Anyone ever heard of Carvel Ice Cream?
Nancy Young wrote:
> On 4/10/2012 11:25 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 4/10/2012 12:44 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
>>>> And since ice cream has a lot of sugar and I remember Carvel from
>>>> when I
>>>> was a kid - Stuff with more sugar tastes better when we were young and
>>>> that decreases as we grow up.
>>>
>>> My observation is that it comes back strongly as one becomes
>>> elderly. I imagine it's a tastebud thing, who knows.
>
>> Heh! I was being more conservative. I don't like really sweet things,
>> but I do eat MORE sweet things. And I do think it has to do with one's
>> sense of taste.
>
> My inlaws, just stand back if there's some good cookies or cake!
> Very thin, fit people, my fil was into weight lifting all his
> life (one time state champ), but as they got older, bring on
> the dessert!
>
> Now, my Japanese stepmother never had a sweet tooth. One time
> she said Why do you put frosting on cake, doesn't it make it
> sweet? Uh, yeah, it would do that. Now, she'll have cake and
> go see what other kind of cake there is to try. Again, the tiniest
> person around. Maybe 85 pounds.
>
> nancy
Very interesting--and it fits in with my own observations.
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Jean B.
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