You're quite right !

and so we'll add;

Things that don't taste as good as they used to;
<RJ>'s taste buds ! ( sigh )


On 10 Sep 2005 06:38:34 -0700, "Sheldon" > wrote:

>
><RJ> wrote:
>> COUNTRY TIME Lemonade Mix.
>>
>> When it first came out in the 70's,
>> it tasted so real, it blew away the competition.
>>
>> Now, it tastes like Lemon Kool Ade.
>> ( and thats not saying much )
>
>Thirty five years ago your ability to taste was at least 1000% better
>than it is today... generally the ability to taste sour is the first to
>go, then salt, then sweet, then bitter... which is why as people age
>they begin to use more and more salt and sugar, to also overwhelm their
>ability to better perceive bitterness. Many elderly stop eating
>because everything tastes bitter and at the same time their ability to
>smell diminishes greatly. Whenever you see middle aged folks in the
>media as professional food, wine, and coffee tasters it's 100% BS, it's
>a biological impossiblity for folks over thirty to percieve the minute
>nuances of taste and smell... anyone over 40 buying $50 bottles of wine
>is a fool, when you see them swirling and sniffing it's an act... if
>that wine was clandestinely switched for box wine they'd continue
>swirling, sniffing, and proclaiming its virtues precisely the same.
>When humans are born they have more taste buds than they will ever
>have, newborn's taste buds are present all the way down the throat to
>the esophagus. By the time a human is one year old they've lost more
>than half their taste buds and will lose half again every year of their
>lives... which is why the more foods a young child is introduced to the
>less they'll be averse to those particular foods as adults. RJ, that
>lemonade mix tastes the same (if anything it's probably improved),
>you've simply become an old fart, admit it.
>
>Sheldon

<rj>