can a person be conditioned to

[cal1956]

just a fun thread to give us something to think and talk about ,
so here is the question : can a person be conditioned to like a food they otherwise wouldn't eat ? i have had some fun with the answers i have gotten from friends with this simple seeming question , its not as a benin question as it might seem to be

 

[Nefarious]

Just think about coffee.

 

[smokerjim]

If your hungry enough I'm sure we can condition our selves to eat almost anything.

 

[cal1956]

not JUST eat , but like something they normally wouldn't

 

[clifish]

I hated both coffee and beer when I first tried them but sure drink them often enough now

 

[justplainbob]

i lived with a vegetarian for almost 6 years
i could write a book about it

 

[Nefarious]

And wine, i think they are what's called acquired taste?

 

[BandCollector]

I would eat shoelaces if they were wrapped in bacon!

John

 

[chopsaw]

Why can't we wear white after Labor day?

 

[clifish]

Why can't we wear white after Labor day?

Because it makes me look fat...OK fatter

 

[atomicsmoke]

I would eat shoelaces if they were wrapped in bacon!

John

 

[cal1956]

my wife was raised in the north,she ate cream of wheat ( nasty ) i was raised in the south, i ate grits ( nasty to her ) but can she /I be conditioned to LIKE the other

 

[mneeley490]

Watch Naked and Afraid and you'll see just what some people will eat.

 

[cal1956]

again, not WILL eat but conditioned to LIKE it

 

[mneeley490]

My mother often told me, "You'll eat it, and you'll like it!"

 

[Bearcarver]

Hmmm, I would say I could be conditioned to like something that I never had before.
However if it's something I already don't like, I could not be conditioned to like it---Ever.

Bear

 

[Steve H]

Any male over 30 and married knows dang well what conditioning is all about. Even if she is dead wrong and getting testy. You'll say yes dear! Prove me wrong!

 

[JIMSMOKES]

I could not stand yellow cheese when I was young. <25 I would only eat white cheese. Any yellow cheese would make me gag.
When my wife got pregnant with our first kid. I started craving chili cheeseburgers and now like almost any cheeses

 

[Sven Svensson]

Years ago I worked with some Inuit students from Alaska. I asked them as a people what they were most proud of. Quickly and unanimously they said, “We can eat anything.” I’ve never forgotten that. I often wonder if they can eat cilantro because I can’t stomach that stuff.

 

[BandCollector]

I often wonder if they can eat cilantro because I can’t stomach that stuff.

Cilantro tastes like soap to me. I know, because I had plenty or that stuffed into my mouth growing up. With my mouth. . .My friends called me Ivory!

John