# You Grow To Love The Soup

Author: Apolarbear17
Tags: Changing Tastes, Childhood, Dominican, Food, Hispanic Heritage Month, Maturity, Poetry, experience, soup

A poem I wrote for Hispanic Heritage Month a while ago. It’s a poem about life experience and the kind of food you learn to appreciate with age and by eating it multiple times. Originally posted in October 2022.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno&nbsp;

 

 

Some foods you just know you enjoy the minute you taste them

 

Others you acquire a taste or a newfound appreciation over the years&nbsp;

 

Or find a different way to enjoy it, like a side dish that the flavor can still be wrung from

 

And still others you’re expected to enjoy as a part of your upbringing&nbsp;

 

We tend to develop new tastes with the changes maturity is bringing&nbsp;

 

I’m no exception and can think of at least a couple of foods this happened with for me&nbsp;

 

But there’s one that sticks out I used to begrudge unless it had enough rice that now brings glee

 

I’m talking about Sancocho which I needed a whole plate of rice to eat it with as a boy

 

It’s a very tropical dish and if you’re Dominican then you understand&nbsp;

 

Back when I was kid I didn’t like it much especially the broth and how meaty it was

 

But I can appreciate the broth and that rich mix of flavors more now as a man&nbsp;

 

When you give something enough chances out of necessity and what it represents&nbsp;

 

I guess it makes sense that it grows on you but that’s not a guarantee&nbsp;

 

In my case it was a matter of time and every time I had it not being risk free

 

Because being offered and having it enough allowed me to learn to like and eat it more properly

 

The message I’m giving here I guess is that you shouldn’t give up a cultural staple on the first try&nbsp;

 

Sometimes it takes multiple and some personal&nbsp; grow before it becomes appealing&nbsp;

 

Though of course this is broad advice and to everyone and every dish may not always apply&nbsp;

 

Still it doesn’t exactly hurt to give an extra chance or two to something that used to have your nerves and body steeling&nbsp;

 

Ultimately it depends on how you feel and it is up to you&nbsp;

 

Consider though the possibility that you could have grown to love the soup too&nbsp;

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