On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:18:32 -0800 (PST), marco >
wrote:

>I think some of you are automatically responding,
>without really giving it much thought.
>
>My contention is, it's not the food,
>it's you/me that are in a different psychological
>state, and the food tastes different. Maybe better,
>but [again] it's not necessarily the food.
>
>We've all heard "it tastes better the next day"
>and sort of go along with it, and say it.
>Not many of you seem to be absorbing this idea,
>and responding to this concept.
>
>Sure, I could be totally wrong,
>but I'd like to follow through with this idea,
>and get thoughts on it, specifically.
>
>marc

Another important aspect is after cooking a dish and being around the
ingredients and their scents, one can become habituated to the
subtlety of scents and flavors. So the next day when they are no
longer habituated to them, those same scents and flavors can be
perceived as more intense and complex.

This is not "psychological", it is very real!

John Kuthe...