I can only speak for myself but I've eaten at Michelin star restaurants all over the world and enjoy fine dining whenever I have the time and I love it, but sometimes I just want taco bell.
Alcohol, on the other hand; good Scotch and wine has ruined the cheap stuff for me. I can't drink cheap, or even mediocre, whisky or wine anymore. If it's not very high quality I'd rather just have something like a gin or vodka cocktail.
I've been homeless, nothing will gross me out if it is still edible.
Maybe within the same seating. Like a flight of wine or beer is commonly ordered from lightest- to fullest-bodied in flavor.
Related: spicy foods. I used to be basically intolerant of it but now hate eating non-spicy versions of foods I've grown accustomed to. Spicy peppers and hot chili powder have become a crutch for my otherwise mediocre cooking skills.
no proof, but it can be attributed to a kind of addiction and dopamine association.
it is not that you start hating the average food, but your mind misses that dopamine hit the good food carries. think of it like a withdrawal like effect where your body is now conditioned and has a "higher bar" for things.
anecdotally, Ive gotten this with store bought basic sliced bread. I used to love it and snack on just bread as a kid, but Ive been making my bread with a bread machine for a few years, and now the store bread just tastes and feels like weak, dry, slightly sweetened insulation foam.
Tell me more about this bread maker you speak of 🤔
I mean, it's a kitchen appliance that makes bread? Throw the ingredients in and turn it on, and you have bread, in like, 4 hours. I have a slightly nice one, because I found someone selling it used for 20 bucks when that model new is like 200, but I think the more basic ones can get a bit less than $100, so while I wouldn't call them cheap, they're not exactly unaffordable luxury for most people lucky enough to live in a developed country. They're just not really worth it unless you plan on using it regularly (and eating a lot of bread, because homemade bread lacks the preservatives of store bought food I've found I get maybe 5 days with a loaf from it before there's a risk of the bread going moldy)
Sliced bread is like a store bought tomato, once you’ve had the homegrown/baked version, you are fucked.
I have this in a big way. My spouse is a master chef and I refuse to eat at restaurants which serve foods from her home country because they can't compete.
Microbiome changes can do this.
No science. But I have this with wine. If it's not good wine, I'd usually rather just skip it. Wine snob they say. However, I'm there for the quality, and if it's not there, neither am I.
Funnily enough there is science pointing to the idea that the more expensive somebody thinks a wine is the better it tastes to them
I believe it.
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