Dinner tonight: savory, hearty beef stew.
I stand with the supertasters in the "you really think that tastes good?" corner. I'm put off by almost all the foods mentioned. I can eat grapefruit if I smother it in sugar and ignore the burning pain in my jaws until they finally lock up and refuse to swallow anymore. Green olives give me the locked-jaw reaction if I eat too many, but perversely I like them. Coffee and green tea, I can drink if I cover the taste with another flavor. Beer, a bad idea for many reasons. Vegetables, nearly all too bitter without butter or cheese or a flavorful sauce to drown them in. Mouthfeel issues kick in with things that are squirty/juicy and also have a crumbly or crunchy texture - like the insides of those little tomatoes, eeeyugh
That test was odd. Eating in restaurants isn't the best way to test my relationship with food. Papillae test - mine are totally visible without the blue food dye.
I'd really like to be food-adventurous and enjoy lots of exotic new foods, but it rarely turns out well. I end up either sick or hungry.
Those who think every dish needs "a little heat" and dump peppers in everything! Damn it
Oh yeah. That, and people who think that everything needs "a little crunch!" Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.
Allyson, don't worry about "expectations"! Nobody has any goals you're expected to meet - everyone's just pushing options, excited to see how far you and your bouncing baby book can go. No matter what happens from here, it'll still be awesome. Because you're published!
Jilli, tell eBay to search for your lipstick every day for you! I've found so many things I thought I'd never find that way. They just show up in your inbox; "here, here are the boots you wanted six months ago and couldn't find!"
Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.
ITA. Celery isn't even food - just roughage and water.
How odd the displacement issue should come up just now.
3 minutes ago, I finished watching a documentary about Father Damien, the Catholic priest who worked in the leprosy settlement on Molokai. Moving stuff.
Robin Williams narrated...in very grave tones...and used words such as banishment, displacement, abandonment, segregation and ejection to describe the rounding up and dumping of afflicted Hawaiians.
I like apple in tuna salad. It gives a little crunch.
Hmm. Apple I might try, but ITA on the celery. Raw celery is only for peanut butter jars and bloody marys.
Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.
Omigod, I love it that way. I love crunch.
A summer staple is chicken salad: finely chopped chicken, granny smith apples and chopped toffee or honey almonds. And mayo, to glue it together.
See, now I'm so confused by the supertasting! Tonic water does taste funny/bad, but sometimes I like it. Coffee is only good with cream and sweetener, but then I like it a lot. Olives are good, especially black ones. Mushrooms are gross. Green bell peppers are awful. Green tea is incredibly undrinkable.
Apple is good in tuna/chicken salad because it gives crunch without possibly making stringy bits, like celery.
Displacement should work. Thanks!
Huh. Test says I am a supertaster but I don't see how that's possible. I like cabbage. And coffee. And olives. And most things, really, as long as it isn't the fruit of a nightshade or a melon. I want to try the experiment, now...
Celery is fine, but bloody marys are best with pickled green beans. Apple in tuna does not sound good to me, but I might like it if I tried it. I don't know if I will, though. Apple in chicken salad, now, I can get behind, since apple-chicken sausage is yummy.
I like apples. I don't mind the crunch of apples because they're sweet and their flavor goes well with foods that are slightly bland (which I like, mostly).
I've developed a taste for some things I initially disliked, but they still taste bitter and sharp. It's weird. Like soy, or spinach. They don't taste any better, I'm just more accepting of their unique flavor. (As I pry open my protesting jaws, which are certain we're eating poison.)