A matter of taste

[differenceblog]

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[bemusing]

Coffee and chocolate are two of my favorite things. I don't know if it's gender-brain related but I physically ached while looking at the pie picture.

[differenceblog]

I wanted to write something about the bitter-chocolate connection, but I wanted to save something for another day. There's something about coffee-chocolate that doesn't kick in until an older age, whereas milk-chocolate is more popular with children.

I've also observed (but have no data to back this up) that men are more drawn to sweet-chocolate while women seem to be more drawn to bitter-chocolate.

[bemusing]

I'm not so much to bitter chocolate, but strong, rich chocolate. No such thing as too rich, but I don't care for the milk chocolate. That said, my favorite thing on the planet is chocolate covered pretzels. Sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy.

[astrogeek01]

C loves chocolate. Probably about as much as I do, although I'm more likely to indulge. I have no willpower... *heh*

[differenceblog]

hm, interesting. Grogan et al also found that women showed greater restraint.

[astrogeek01]

Except under stress... But I'm always under stress, so... yeah. Hmm.

I like salty too though, when under stress. And beer. Mmmm...

[ceetar]

figured i'd weigh in. I love chocolate, and i prefer dark bitter chocolate compared to my girlfriend, who enjoys milky creamier chocolate better. as for Salty, she really enjoys chocolate covered pretzel's, while I don't really care for them.

i rarely get _cravings_ for chocolate, more like a constant yearn, but when i do, it's usually for a cupcake, or some sort of cake product, while my girlfriend usually leans towards ice cream.

And i can handle and enjoy the sweet stuff more, I've never said 'wow, that's too sweet' while my girlfriend has. so did my (female) cousin, and my mother in the case of a recent brownie batch.

I prefer my chocolate plain, or with mint(mint aeros, mint after-8 bar), I don't like it with nuts, with fruit, or with peanut butter( i don't like peanut butter at all)
My girlfriend likes it with nuts, or with peanut butter more.

just my 2-cents.

[differenceblog]

Hm... interesting.

Personally, I'm all for chocolate cakes and ice cream, myself, but can usually take or leave actual chocolate -- a crime in several chocolate-appreciation circles I know.

[coderlemming]

I had a conversation with a friend yesterday, and she mentioned that a friend of hers told her that women are more likely to round the top of a capital A when writing, whereas men are more likely to write it with a point at the top. This sounds like complete BS to me, but have you come across any research on this? It'd be an interesting topic for a post if you could dig up some studies.

[differenceblog]

I'll look into it - thanks!

[saitenyo]

That's very interesting and something I've never thought about before. I'm biologically female yet I've never had much of an interest in chocolate or sweets. I just don't like the taste of sweet things, and I eat them so infrequently that my tolerance stays extremely low. Too much sugar and I get a nasty headache.

Interestingly enough, I love salty foods. Always have but this love and my dislike of sugar did increase as I grew up. I actually eat salty foods when I'm under stress: chips, vegetable boullion cubes, sometimes even rock salt. Under the assumption that transgenderism has some biological cause, I'd be curious to see if that and my love of salt as a de-stress food are related. My main theory was always that I have low blood pressure (which I do, not dangerously low, just below average) and I crave salt because salt raises blood pressure.