On 7/11/2011 9:46 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I remember I was particular about food, but as soon
> as mom found out I'd be happy eating fried rice
> every day, that's what it was. Now it's like the
> situation is reversed. At least I won't have to
> guess what to make.
>
> I am wondering about how taste changes when people
> get old. Does taste diminish, so should I compensate
> by making food spicier? Or, should I make food more
> bland?

It is wonderful that you are cooking for your mother. At this point in
their lives, what else can we do for them. My mother, like yours,
likes the food she has been eating all her life. She likes healthy
food, if you do not count Coca-Cola. She can still eat jalapenos, one
right after the other, so I guess she is doing okay. She was an
alcoholic for 25 years and a chain smoker, so wee are lucky that she has
lived this long.

Becca