/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13665404
Complexity of taste is more important than palatability beyond a certain point. As a child I loved mac 'n' cheese, but nowadays it's such a simple flavor to me that it just tastes like boring goop. In order to still enjoy mac 'n' cheese, I gotta fuck it up with onions, grilled-tomatoes, italian sausage, olive oil & herb drizzles, tons of seasonings, breadcrumbs, weird cheeses, and all sorts of other gimmicks. As time goes on, you get bored of basic flavors and want something more complex. Craft beer offers some incredibly complex flavors (especially when you start fucking with brettanomyces) that you won't find in most other foods. In some cases, it tastes horrendously bad, but you're so intrigued you wanna keep sippin. It starts to become somewhat of a food science when you get into the brewing process too.

TL;DR: all craft beer tastes like shit but it's got complexity you won't find elsewhere. some people value complexity over palatability, like choosing roquefort over sharp cheddar.