[Sca-cooks] re:long peppers, etc.

[Sharron Albert]

>My father has an unusual condition wherein he has lost fine taste sensation.
>He only tastes very strong and intense flavors.  so, he likes the bigger
>flavors.  I suspect that there are some out there who cannot actually sense
>the fine distinctions in flavor of fresh herbs and the varieties of
>cinnamon/cassia and reach for <<insert stereotypical condiment here>> to
>please their palets.  Ketchhup or salt is just as overpowering as capsaicin,
>just not as likely to blister the innards.
>
>niccolo

Something I read, many years ago, explained some of this. Taste buds 
are different in intensity. I had never thought about that. About 50% 
of people taste salt, sugar, sweet, etc., pretty much the same. 
Another 25% need more to taste them: these are the people who eat 
jalapenas straight, etc. The other 25% are more sensitive: 
death-by-chocolate is too sweet, peppers are too hot, grapefruit is 
too sour, etc. I am _way_ over into the more sensitive I discovered 
from that. I make a white chocolate cheesecake that others love, that 
is too rich for me (G).

Which is why I avoid pepper, hot curries, etc. But it was interesting 
to find out why...

Morgana
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