tert in seattle wrote:

> I've never experimented so I don't have evidence but, if I was
> going to bake chocolate chip cookies and some nice garlicky croutons
> in the oven at the same time don't you think the cookies would come
> out tasting like croutons and vice versa...??

I wouldn't recommend it. There smell component to taste, and some things
are quite potent. Garlic is near the top of the list for that. There is
a good chance that you would end up with chocolate chip cookies that
tasted of garlic.

FWIW.... last night my wife made me an espresso after dinner. I
complained that it tasted like detergent. She said it couldn't and that
her's didn't. She tried mine. Sure enough, she got the detergent taste.
We both agreed that it was more a smell than a taste. I find the aroma
therapy dish detergents keep their suds longer, but the fragrance
lingers. I have to be very careful to rinse things. My wine guru does
not wash his wine glasses with detergent. He uses hot water and paper
towels because he doesn't want the nose (his or the wine's ) to be
tainted.