SC - Sweet treats or Savory?-OOP

[Reia M. Chmielowski]

At 05:11 1/30/99 , you wrote:

><<The thought of sweetened oatmeal turns my stomach.  

>It doesn't really 'turn' my stomach so much as that after a few bites I get
>sort of queasy.(sp?) whereas unsweetened grain porridges seem like a meal. I
>would suspect that upbringing has a lot to do with this. An interesting thing
>would be to compare the taste for unsweentened porridge with a person taste
>for sweets in general. For instance, I like tangy lemon and other fruit pies
>and jams but very rarely appreciate desserts that are ultra sweet unless the
>other flavors predominate over the sweetness. A tiny piece of bhaklava will
>suffice but I can scarf an entire tangy cherry pie with no problem.

Well, my mother has often said that I was the only kid she ever met who
didn't really care for candy.  I'd eat things like sweet-tarts because I
liked the tart, or Planters Peanut Bars for the salty nut taste, but sweets
weren't my thing (I still don't really like chocolate).  So I guess my lack
of sweet tooth does have a lot to do with my being uninterested in
sweetened cereals or grains.  Oddly enough, my sister does like things like
chocolate (but not to the extent of many people) and she also eats her
oatmeal with butter and salt.

- --Kareina

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