Bitter foods SHOULD taste terrible...here's why they don't

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If disliking bitter foods evolved to keep us alive, why do we LOVE some bitter foods?
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆-𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆:
-Breslin PA. An evolutionary perspective on food and human taste. Curr Biol. 2013 May 6;23(9):R409-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.010. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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-Reed DR, Knaapila A. Genetics of taste and smell: poisons and pleasures. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2010;94:213-40. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375003-7.00008-X. www.sciencedirect.com/science...
-Wang X, Thomas SD, Zhang J. Relaxation of selective constraint and loss of function in the evolution of human bitter taste receptor genes. Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Nov 1;13(21):2671-8. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh289. academic.oup.com/hmg/article/...
-Wooding S. Signatures of natural selection in a primate bitter taste receptor. J Mol Evol. 2011 Dec;73(5-6):257-65. doi: 10.1007/s00239-011-9481-0. link.springer.com/article/10....
-Ustun B, Reissland N, Covey J, Schaal B, Blissett J. Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviors in the Human Fetus. Psychol Sci. 2022 Oct;33(10):1651-1663. doi: 10.1177/09567976221105460. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
-Wooding SP, Ramirez VA, Behrens M. Bitter taste receptors: Genes, evolution and health. Evol Med Public Health. 2021 Oct 13;9(1):431-447. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab031. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 (𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲) 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀:
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-www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/t-...
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𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰:
-Dr. Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies at the University of California Merced
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  • @MinuteFood
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  • @guidosalescalvano9862

    @guidosalescalvano9862

    Жыл бұрын

    You cannot make a video with minutefood beer, and then not sell it in some store. We demand a beer named international phonetic alphabet! It does not have to be an IPA if you don't feel like brewing that type of beer...

  • @alphaapple1375

    @alphaapple1375

    Жыл бұрын

    Mario from the video game movie adaptation attempts to touch an Amanita mushroom 🍄 . “Do not touch that mushroom! You’ll die!” Toad warns. “Oh! That’s perfectly fine!” Toad saves Mario’s life, then escorts him to the Mushroom Kingdom. “Mushroom Kingdom here we come!” Mario exclaims.

  • @bensoncheung2801

    @bensoncheung2801

    Жыл бұрын

    68th 👍

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    @pustota7254

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @AgentM124

    @AgentM124

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Minute Food, I was wondering if you could do an episode on when to put what in the fridge or not. Some foods are "not supposed" to go in the fridge, but they last much much longer, while otherwise they'd go bad in a few days. On the other hand, sometimes it might deteriorate taste. Though, sometimes you'd trade taste for longevity or vice versa. Maybe it'd be interesting to do a deep dive on this. As it's not always clear. Oranges, eggs, home made cake or brownies? Beans? Hope you take some inspiration from this for an upcoming vid.

  • @Soul-Burn
    @Soul-Burn Жыл бұрын

    International Phonetic Alphabet is my favorite beer!

  • @Hoosteen4

    @Hoosteen4

    Жыл бұрын

    I studied chemistry in college and think "iso-propyl alcohol" when I see IPA 😅

  • @nyuh

    @nyuh

    Жыл бұрын

    ah you beat me to it with this comment ! XD

  • @hendraibaraki

    @hendraibaraki

    Жыл бұрын

    India pale ale.. isopropyl alcohol.. and others IPA

  • @fwizzybee42

    @fwizzybee42

    Жыл бұрын

    This being the comment I could see from my feed combined with the weird title…was very curious what on earth it could be about

  • @lennoxtvthingy7408

    @lennoxtvthingy7408

    Жыл бұрын

    Don’t you mean /bi:r/?

  • @Teauma
    @Teauma Жыл бұрын

    Bitter things are often described as "acquired tastes", like beer, coffee or wine. To me, that means that you start naturally disliking it, that's an immediate logical response, then with a mix of curiosity and a bit of social pressure, you try them again and again and at some point the "unpleasantness" becomes interesting rather than just displeasing, the same way you might enjoy a horror movie with gore, or just sad fiction. It just contributes to life being complex and more enjoyable that way.

  • @UrbanPanic

    @UrbanPanic

    Жыл бұрын

    I think evolutionarily, bitter could be more "Proceed with caution: MAY be hazardous" rather than full stop "DANGER!" So, the "social pressure" might in part be seeing that your friends didn't get sick from it, so maybe it's okay for you to try a little more and see how you react. The acclimatization is your body remembering that it didn't cause much harm the last time. Also, a lot of bitter substances are more harmful to children than adults, so the distaste for bitter reducing with age just makes sense.

  • @GetterBurai

    @GetterBurai

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, the brute force fact is that evolution in general doesn't 'care' (metaphorically speaking) so much about older individuals vs. children -- a "Logan's run" gene that would absolutely kill you at age 50 won't be especially selected against, because it won't kill you before you can have children to pass it to.

  • @TasteOfButterflies

    @TasteOfButterflies

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you don't get a taste for bitter by itself, but bitter combined with something desirable, like sugar, fat, or a drug (caffeine, alcohol, theobromine...). Chocolate has all three.

  • @GogiRegion

    @GogiRegion

    Жыл бұрын

    @@UrbanPanic A lot of healthy food is bitter or has bitter components. It’s very likely that we evolutionarily know that some bitter things can be good.

  • @danytalksmusic

    @danytalksmusic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GogiRegion That's a backwards way at looking at this. You're tasting bitterness because there's poison in the food you're eating. some molecules are clearly harmful and your body is letting you know about them. That's regardless of whether there's some other benefit or pleasure in other molecules within the food. toxicity is still present and any molecules your body is warning you about are harmful and have been honed over millions of years of evolutionary defenses.

  • @1998tkhri
    @1998tkhri Жыл бұрын

    Ok, but if you did make an IPA called International Phonetic Alphabet, I would DEFINITELY buy it. This is exactly my type of humor

  • @corrinflakes9659

    @corrinflakes9659

    Жыл бұрын

    Just call it International Phonetic Alephabet with the “Ale” there to communicate it’s alcohol and avoid stepping on actual IPA’s toes, that’s it.

  • @1998tkhri

    @1998tkhri

    Жыл бұрын

    @@corrinflakes9659 This is excellent. I may steal this idea.

  • @vacafuega
    @vacafuega Жыл бұрын

    I'm one of the zero tasters and I live with a super taster. "Is this bitter?" is a favourite game, haha. Since I started anti-depressants I can taste a bit more bitter than before, it's really fascinating side effect.

  • @zumabbar

    @zumabbar

    18 күн бұрын

    not trying to make light of the situation, but there's something poetic about being able to feel more tastes after using anti-depressants

  • @KekusMagnus
    @KekusMagnus Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely hate any form of bitterness in food but my dad somehow really enjoys it and makes things bitter on purpose. Some people are just freaky

  • @artery9407

    @artery9407

    Жыл бұрын

    I like bitterness to a degree. People are just over addicted to sweet and not used to bitterness.

  • @the1337fleet

    @the1337fleet

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really a matter of freakiness. It can go both ways if you want to label it that way.

  • @lilsmolcrow

    @lilsmolcrow

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artery9407 Bitterness is usually associated with poisonous substances so our body has all the reasons to not like it

  • @sophiacristina

    @sophiacristina

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theholypopechodeii4367 I'm otherwise, i rarely eat sweet foods, and love bitter and sour food. The bitter the beer is, the better...

  • @sheepketchup9059

    @sheepketchup9059

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@the1337fleet it can't really go both way actually, not liking bitter is just not freaky, liking it is.

  • @DianaGee
    @DianaGee Жыл бұрын

    What’s confused me is that i absolutely love dark chocolate’s more bitter taste while i absolutely cannot stand alcohol and some other bitter things

  • @markchapman6800

    @markchapman6800

    Жыл бұрын

    OTOH, I drink coffee black but can't stand cocoa without any milk or sugar to moderate its extreme bitterness.

  • @VincentGroenewold

    @VincentGroenewold

    Жыл бұрын

    I never liked beer either until I was 20. I was traveling with almost no cash (just at that moment), on a train and really hungry. The only thing I could buy was a beer, so I did. And fore some reason that tasted nice. And that was it, I suddenly liked it. Weird

  • @Zaxares

    @Zaxares

    Жыл бұрын

    It's probably a combination of the various compounds in chocolate appealing to you alongside the bitterness, but those same compounds are missing when it comes to alcoholic drinks. For my part, I absolutely could not stand bitter foods and drinks as a kid, so after watching this video I suspect I likely inherited genes that allowed me to taste bitterness WAY more strongly than my parents or brother. Over the decades my distaste for bitterness has mellowed (likely because my taste buds have also weakened and I can no longer taste bitterness as strongly); in my teens and early twenties I started drinking tea and enjoying dark chocolate (previously I would only eat milk chocolate), and only recently (in my early 40's!) did I start drinking coffee as well. I still can't stand alcoholic drinks though.

  • @jogandsp

    @jogandsp

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't just have one receptor for bitter foods. As they said bitterness is complex. So you are likely not very sensitive to the bitter compounds in chocolate but you are sensitive to other bitter compounds

  • @GogiRegion

    @GogiRegion

    Жыл бұрын

    Different bitter genes react to different chemicals. I know for me, PTC paper (the one mentioned in the video) is very bitter, however I don’t find alcohol bitter at all. Some people are the complete opposite.

  • @waterunderthebridge7950
    @waterunderthebridge7950 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like it’s just a similar thing like with spiciness where the sensation makes the flavour more stimulating/exciting

  • @babilon6097
    @babilon6097 Жыл бұрын

    Damn. I was really hoping that you commissioned (or licensed) Minute Food branded beer and it is a sponsor of this video.

  • @MinuteFood

    @MinuteFood

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe one day :)

  • @dissolve333
    @dissolve333 Жыл бұрын

    I have heard there was a controversy of which is cleaner: plastic cutting boards or wood cutting boards. Could be a fun video topic. I'm sure there is probably a lot of nuance to the discussion

  • @dissolve333

    @dissolve333

    Жыл бұрын

    P.S. my kids Sophie and Zoey LOVE your videos! So do I!

  • @kingplunger6033

    @kingplunger6033

    Жыл бұрын

    I am pretty sure there isn't

  • @franck3279

    @franck3279

    Жыл бұрын

    I’d be temoted to say a cheap cutting boards of any material will be less clean because cut marks give organic matter more opportunities to stick to the board.

  • @JonathanKayne
    @JonathanKayne Жыл бұрын

    So correct me if I'm wrong but the bitterness added to beers was specifically because brewers wanted to balance out the sweetness of beer. They found the wort to be too sweet so they added bitter ingredients like mugwort to balance it out. Sometime later it was replaced with hops. IPAs specifically are like that because hops acts as a preservative so it was added to allow it to survive the long journey by ship to or from India (don't remember which way), hence the name India Pale Ale.

  • @marc-andreservant201

    @marc-andreservant201

    Жыл бұрын

    In the age of sail, having beer would be much safer than having a drink of water. Both the alcohol and the hops are antibacterial, and the beer brewing process requires sterilizing the wort through boiling (otherwise the yeast would need to compete with spoilage bacteria). Water on the other hand was a mixed bag. If you get your water from a clean mountain stream you'd be fine, but ports are usually located in cities, where water supplies might be contaminated with human and livestock excreta. It only takes one sick sailor to infect the entire crew.

  • @Donderu

    @Donderu

    Жыл бұрын

    Hops are a preservative. It keeps bacteria from growing on beer, and made it able to be transported for longer

  • @Telar-The-III
    @Telar-The-III Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of getting ready to be taste testing judge. We trained by seeing when we could taste a taste and identify what it was (sweet, bitter, salt, sour, umami). I came out really high with the bitter test. proving me sencitive. The leader also guessed that green peppers and kale most be vile for me (they were right. Both taste rotten to me. Even if they are fine).

  • @cassieoz1702
    @cassieoz1702 Жыл бұрын

    Aversion to bitterness is strongest in children but most folks become less sensitive/averse as they get older. Perhaps adults don't need to rely so heavily on taste to discriminate good from bad plants

  • @jamersbazuka8055

    @jamersbazuka8055

    Жыл бұрын

    And the lethal dose of plant toxins is much higher when you weigh 150 pounds vs 40 pounds, not to mention different liver/kidney size.

  • @TasteOfButterflies

    @TasteOfButterflies

    Жыл бұрын

    Not every trait is adaptive: maybe some things just get broken as we age. That said, it's conceivable that adults don't need a high aversion to bitterness because they have a higher tolerance for toxins, or enough life experience to avoid them.

  • @angrydragonslayer

    @angrydragonslayer

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@TasteOfButterflies i thought most "adaptive" traits were just the ones where spending the energy to make it last wasn't worth it in the evolutionary progress Like how teeth are essential so we have 2 sets but we don't continue growing them because that's extra energy and basically nobody pre-1950 would have a kid by the time they've worn out 2 sets.

  • @Iisakkiik

    @Iisakkiik

    Жыл бұрын

    I must be weird, I loved olives and blue cheese already as a small kid.

  • @jem5636

    @jem5636

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, when someone is still growing they're much more vulnerable to toxins. Like how birth defects can be caused by all sorts of things that are harmless to an adult, or have a mild effect at most. When the body is still growing, it's a lot more fragile to being thrown out of wack.

  • @pingyong6940
    @pingyong6940 Жыл бұрын

    The smaller set of familiar foods certainly manipulate us from hating it to loving it (and vice versa). Bad coffee is one of those culprits.

  • @kaitlyn__L

    @kaitlyn__L

    Жыл бұрын

    Every time I give proper freshly ground coffee to friends who’ve only had bad coffee they’re amazed at how there’s no noticeable bitterness at all

  • @katerinazelingerova2489

    @katerinazelingerova2489

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kaitlyn__LI mean, strong shot of espresso is bitter-

  • @nickc3657
    @nickc3657 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you guys for all that you do. I really appreciate having videos I can shut my brain off for and just absorb, because I know they’ve been fact checked and researched.

  • @Erhannis
    @Erhannis Жыл бұрын

    I did not really understand what it meant for something to be "bitter" until I tried bitter melon soup. I had never before nor have ever since eaten anything that bitter, if memory serves. I managed to eat (some) of it, so it can't have been UNBEARABLE, but it's taken a decade for the memory to fade to this level.

  • @bluefox5331

    @bluefox5331

    Жыл бұрын

    Would you say it was more bitter than grapefruit? I'm curious

  • @Erhannis

    @Erhannis

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bluefox5331 Just, normal grapefruit flesh? Or like, grapefruit peel? I don't remember ever eating grapefruit peel, but bitter melon soup was VASTLY more bitter (to me) than grapefruit flesh. OTOH, I don't think grapefruit really tastes bitter to me, so. But still, the soup was VERY BITTER.

  • @jek__

    @jek__

    Жыл бұрын

    I once had some bitter melon fish at a chinese restaurant. I can absolutely agree, never tasted anything so bitter before or since. It had a good flavor but the actual melon pieces I couldn't tolerate very much of

  • @ericscavetta2311

    @ericscavetta2311

    Жыл бұрын

    There is a belief in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that bitter foods have health benefits (reduces internal 'heat' during summer and reduces inflammation). While living in Asia, I became accustomed to eating bitter melon slices sauteed with egg and salt, which helps cut the bitterness a little bit, but it's definitely the dominant flavour...

  • @thelegalsystem
    @thelegalsystem Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to thank Jeff Gerstmann for originally breaking this important story when the switch cartritges came out. More journalists need to taste things.

  • @backpacker3421
    @backpacker3421 Жыл бұрын

    I liked the beer aisle a lot more back when IPA's were a small fraction of the beer sold. I enjoy an IPA, but I also enjoy other beers. These days, most of the beer selections I see are majority IPA to the point where it can be hard to locate where any other beer is on the aisle.

  • @samgould8567

    @samgould8567

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, what your retailer sells is based on local demand. I was seeing the same thing as you over time, then I moved to the county where the American Homebrewers Association is based out of. The variety here is great. Honestly sometimes I wish there were more IPAs to choose from.

  • @anishgokhale5389
    @anishgokhale5389 Жыл бұрын

    I generally like IPA, I just hate how much diacritics they have to put in it😂😂

  • @elio7610

    @elio7610

    Жыл бұрын

    Diacritics? You mean the text on the labels?

  • @Katniss218

    @Katniss218

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elio7610 Yeah, some of the text is straight up unpronounceable!

  • @aerisafoxfeather
    @aerisafoxfeather Жыл бұрын

    Man I wish I could see the full label you made for the IPA. xD Did you make a complete one or is the text at the side just giberish?

  • @MinuteFood

    @MinuteFood

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, it's complete, and it is awesome :) We'll be sharing it with our community over at Patreon, just in case you've joined us over there!

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex8166 Жыл бұрын

    That 0:30 green cucumber thing “karaila” is the bitterest think I’ve ever tried. But love it.

  • @missnaomi613
    @missnaomi613 Жыл бұрын

    I think about this sometimes... I love coffee, green veggies, and peaches, which have a definite, bitter undertone compared to a lot of other fruits. Thanks for another informative video!

  • @oleanderhawthorne510

    @oleanderhawthorne510

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow I didn't know peaches were bitter to people! Is that common? They're ridiculously sweet and maybe a little savory to me!

  • @Asiliea
    @Asiliea Жыл бұрын

    Watching this while drinking coffee at 7pm was interesting when I was initially agreeing that I hated bitter foods... then realised... and then it made it so much better

  • @guystreamsstuff7841
    @guystreamsstuff7841 Жыл бұрын

    I'm really sensitive to certain types of bitterness, and I really still don't understand. I don't drink most alcoholic beverages due to that, and avoid bitter greens like the plague, though I can tolerate those if they're mixed with other stuff in a salad

  • @sebastianrobleto2181
    @sebastianrobleto2181 Жыл бұрын

    I expected this comment section to have a lot of people talking about how they tasted a nintendo cartridge one time. I guess it’s just me…

  • @Gillsing
    @Gillsing Жыл бұрын

    Generally I only consume bitter stuff with large amounts of sugar, at which point it becomes like a bitter spice for the sweet sugar.

  • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
    @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Жыл бұрын

    Might explain why I don't taste broccoli, like at all. I eat broccoli fairly often and do get the texture (just like eating a thinner tire) but absolutely no flavor from it. It's healthy at least and as much as the texture isn't appetizing, I don't hate it.

  • @jamersbazuka8055

    @jamersbazuka8055

    Жыл бұрын

    Raw broccoli is 🤮, and tire's not a bad description of the texture. Steamed broccoli is so good though, it can just be hard to time right.

  • @bluefox5331

    @bluefox5331

    Жыл бұрын

    Broccoli absolutely has other tastes than bitter- if eaten without salt raw it's even a bit sweet.

  • @olioliravioli6619

    @olioliravioli6619

    Жыл бұрын

    Broccoli is supposed to be bitter?????

  • @admiralcapn
    @admiralcapn Жыл бұрын

    MinuteFood is becoming one of my favourite channels to see a new upload from!

  • @negljbreakergaming
    @negljbreakergaming Жыл бұрын

    I've never thought broccoli was bitter, guess my genes to bitter aren't that strong, but I too have quite a few bitter tasting foods I love

  • @lyaar

    @lyaar

    Жыл бұрын

    I also never realized that broccoli is apparently bitter! I absolutely love it and I've never tasted any bitterness in it.

  • @Lantec1000
    @Lantec1000 Жыл бұрын

    Am I weird for not thinking olives are bitter? I thought they were only bitter if they're fresh off the branch and they need to be treated with lye?

  • @kaitlyn__L

    @kaitlyn__L

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I don’t find olives or walnuts bitter, or really broccoli. I guess I don’t have those specific genes. I’m really sensitive to bitterness in chocolate or coffee, and in citrus, though.

  • @randomobserver8168
    @randomobserver8168 Жыл бұрын

    Great video- covers everything I would think, especially the all-important note at the end- almost all our foods are complex mixtures now, relatively few are raw plant straight off the source and mixed with nothing. And if it is, chances are it's one of the less bitter options.

  • @HaBBiSiFy
    @HaBBiSiFy Жыл бұрын

    You got me craving that IPA beer you showed at the end of the video!

  • @marcosmith6613
    @marcosmith6613 Жыл бұрын

    Love this new channel as much as I enjoy all those bitter beers and foods 😋

  • @DatsusMusic
    @DatsusMusic Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I wonder if there are differences in recognition or attraction to bitter foods in different cultures. Anecdotally, I had a friend who told me that in Vietnamese culture, it is quite common to have a number of bitter foods or dishes that are perfectly well-liked over in Vietnam. I know I do enjoy a good bitter drink from time to time.

  • @Immadeus
    @Immadeus Жыл бұрын

    Finally this channel is answering the REAL food questions

  • @dryzalizer
    @dryzalizer Жыл бұрын

    You should make a follow-up episode on why almost all lagers taste "skunky" to some of us. This is the main reason I focus on ales, they're the most common non-lager out there and I enjoy the taste and wouldn't really even call ales that bitter. I like stouts and hefeweisens and some other varieties of beer too, but lagers are the worst to me. I've been told it's either they way lagers are brewed which has key differences from ales, or perhaps my taste buds are sensitive to compounds produced when light enters the green bottles lagers are usually sold in and causes a chemical reaction in the lager. One particular lager that comes in brown bottles, I enjoy! So either it's brewed in a special way, or the brown bottles block sunlight better and it doesn't have that reaction. Also cool fact about the Switch carts, I was watching closely to see when that relevant info would pop up in the video.

  • @GaryCoul101
    @GaryCoul101 Жыл бұрын

    Who else stoped the video immediately at @2:52 and proceeded towards their switch? I regret liking the cartridge... Thanks for posting another great information video. I'm learning lots from a topic I never know much about previously!

  • @cnordbakk
    @cnordbakk Жыл бұрын

    In my experience, especially with IPA, the bitterness gets addictive and make other, more maltier beer taste too sweet / rich / less fresh. It took me a long time to come back down from that and I'm now careful not to drink hoppy beers too often compared to other types. I imagine the same might be true for other greens (like ruccula and dark roast coffee)

  • @DrorN777
    @DrorN777Ай бұрын

    Awesome video, I was wondering about this exact thing!

  • @waterninjaish4476
    @waterninjaish44765 ай бұрын

    I love the occasional Pokémon references they sneak into this video (on both this channel and on MinuteEarth). In this one I found two: Brute Bonnet in the forest when they were talking about how humans aren’t searching through unknown plants, and Caterpie when they were talking about how animals sometimes eat medicinal bitter herbs. However, there could be one I didn’t find.

  • @mateo-hm
    @mateo-hm Жыл бұрын

    The fact she drew a Luvdisc (Pokemon) in minute 4:53 is such a cute detail

  • @danielcurren2119
    @danielcurren2119 Жыл бұрын

    I am definitely sensitive to bitterness, but it's weird. There are some bitter flavors I actually like- lime, grapefruit, leafy greens, olives, etc. However, me and chocolate is not as pleasant a relationship. What is weird is that as a kid I liked chocolate and as a young adult I despise it- especially dark chocolate

  • @patricklippert8345
    @patricklippert8345 Жыл бұрын

    Some bitter herbs also aid digestion by increasing saliva or gastric juices which is why bitter liqueurs have been served before or after meals.

  • @nafsii04
    @nafsii04 Жыл бұрын

    your videos never fail to be entertaining yet very informative

  • @luizfellipe3291
    @luizfellipe3291 Жыл бұрын

    Kid #1 and Kid #2? Wow! Now I know perfect pairing names for if I have twins

  • @alexanderalfaro8314
    @alexanderalfaro8314 Жыл бұрын

    Who else watched this and was compelled to taste a Switch cartridge?

  • @pmnt_

    @pmnt_

    Жыл бұрын

    not after this video, but i definitely licked mario kart after i heard about the bitter coating the first time.

  • @Solis_Pulchrus
    @Solis_Pulchrus Жыл бұрын

    I used to load my coffees with sugar, but now I usually go for pure black. Along with liking bitter foods more as I age, I also like sweets less.

  • @KeiFlox
    @KeiFlox Жыл бұрын

    I remember doing that PTC test in a high school science class! I couldn't taste the stuff.

  • @hitaishibarai9062
    @hitaishibarai9062 Жыл бұрын

    The animations just keep getting more and more adorable....

  • @bartoscar
    @bartoscar Жыл бұрын

    I'm a supertaster, so my experience of bitter is way more intense than most people. I can barely stand coffee, dark chocolate is disgusting and alcohol is almost painful. Even knowing this I did try one of those test strips but I just barely touched my tongue to it. And for science, I just put the tip of a Switch cartridge on my tongue and oh my god that is terrible

  • @keriezy

    @keriezy

    Жыл бұрын

    The strip was just paper for me, but a Ds game sent me straight for water and food to rid my mouth of the taste.

  • @The9gods

    @The9gods

    Жыл бұрын

    I know the feeling. I was at least lucky to try out one of those test strips in a college lab, so I wasn't alone in my misery from how terrible is tasted. Most of the other class got a great laugh at the few of us there were. (It was funny seeing 4 or 5 people in class dying while the other 40 just stood there confused because they only tasted paper.)

  • @Broockle

    @Broockle

    Жыл бұрын

    I just did the same thing with a switch cartridge. It tasted very mild to me but also notable artificial and potentially toxic. I can see baby's even if they taste it only a little bit wanting to spit it out. Fun seeing something in a video and being able to try it out right away 😀

  • @HeroBear64
    @HeroBear64 Жыл бұрын

    I love all the Pokémon references in these videos lol

  • @Piper_____
    @Piper_____ Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! My biggest question about bitterness is why I love broccoli, but try as I might (and I have tried, even recently) I canNOT deal with Brussels sprouts. When I last tried them, I involuntarily gagged, but was able to get it down. My response: pretty good, other than the overwhelming bitterness!” Those two are bitter for nearly the same reasons, though, right? I can’t taste the bitterness in broccoli at all.

  • @stuntmonkey00
    @stuntmonkey00 Жыл бұрын

    9% alcohol is why I... erm... "like" IPA's....

  • @youssefbenkraiem2685
    @youssefbenkraiem2685 Жыл бұрын

    this channel is becoming one of my favorites

  • @DaHaiZhu
    @DaHaiZhu Жыл бұрын

    ChubbyEmu: A woman ate a Nintendo Cartridge. This is what happened to her ...

  • @s3cr3tpassword
    @s3cr3tpassword Жыл бұрын

    Dan already referencing the latest version of Pokémon and even referencing the ancient form of the Pokémon too! Great Easter egg.

  • @tomasalvim1022

    @tomasalvim1022

    Жыл бұрын

    Brute Bonnet!

  • @justfrankjustdank2538
    @justfrankjustdank2538 Жыл бұрын

    most of the foods u mentioned i had no idea were even bitter until you mentioned it

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this bitter discourse while sipping on a nice IPA. For those who don't know: The term "bitter end" (meaning a finality that is often bad, or the completion of an unpleasant, long-running task) came from a nautical term referring to the inboard end of a chain or similar, often one that's wound around the _bitts_ -- posts or pairs of them on a vessel's deck, used for securing chains and such.

  • @ConnorNolan
    @ConnorNolan Жыл бұрын

    I think bitterness disgusts me but like a fun way. I’ve become much more into all bitter and acidic foods as I’ve gotten older

  • @yetnotdead9135
    @yetnotdead9135 Жыл бұрын

    god i've seen three different titles and thumbnails for this video. fwiw i liked the first (plain, straightforward) one the most but i clicked on this one because now is when i have time to actually watch it. also, i love bitter drinks and foods! especially ripe puer tea

  • @metamorphiczeolite
    @metamorphiczeolite Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another great video, Minute Food Team.

  • @alphaapple1375
    @alphaapple1375 Жыл бұрын

    At 2:43: A Nintendo Switch console is featured in this video. At 4:14: Caterpie, the Worm Pokémon, from the Pokémon franchise is featured in this video.

  • @shadowrylander

    @shadowrylander

    Жыл бұрын

    Brute Bonnet at 2:13 and Luvdisc at 4:53, courtesy of a comment above!

  • @alphaapple1375

    @alphaapple1375

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shadowrylander Thank you so much! They were so hard to see almost like a Kecleon, the Color Swap Pokémon.

  • @shadowrylander

    @shadowrylander

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alphaapple1375 I saw eyes on a mushroom and immediately went, "Wait, what?" 😹

  • @potapotapotapotapotapota
    @potapotapotapotapotapota Жыл бұрын

    I can deal with bitterness, but I can't deal with sourness

  • @icewink7100
    @icewink71003 ай бұрын

    I’ve always hated any amount of bitterness, and I didn’t know why other people did like it. Then in college we took the PTC test strips in a genetics lab, and I had by far the strongest reaction to them. I had to wash out my mouth because the bitterness was so strong. Meanwhile the girl sitting next to me couldn’t taste it at all.

  • @sepg5084
    @sepg5084 Жыл бұрын

    Marketing influence, conformity, and "fear of missing out" is why some people do things

  • @exosproudmamabear558
    @exosproudmamabear5588 ай бұрын

    I hate bitter things with greenery and grapefruit exception. Coffee,bitter chocolate,any kind of alcohol I just hate it. My brain doesnt even register them as foods.

  • @shirou9790
    @shirou9790 Жыл бұрын

    I generally hate bitter, the only exception being dark chocolate I think one of the worst bitter things (and it's also fairly gross) is earwax. I have this thing where I'll go in my ears with a pen, and then accidentally put the pen in my mouth. Instant regret guaranteed every time.

  • @jdawg443

    @jdawg443

    Жыл бұрын

    I guess it's your body's way of telling you not to put your pen in your ear.

  • @Merlincat007

    @Merlincat007

    Жыл бұрын

    Alas... earwax...

  • @firewall5189

    @firewall5189

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jdawg443 ...or in their mouth lol

  • @Burning_Soup
    @Burning_Soup Жыл бұрын

    First time i tried radichio i thought it was red cabbage and i wanted to die when i tasted it. For me, i only consume sweet coffee/chocolate, hate grapefruit, and like fruity drinks. Also i prefer herbal tea to black tea. I think my autism ramps up my tastes because i can only really eat specific things and flavours sometimes.

  • @kapitol.
    @kapitol. Жыл бұрын

    Could you guys do a video on the physics of pots boiling over and why putting a wooden ladle or chopstick over the pot stops it?

  • @werelemur1138
    @werelemur1138 Жыл бұрын

    When I had COVID, strong bitter tastes were all I could taste, and the other flavors (except salt) still haven't completely come back. I used to drink my coffee with a lot of sugar to drown out the bitterness but now I usually drink it black.

  • @longbottle
    @longbottle Жыл бұрын

    I drink my coffee black and enjoy it, but I absolutely cannot deal with the bitterness of the hops-heavy beers. IPAs taste like battery acid to me.

  • @notfunny3397
    @notfunny3397 Жыл бұрын

    Bitter beer is better beer

  • @kloassie

    @kloassie

    Жыл бұрын

    You sure it's not butter beer you're talking about?

  • @sleepydog9968

    @sleepydog9968

    Жыл бұрын

    maybe not for beer batter

  • @RebeccaShores

    @RebeccaShores

    Жыл бұрын

    💯💯💯 a hoppy IPA over a pale ale any day

  • @st.haborym
    @st.haborym Жыл бұрын

    If you eat dark chocolate enough, eventually you stop tasting the bitterness. It just tastes like normal unsweetened chocolate.

  • @Twoneight
    @Twoneight5 ай бұрын

    2:05 Fly agaric is not as deadly as many believe, they actually have psychoactive properties. But they can be deadly in higher doses.

  • @niftimalcompression
    @niftimalcompression Жыл бұрын

    As a linguist, thank you.

  • @Tasimelteon
    @Tasimelteon Жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @hcn6708
    @hcn6708 Жыл бұрын

    For whatever reason I really dislike the bitterness of coffee and tea and can't have them without copious amounts of sugar, but I like grapefruits and walnuts

  • @flamingpi2245

    @flamingpi2245

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m the opposite Oh I can’t stand the bitterness of grapefruit It just lingers and lingers

  • @dscrive
    @dscrive Жыл бұрын

    I've noticed that my perception of flavors has changed since I was a kid, still, I'm reaaaly leary about trying brussels sprouts again. pretty sure I'll never like beer, I didn't have it as a kid, just an observation :P

  • @MinuteFood

    @MinuteFood

    Жыл бұрын

    Try them again, we have tips! Then report back. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Ws3KezpLTJqco.html

  • @gljames24

    @gljames24

    Жыл бұрын

    Half the problem with brussel sprouts is the fact that they go bad fast. Buy fresh ones that don't have small black spots, halve them, check that the centers aren't pink, and bake them on a sheet with salt, garlic, and vegetable oil. It's not a guarantee you'll like them, but oven roasted is one of the best ways to have them.

  • @dscrive

    @dscrive

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MinuteFood That link is recursive and comes back to this video, but I think I recall a video y'all did a while back on the subject, I'll look into it.

  • @dscrive

    @dscrive

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gljames24 I might grow some, they are really weird looking plants, and I've been wanting to grow them for a while just to see them in real life haha. are pink centers from being too old or too young?

  • @MinuteFood

    @MinuteFood

    Жыл бұрын

    Oops! Fixed.

  • @lancebird6675
    @lancebird6675 Жыл бұрын

    Unrelated, but having the NEO TWEWY Cartridge is an instant W in my Book. Subscribed

  • @DominikJaniec
    @DominikJaniec Жыл бұрын

    lovely lesson :)

  • @donniemorrow
    @donniemorrow Жыл бұрын

    Pokemon cameos: Brute Bonnet @ 2:13 Caterpie @ 4:13 *Luvdisc @ 4:53 Did I miss any?

  • @harrisonmccullough9450

    @harrisonmccullough9450

    Жыл бұрын

    Luvdisc @ 4:53

  • @jesusalbertoperezguerrero2560
    @jesusalbertoperezguerrero2560 Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations for such a good video!

  • @user-wp2zi9cu3m
    @user-wp2zi9cu3m Жыл бұрын

    I did notice that when I was just a kiddo some things used to taste too strong but now those things taste either ok or I like them now

  • @TheMountainWulf
    @TheMountainWulf Жыл бұрын

    I can't have anything even slightly bitter. Makes me sick.

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong Жыл бұрын

    Super fun, thanks!

  • @anirbanc8
    @anirbanc8 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure but it can be a little bit cultural too, I was born and live in a part of the world where in summer temperature raises more than 40 degree celcius, now imagine you spent few hours outside without air conditioning, now it is lunch time you are exhausted and dehydrated and food will not taste good, now you have some dried neem leaves fried with egg plant it will clean your tast buds now have some source lentil soup with poopy seed patty and rice.

  • @Simkets
    @Simkets11 ай бұрын

    I can't stress enough how many times I wasn't sure if a piece of food was already off, tasted a little tiny piece of it, felt bitter, knew I need to throw it out. It's a essential taste humans have.

  • @RebeccaShores
    @RebeccaShores Жыл бұрын

    Christmas of 2020 since it was small and my family quarantined for fun we did those super taster strips. My dad could taste the bitter strongly and my mom couldn't taste it at all, All three of their daughters including me can taste the bitter compound. Both me and my husband can also taste the bitter compound as well as both of our children. My husband is more of a picky eater when it comes to the bitterness of vegetables but does enjoy IPAs that's it at IBU of 45-60, and dark chocolate, he also won't touch coffee. Well I find bitter to be a strong flavor I enjoy strong flavors in general and love black coffee, brussel sprouts are my favorite vegetable, And I love a super hoppy bitter IPA. I'm not quite into campari level bidders but an aperol Spritz is absolutely delightful. Even my children who will turn their nose up on certain bitter foods still seem to seek strong flavors and often those are also bitter. Both my kids enjoy the taste of coffee, love black tea, and dark chocolate at 3 and 6 yrs. I'm really enjoying these videos and thanks for making interesting videos that also encompass food and eating as it's something all us humans do daily.

  • @raccooncityincident9628
    @raccooncityincident9628 Жыл бұрын

    Of all Switch cartridges I did not expect it to be The World End With You!! I love that game

  • @dursty3226
    @dursty3226 Жыл бұрын

    i'm incredibly sensitive to bitter flavors. my coffee is more cream than coffee, some milk chocolates are too bitter for me, and beers with almost no hops in them are still disgustingly bitter to me. i honestly wish i could turn this off.

  • @mattmorehouse9685
    @mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын

    MinuteFood your graph of amounts that are needed to taste a certain flavor says mm next to the number. So bitter is .01 mm, umami 1 mm, and so on. Does this mean millimeter? Thank you for the video.

  • @PsiPaula4
    @PsiPaula4 Жыл бұрын

    I saw the title and thumbnail and went "they don't? Everything being pointed to on the thumbnail tastes terrible." I hate anything bitter except semisweet chocolate.

  • @BlueAmpharos
    @BlueAmpharos Жыл бұрын

    2:42 The World Ends With You. The cartridge may be bitter but you have good taste in games :o

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat6157 Жыл бұрын

    I'm planning to buy radicchio early next week to eat with matzo. I don't consider lettuce bitter enough.

  • @snoozbuster
    @snoozbuster Жыл бұрын

    The Pokémon cameo at 2:18 is a great little easter egg

  • @snoozbuster

    @snoozbuster

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, there's another one at 4:18 too!

  • @ericbonanno5214
    @ericbonanno52149 ай бұрын

    Ok, my curiosity got the better of me and I tried the switch cartridge thing. 😅😅😅😅😅

  • @BlueAmpharos
    @BlueAmpharos Жыл бұрын

    2:15 Is that a pokemon hidden on the far left? Behind the gorilla, the mushroom thing with the face, forgot what it's called.

  • @sameer1321
    @sameer1321 Жыл бұрын

    I like how you wrote International Phonetic Alphabet on IPA lol!

  • @kamkamkil1
    @kamkamkil1 Жыл бұрын

    In one scene you showed some science books can you share your science cooking reading list ?

  • @RealRomplayer
    @RealRomplayer Жыл бұрын

    I always wondered the same thing about hot food. Not "temperature hot", but "spicy hot". So many people love that. But why? In fact, "spicy" is not a taste, like salty or umami, it's actually pain! So why do people like food that gives them physical pain reactions?

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