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Default Attitudes toward dietary adversity

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:37:21 +0100, Nathalie Chiva
> wrote:

>On 13 Jan 2008 23:49:41 GMT, "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>
>>Taste-bud differences. Some things taste bitter to some people but not
>>to others, for example.

>
>True. I'm over-sensitive to bitter, so for instance, even the new
>"sweet" grapefruits taste bitter to me. What does taste bitter to you
>which doesn't to others?
>

I've found that occasionally the skin of a home grown zucchini will
taste bitter. I haven't run across that with commercially grown stuff
though - go figger. If I had to bet, I'd bet on the opposite
scenario.

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