Do you agree that part of the reason kids beg for pizza is that it tastes really good?
I think pizza, at least in the United States and during the years around my own childhood, occupied a cultural position that’s not fully describable in terms of its nutritional content. Stimulus concerns are sufficient to explain favoring it over something like (plain) oatmeal, but not over something like spaghetti and meatballs or chicken-fried steak.
I’m told curry occupies a similar position in Japan. Other cultures probably have their own equivalents.
I think pizza, at least in the United States and during the years around my own childhood, occupied a cultural position that’s not fully describable in terms of its nutritional content. Stimulus concerns are sufficient to explain favoring it over something like (plain) oatmeal, but not over something like spaghetti and meatballs or chicken-fried steak.
Ok, I guess I read your first post too quickly. You don’t seem to dispute my basic claim that pizza tastes really good. You also don’t seem to dispute my claim that children’s preference for pizza is evidence of this. Because whatever food children beg for—whether it’s pizza, hot dogs, or curry—is probably going to be something that tastes good.
I do agree that children ask for pizza—as opposed to other tasty foods—for cultural reasons. But I don’t think that contradicts any argument I have made.
I think pizza, at least in the United States and during the years around my own childhood, occupied a cultural position that’s not fully describable in terms of its nutritional content. Stimulus concerns are sufficient to explain favoring it over something like (plain) oatmeal, but not over something like spaghetti and meatballs or chicken-fried steak.
I’m told curry occupies a similar position in Japan. Other cultures probably have their own equivalents.
Ok, I guess I read your first post too quickly. You don’t seem to dispute my basic claim that pizza tastes really good. You also don’t seem to dispute my claim that children’s preference for pizza is evidence of this. Because whatever food children beg for—whether it’s pizza, hot dogs, or curry—is probably going to be something that tastes good.
I do agree that children ask for pizza—as opposed to other tasty foods—for cultural reasons. But I don’t think that contradicts any argument I have made.