On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:28:22 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:40:58 -0800 (PST), marco >
>wrote:
>
>>I often read at the end of a recipe,
>>or an opinion about a recipe,
>>that a food dish tastes better the next day.
>>
>>I wonder if this is [many times] a fallacy?
>>Not in all cases of course.
>>
>>I believe, that most of the time,
>>it may be physiological [I think that's the word].
>>
>>For example, a cup of coffe,
>>made the same way, can taste different,
>>from day to day.
>>
>>The first time I tasted strawberry rhubarb pie,
>>I couldn't belive how good it tasted.
>>But later, after I had had it a few times,
>>it just didn't live up to my expectations.
>>
>>marc
>
>Across the board, I don't believe that anything tastes better the next
>day. Yuck! Any development of flavor that is necessary to enhance
>the dish can be achieved on the day that it is made. This is an old
>wives' tale meant to improve the image of leftovers.
>Janet US

I always knew that wine doesn't age in the bottle.... if anything wine
deteriorates due to faulty bottling... wine ages like people, the
older the more the stink.