Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.

Yeah, but would you enjoy it as much? ;-)


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