Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)
Adam Ragusea
3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2021–2023
13:47 · explainer · evergreen
Summary from the export
Adam Ragusea explores why Hershey's chocolate tastes the way it does to many non-Americans, tracing it to butyric acid and Hershey's history, and why familiarity makes Americans love it. He compares it with British Cadbury.
Why Hacker News recommended it
HN recommends it as a fascinating explanation of how taste is cultural and why American chocolate tastes distinctive.
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