McCain deep and delicious - I feel like I’m being psyoped
All my life, I’ve seen ads for the deep and delicious cake, people say it’s a part of Canadian heritage and tradition, friends rave about it over and over. Growing up in Winnipeg (and Canada in general), it felt impossible to escape; yet I’d never had one.
One day after hearing a group of friends gushing about it for the millionth time, I mentioned that I’d never actually tried it. They promptly told me that I needed to try it because It was the best thing ever.
A few weeks later I come home and open the freezer, and Lo and Behold there was a McCain deep and delicious chocolate cake in the freezer. I was pretty excited to try, and asked my sister how it was. She also sang its praises which made me even more eager to have some.
So I cut myself a piece and took a bite; long story short it was the most mid cake I have ever tasted. Not insultingly bad in any way but just mid. The flavour was bland, the icing and cake blended together. I can’t remember exactly what it tasted like because this was a while ago but I do remember being thoroughly disappointed.
But I put the experience to the back of my mind and forgot about it. Today, (a couple months later) I saw a Twitter post about the cake. The comments were filled with people absolutely showering it with love, not a single one even slightly negative about the cake. People saying that it’s an amazing Canadian thing. I seriously don’t understand why people love it so much, I get everyone has different tastes but it seems so bizarre that an entire country has been tricked into LOVING something so average. What am I missing?
TL;DR: After hearing every Canadian praise this cake and never having it, I tried it and found it to be very bland and average. Wondering why everyone loves it so much and sees it as an important part of Canadiana