Think back to when you were a kid. Remember some of the foods you really did not wanna eat for dinner, but had to choke down anyway? You obviously wondered why of course you had to eat such things, but it was healthy. If it was healthy, then why on earth did it taste so freaking bad? Sometimes, it may not taste bad, but bland. Truth in Television; as some very healthy foods are quite bland (depending on what you do with them, anyway). The trope's name comes from a line by Brainy Smurf, said while he was trying to shovel health food down an unwilling Smurf's throat.