On 16/12/2015 08:36 Ophelia wrote:

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> "Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On 16/12/2015 07:53 wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:17:18 -0600, Sqwertz >
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>>>>On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:24:51 -0400, wrote:
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>>>>> I think people who eat all this highly spiced Mexican food numb their
>>>>> taste buds to some degree. Or at least overwork them. The
>>>>> difference between beef cooked on the bone, even steak, and cooked cut
>>>>> up and tied with string, is most noticeable to me.
>>>>
>>>>Only one of several professional references that bones do not add
>>>>flavor. It's all in head, along with your hypothesis that spicy foods
>>>>wear out taste buds.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/03/a...meat-beef.html
>>>>
>>>>-sw
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>>> Not wear them out, dull them.
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>> It may be true if you're eating spicier food than you're used to and can
>> handle, to the point where it starts to hurt.
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> But does the tolerance not build up over time?

Yes, so that even when it's very hot food, you can still taste all the
flavours.

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Bruce