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elleng

(138,209 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:33 AM Oct 2022

from yesterday, of interest: Does anyone else feel as though their taste in foods they want to eat [View all]

Is becoming narrower as they age? I think it should be the other way around, that we'd want to try new flavors and textures as we spiral down the great coil. I've always been a little picky but now it's so much worse.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1716614

An interesting thread, I think.

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from yesterday, of interest: Does anyone else feel as though their taste in foods they want to eat [View all] elleng Oct 2022 OP

fruit. Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #1

Good elleng Oct 2022 #2

Yes, fruit, especially summer fruit. Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #5

I haven't found a good one recently, elleng Oct 2022 #7

I haven't found any information on how to avoid picking a too-ripe one. Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #14

I am 81 and just the opposite chillfactor Oct 2022 #3

81 here too. trof Oct 2022 #16

Kick, for more responses. I think it's interesting, too. Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #4

Thanks elleng Oct 2022 #6

Not really Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #8

not my taste buds, my body is sensitive to everything. KarenS Oct 2022 #9

I have had the acid reflux thingy MOMFUDSKI Oct 2022 #15

During covid quarantine, I started preparing supper. About 10 new spices added to the menu: 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #10

Pssst Danascot Oct 2022 #11

OK. ... will order some. 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #13

My mom, 88, has taken to using Za'atar powder on chicken & veggies irisblue Oct 2022 #12

My love/hate with buttermilk. trof Oct 2022 #17

My taste in foods has not gotten narrower, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #18