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WCDT Jan 24th to Jan 28th, 2022 (pages 4706 to 4710)
Annemoon:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 24 Jan 2022, 20:34 ---
Turns out yout microbiome can also play a part in your sense of taste.
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We've also just since grown vegetables that have less of these bad tastes. E.g. the brussels sprouts of today have way less bitterness to them then they used to.
So you might only have tasted the 'old' sprouts you would think "oh no these taste bad", never tried that again, and just not know why people currently like them.
(They are just 'objectively' better tasting (=less bitter) now, then they were. )
Another aspect to this is conditioning.
You also learn flavors, and your brain mentally "over emphasizes" flavors that may be bad (or underemphasize known 'good' flavors, making coffee taste better/less bitter to you).
So if you had very bad experiences with Brussel sprouts earlier, it would be harder for you to notice that they are now less bitter, because your brain overemphasizes the bitter flavor for you to make sure you're protected and can stop eating them in time. (It tries to protect you from poison, associated with certain bitter tastes. It's the whole purpose of tasting "bitterness".)
You can unlearn this by having more exposure and learning it's actually okay. It can help to mask the taste a little with other flavors first, to make the experience less intense, and then slowly easy into it. You don't HAVE to like everything of course. But this is how it works, and how you could do it.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Annemoon on 25 Jan 2022, 02:31 ---You can unlearn this by having more exposure and learning it's actually okay. It can help to mask the taste a little with other flavors first, to make the experience less intense, and then slowly easy into it. You don't HAVE to like everything of course. But this is how it works, and how you could do it.
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Yeah, when people talk of acquired tastes, I sometimes see some pushback with others saying "yeah, it's just Stockholm Syndrome for your taste buds".
It really isn't. We're wired to be mistrustful of new sensory experiences, and that includes taste and smell - which makes sense from the evolutionary standpoint, I imagine ("I ate something for the first time. I may or may not get very sick from this. Let's see what happens over the next few days. If I feel bad, I'll be sure to remember from now on this is what poison tastes like").
ihaveavoice:
--- Quote from: John Allenson on 24 Jan 2022, 09:05 ---As to the fashion:
The silhouette is the Pigeon Front of Late Victorian, around the turn of the century. Earlier Victorian would have had a bustle (padded butt). Georgian liked the Empire Waist, the fabric tight around a (smaller) bust then loosely draping.
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The pigeon bust is Edwardian, and as the Victorian period lasted for the whole 64 years of Victoria's reign, it includes everything from close fitting skirts to enormous hoop skirts, TWO different and distinct bustle eras, huge poofy sleeves, close fitting sleeves, etc. The Georgian period likewise lasted quite a long time, all the way from 1714-1830, because it covers the rules of four different Hanover Georges, so it includes many years of close-fitting waists with rigid stays as well as the giant panniers the stuck out way past the sides of the hips, etc. The Regency era was a smaller portion of it (1795-1820), and for most of it, the ladies were super into the empire waist look.
Wingy:
I actually prefer soy milk to cow milk. I switched 20 years ago and haven't looked back. That said I still do cook with cow milk for certain dishes, but just to drink, yuk.
I also am strongly bitter averse and have texture issues, so it was a revelation when I tried a raw brussel sprout: crisp, not nearly as bitter compared to the bitter, slimy things my mother cooked. I'll eat them raw or sliced and lightly steamed. I still can't stand coffees taste, though the smell isn't nearly as annoying. As St. George Carlin said: Fussy Eater - guilty as charged.
Is it just me, or does the brown color against the blue body clash? May's outfit is nicely coordinated with itself, but not with her skin tone, IMO.
DreDotJs:
May in a whole professional outfit gives me life. I'm so happy for her honestly, and proud! Mari is amazing but what a pain she has to be to work with when she's in a mood.
Also, oat milk doesn't taste like milk, but it *can* be indistinguishable from, say, a creamer once it's actually in a coffee as a condiment. I gave up milk years ago and now even good milk smells and tastes funky to me. I'll still bake with the real thing though, there's no comparison. But I feel like it's worth it to try other milk options if you find yourself developing a sensitivity to dairy.
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