On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:48:56 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"jmcquown" wrote in message news >
>On 6/21/2017 8:33 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> "Gary" wrote in message news >>> On 6/21/2017 10:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> When Dad was 83, Mom had a hard time getting him to eat. (It didn't
>>>> help that he had Alzheimers.) There was nothing wrong with her pot
>>>> roast, mashed potatoes and green beans. But she never really made
>>>> much use of herbs and spices.
>>>
>>> No offense to Mom but that comment right there explains why he didn't
>>> care to eat her food. No herbs or spices? Bland crappy food, imo.
>>>
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> Why? Not everyone likes spices you know!
>>
>> (fixed minor typo above).
>>
>> It may be a language thing here but you seem to relate the word
>> 'spices' to 'spicy' and mean hot. USA/Canada folks don't mean that when
>> they says 'spices' in the same way you might be thinking. Sure, we
>> might but it's not automatic.
>>
>Surely you know by now Ophelia and her husband don't like pepper. I
>don't mean chili peppers, just plain ground pepper, which *is* a spice.
>
>To me, life without pepper would be very bland indeed. But we can't all
>like the same things.

I think I could live without spices.