ION, the interwebs are thwarting me in finding a tube of a particular discontinued lipstick by Urban Decay. I thought I could find everything on the interwebs, damn it.

Salt and vinegar are each other's best hopes.

Even so...I think it's only with the potato they achieve true tastiness.

Oh, and Allyson, I think that your press release is wonderful. Please don't freak out too much about writing blurb letters.

YOU have the power to taste gross things and not be felled!

Ah, even better, I have the power to have them not taste gross!

Except for beer. Beer is ooky, and I don't understand why people drink it.

I can even deal with (many kinds) of beer now.

I need my flavors to be very crisp and clear - no jambalaya for me. It's part of the reason why I'm so hardline on sushi - the creaminess of avocado or cream cheese clashes too much with the vinegar & fish.

I have mouthfeel issues too, but they kick in at the curry/oatmeal/tapioca/lentil area.

Good olives are a delight. I have yet to find a vegetable I don't like.

Ah, even better, I have the power to have them not taste gross!

You, my friend, are the true supertaster. Use your power responsibly, and please don't eat bell peppers near me.

Evil people who use their powers evilly: bars in this city who think people who don't like gin are lesser drinkers who don't deserve good drinks.

I love salty things and mildly vinegary things. Supertasters are supposed to be skinner because we're picky, but that overlooks the fact that the pigs among us gorge on the things we do like.

And, yes, supertasters sounds like we should be drifting on clouds of orgasmic taste sensations, and so far, nuh uh.

Evil people who use their powers evilly

Those who think every dish needs "a little heat" and dump peppers in everything! Damn it, my lasagna is a cheese and meat and slightly sweet tomatoey and pasta thing, leave it be! Not everything needs to have dots of flamethrower action to be good.

Wikipedia gave me the following

• alcoholic beverages
• Brussels sprouts
• cabbage
• coffee
• grapefruit juice
• green tea
• kale
• spinach
• soy products

Other foods may also show altered patterns of preference and consumption, but only indirect evidence exists:

• chili peppers - capsaicin burn is more intense in supertasters
• tonic water - quinine is more bitter to supertasters
• olives - for a given concentration, salt is more intense in supertasters

Much of 1 I can't do, liberally avoid 2, and 3, use 4 as medicine or drink the actual nice stuff from the Blue Mountains, 5 is unpalatable unless you dress it up as Ting, 6 is goddamned tasty, 7 is horrible, 8 was an acquired taste but is now delish, and much of the soy craze puzzles the fuck out of me.

Tonic water is another thing I don't get how people consume, and my position on olives is very well established even today.

Aside from "slimy," I have no mouthfeel issues at all, and I like just about everything everyone's listed except for non-ruby-red grapefruit and peas and fresh, uncooked carrots. Frankly, my taste buds are kinda slutty.