One time I talked to an acquaintance about why she hadn’t tried the best taco truck that I love that is literally next to her house. She was like ‘I’m from the Midwest, flavor is just not for me, I know I won’t appreciate it’ and I laughed so much and I appreciated her self-awareness.
I then interviewed her about her fear of flavor and grease in an ethnographic exercise. I told everyone back home about it, and it was like telling them about aliens.
She then told me about how her favorite taco restaurant is this place I would totally never go to, and I finally understood why those places exist. Something for everyone I guess.
She said ‘the lack of flavor is just very comforting for me’ and I was so amazed to hear that, because everyone I’d met til then is a flavor maximalist
@skinnylatte Midwestern soul food. Take it from a boy who grew up in Chicago
Surely Corn Chex is more Midwestern?
@eestileib @skinnylatte Yeah, but too tasty. The rice is blander.
@12thRITS I think you misspelled "tuna noodle casserole," but maybe I'm showing my age. :)