Meaning of やっぱり in this context?


> Son: まずいよ、このクッキー。
>
> Mother: やっぱりまずい？ニンニク味だから。

The above excerpt is part of a dialogue in which a mother gave her son a
garlic-flavored cookie because he asked for a cookie. After tasting it he says
it tastes bad and the mother says "やっぱりまずい？" I thought やっぱり meant "I knew it"
so I thought the mother was trying to say "I knew it would taste bad." What is
confusing me is why is "やっぱりまずい？" a question. It sounds like she is saying
instead "I knew it would taste bad?" which doesn't make sense.




This やっぱり is being used to express to the son that the mother either had a
hunch or the expectation that he wasn't going to like the cookie.

It doesn't really translate well, but if I were to try to capture the same
feeling in English I might say:

> まずい？ → "Is it bad?"

and

> やっぱりまずい？ → "Is it bad? I thought/knew it might/would be."




This やっぱり is being used to express to the son that the mother either had a
hunch or the expectation that he wasn't going to like the cookie.

It doesn't really translate well, but if I were to try to capture the same
feeling in English I might say:

> まずい？ → "Is it bad?"

and

> やっぱりまずい？ → "Is it bad? I thought/knew it might/would be."

