waxier, grainier, sour american chocolate. BUT there are some candy bars where the sour-ness adds a layer to the overall experience of a candybar which is good. this is for bars that has a lot more ingrediants. nougat etc.
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William
Resinated wine, masa tortillas, dried seaweed; these are all considered exotic acquired tastes only appreciable to those with a more refined palate. But not Hershey's chocolate. Americans have a bad reputation when it comes to culinary refinement, and so our acquired tastes are written off as ignorance. Of course if foreigners don't like a food item popular in America, then it must be because Americans are accustomed to low-quality food.
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Resinated wine, masa tortillas, dried seaweed; these are all considered exotic acquired tastes only appreciable to those with a more refined palate. But not Hershey's chocolate. Americans have a bad reputation when it comes to culinary refinement, and so our acquired tastes are written off as ignorance. Of course if foreigners don't like a food item popular in America, then it must be because Americans are accustomed to low-quality food.
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Sach
. anything that brings you pleasure is great, so long as it doesn't come at the particular expense of anybody else or at the particular expense of your longterm pleasure-experiencing capacity. So take your pleasure where you find it.
I love this. This quote, not only it applies to chocolate of our choice, it applies to everything we do to achieve pleasure
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. anything that brings you pleasure is great, so long as it doesn't come at the particular expense of anybody else or at the particular expense of your longterm pleasure-experiencing capacity. So take your pleasure where you find it.
I love this. This quote, not only it applies to chocolate of our choice, it applies to everything we do to achieve pleasure
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Orion
laughs in belgian
as family of someone who works in the (high-end) chocolate industry, we regularly get tonnes of world-class (callebaut) chocolate products for free.
I usually laugh when seeing people discuss most commercial chocolates because I have the luxury of not having to care about it.
some things in life are just nice
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laughs in belgian
as family of someone who works in the (high-end) chocolate industry, we regularly get tonnes of world-class (callebaut) chocolate products for free.
I usually laugh when seeing people discuss most commercial chocolates because I have the luxury of not having to care about it.
some things in life are just nice
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aleksis
Speaking of chocolate. Am I only one who prefers gimmicky types over plain?
Like milka with oreos, bloody love that stuff, or those bubly inflated chocolate bars
Laima(firm from latvia, owned by not-latvians) has these milk chocolates with strawberry poping candy in them, and they taste better than they have any right to be.
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Speaking of chocolate. Am I only one who prefers gimmicky types over plain?
Like milka with oreos, bloody love that stuff, or those bubly inflated chocolate bars
Laima(firm from latvia, owned by not-latvians) has these milk chocolates with strawberry poping candy in them, and they taste better than they have any right to be.
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Rick
I grew up eating (and liking) Hershey's as well. However, I slowly grew to dislike the taste, without being able to put my finger on why. I eventually learned it was the soured milk making it taste like vomit. All this is to say. it's not just non-Americans that hate it, and not even just people who didn't grow up with it!
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I grew up eating (and liking) Hershey's as well. However, I slowly grew to dislike the taste, without being able to put my finger on why. I eventually learned it was the soured milk making it taste like vomit. All this is to say. it's not just non-Americans that hate it, and not even just people who didn't grow up with it!
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laserwolf65
I don't have anything against the Hershey bar, I just don't like Milk Chocolate. I'm one of THOSE American weirdos. But then again, while I like sweet things, I tend to like bitter stuff more than other people I know. I like my coffee black most of the time, and I think Campari is delicious.
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I don't have anything against the Hershey bar, I just don't like Milk Chocolate. I'm one of THOSE American weirdos. But then again, while I like sweet things, I tend to like bitter stuff more than other people I know. I like my coffee black most of the time, and I think Campari is delicious.
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Spenser
Hershey bars are objectively bad because they have cross-contamination with nuts. I grew up on Hershey bars but I can't eat them any more because I grew into a nut allergy: (
Protip for all my nut-allergic friends out there: Hersey kisses are your safest option, and they are delicious
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Hershey bars are objectively bad because they have cross-contamination with nuts. I grew up on Hershey bars but I can't eat them any more because I grew into a nut allergy: (
Protip for all my nut-allergic friends out there: Hersey kisses are your safest option, and they are delicious
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Nicolle
This is one of the few videos where I actually know a lot of the information only because I loved reading Steve Almond's book Candyfreak as a youth. If anyone else is interested in details of the candy industry of america and behind the scenes look at factories, i highly recommend it!
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This is one of the few videos where I actually know a lot of the information only because I loved reading Steve Almond's book Candyfreak as a youth. If anyone else is interested in details of the candy industry of america and behind the scenes look at factories, i highly recommend it!
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