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Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)

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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a fascinating explanation of how taste is cultural and why American chocolate tastes distinctive.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel: Adam Ragusea
Topic: food science
Format: explainer
Level: general
HN recommenders in dataset: 3
HN mentions in dataset: 4
Recommendation years in dataset: 2021–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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European chocolate tastes dull. Snark aside, it's about what you grew up with. Fascinating video: [VIDEO]
Karunamon on Hacker News · 2021-11
In The World's Deadliest Thing
Adam Ragusea has an excellent video on this very topic - "Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)" : [VIDEO]
jrussino on Hacker News · 2023-04
In The Difference Between European and American Butter
There's a really good video about that [1]. A quick summary is that the aftertaste is a chemical that's in vomit, so if you're not used to it in chocolate then the chocolate literally tastes of puke. But if you are used to it, from …
quietbritishjim on Hacker News · 2022-02
In The quest to create quality chocolate for a country obsessed with Cadbury (2017)

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