Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
meal.

> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
> meal.
>

What is occurring here is osmosis. You're hungry, you're in the presence of
food. With out you knowing it, or doing anything, it flows from an area of
greater concentricity (the tasty food) to and area of lesser concentricity
(your hungry body) Basic scientific principle.

Of course that's totally ridicules. But a lot to do with satisfy hunger is
related to smell. Smell good tasting food long enough, and your body thinks
it's been feed. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it.

Larry T

"LT" > wrote

> Of course that's totally ridicules. But a lot to do with satisfy hunger is
> related to smell. Smell good tasting food long enough, and your body
> thinks
> it's been feed. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it.

You're right, I've read that and also experienced it. Start off
dinner with some really strong garlic bread, just a couple bites,
and you won't have such a large appetite for dinner. I had the
same effect with a caesar salad.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "LT" wrote
>
> > Of course that's totally ridicules. But a lot to do with satisfy hunger is
> > related to smell. Smell good tasting food long enough, and your body
> > thinks
> > it's been feed. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it.
>
> You're right, I've read that and also experienced it. Start off
> dinner with some really strong garlic bread, just a couple bites,
> and you won't have such a large appetite for dinner. I had the
> same effect with a caesar salad.
>
> nancy

Well, after the garlic bread and two beers! <G>

Sheldon

"LT" > wrote in message
k.net...
>
>> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
>> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
>> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
>> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
>> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
>> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
>> meal.
>>
>
> What is occurring here is osmosis. You're hungry, you're in the presence
> of
> food. With out you knowing it, or doing anything, it flows from an area of
> greater concentricity (the tasty food) to and area of lesser
> concentricity
> (your hungry body) Basic scientific principle.
>
> Of course that's totally ridicules. But a lot to do with satisfy hunger is
> related to smell. Smell good tasting food long enough, and your body
> thinks
> it's been feed. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it.
>

Happens to me all the time. The more I cook, the less I want to eat. And
it's particularly true if I've made a lot of different things (compared to
when I've spent the same amount of time making a lot of one thing.)

Donna

Yes, this is all too common to us by the look of it. My husband always
laughs when we sit down to a big dinner (party) and I say to everyone -
now if you're not hungry, don't eat it, etc.
That's why if I choose the right menu, I will cook some/most of it the
day before. Then I really enjoy eating it!!! Indian curries are good
for this. This week I cooked a Guiness Beef Stew for 8, the day before.
I could not have eaten it that night. The next night I was wanting to
eat the whole lot LOL and was really disappointed there was none left
for another meal!
It was absolutely the best beef stew I have made - melted in the mouth
and oh, the flavours. I just googled rec.cooking of course for the
recipe. I served it with two types of Irish potatoes - Champ and a
Potato/Parsnip/mustard mash. Yum yum.

Cheers
-- Bronnie

In article .com>,
" > wrote:

> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
> meal.

Yeah, that happens to me too. :-)
Usually tho' because I'm doing some tasting as I go.......

It's always better the next day!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

On 15 May 2006 15:45:32 -0700, wrote:

> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
> meal.

Unfortunately, it happens all the time. A good host/hostess is
alwasys "on" and that means they don't eat or drink much. It also
means they are able to stay up until 3 or 4 AM cleaning up after the
party. Been there, done that.

I don't enjoy my parties nearly as much as much as my guests do.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> "LT" > wrote
>
> > Of course that's totally ridicules. But a lot to do with satisfy hunger
is
> > related to smell. Smell good tasting food long enough, and your body
> > thinks
> > it's been feed. At least that's my story and I'm stickin to it.
>
> You're right, I've read that and also experienced it. Start off
> dinner with some really strong garlic bread, just a couple bites,
> and you won't have such a large appetite for dinner. I had the
> same effect with a caesar salad.
>
> nancy
>
>

Me too. This happens to me *all* the time. Just about daily.

kili

One time on Usenet, " > said:

> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
> meal.

My mother was the same way -- I think it has to do with sampling as
one cooks... ;-)

--
jj - rfc (Jani) in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

On Tue 16 May 2006 08:32:15a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jj - rfc?

> One time on Usenet, " > said:
>
>> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
>> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
>> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
>> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
>> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
>> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
>> meal.
>
> My mother was the same way -- I think it has to do with sampling as
> one cooks... ;-)

My mother never "sampled" as many do when they cook. Only enough to know
the seasonings were right. Still, she was not that interested in the meal
by the time it was put on the table. She was a terrific cook, but I think
she was a little too tired and had simply spent too much time around a
kitchen full of food to have a strong interest. She was never a big eater.

I love to cook and entertain, but I really enjoy eating the food after
everyone leaves more than eating at the time I've served them.

--

Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________ ___________

"How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?"

Julia Child

jj wrote:
> said:
>
>> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
>> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
>> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
>> spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
>> to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
>> she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
>> meal.
>
> My mother was the same way -- I think it has to do with sampling as
> one cooks... ;-)
>
> jj - rfc (Jani) in WA
> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

I always swear it's because the cook stands there inhaling the fumes!

Dora

wrote:
> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry
(snippage)

Happens to me all the time. I can be really looking forward to a meal and
after cooking it I take a couple of bites and then it goes into the fridge
to be eaten the next day. As someone else pointed out, half our sense of
taste is built into the olfactory system so I think smelling all the food
cooking tricks your body into feeling full. I have never been a nibble as I
cook person except if I think I need to taste it adjust seasonings, and
that's usually with a sauce.

Jill

at Mon, 15 May 2006 22:45:32 GMT in <1147733132.502737.202560
@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ) wrote :

>Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
>you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
>hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting? Whenever I
>spend a long time preparing something sometimes it doesn't taste good
>to me until the next day. My mom still makes big holiday dinners and
>she says that she's never hungry either after fixing a big holiday
>meal.

I suspect such as people have this problem much of it has to do with focus.
When you're cooking, you have enough to focus on in the form of steps to be
carried out that focussing specifically on the idea that you're hungry
doesn't happen. Meanwhile others who are waiting to eat and have nothing
else to do can think of nothing else *but* food. So their anticipation is
more built up, while you have your mind elsewhere. It's hard to be hungry
or at least to note hunger when you're thinking of other things.

The other part of that is, if you were *genuinely* hungry, in the sense of
actually needing nourishment as opposed to merely desiring something good,
the fact that you've been cooking isn't going to distract you from the goal
in view. You'll sit down with every bit as much anticipation because the
body actually needs the food. So some of the diminishment of the appetite
may be in the cases when, in fact, you don't really need to eat anyway, and
it would only have been if there had been nothing else to do - e.g. one of
the other people waiting around - that it would have seemed to you that you
were in fact hungry. That's the difference between hunger and appetite.

I can't say, though, that cooking much diminishes my appetite as such. What
I do notice, is the definite need to shift focus gears when passing from
kitchen to table, if you're going to appreciate what you just made.


--
Alex Rast

(remove d., .7, not, and .NOSPAM to reply)

wrote:
> Don't you hate it when you spend hours in the kitchen making something
> you're really looking forward to and then when it's done you're not
> hungry or it doesn't taste as good as you were expecting?

This almost always happens to me when I'm cooking a big holiday dinner
(day long process) and sometimes even the smaller things. I've always
attributed it to having my other senses overwhelmed, and I've just got
little appetite left over.

OTOH, I am coming around to really, really enjoying having other people
cook for me. I'm married to a man who does not cook, and even though
my big family (parents, siblings, in-laws) love to cook, I always find
myself pitching in and end up cooking half the meal for them while they
yack away, so I haven't had a lot of other people cook for me. But now
I have next door neighbors who have us over all the time, and they're
decent cooks, and it's heaven to have them call us up at the spur of
the moment to share their dinner...my appetite never fails then!

Sandy

Happens to me all the time. The more I cook, the less I want to eat.
And
it's particularly true if I've made a lot of different things (compared
to
when I've spent the same amount of time making a lot of one thing.)

i run a bistro in a bar ...... im the only chef on board there and
when i have had a busy day or night the last thing i feel like doing is
making myself food or even eating it ......... you would think with all
the smell filling up the body would be as thin as a pin and built for
speed rather then being the cushion and built for comfort wouldnt you
**smiles**

tessa

I wish I had that problem, I spend an hour in the kitchen cooking and I
am starving. I can't wait to eat.

i dont get cooked for very often either , and i really do enjoy it more
...... i love cooking ...... its a serious passion of mine ..... so much
that i do it for work as well as for play, and its so nice to be cooked
for but im just as happy to cook . I love cooking for other people
...... if its just for myself i often tend to be a bit lazy .... luckily
its not that often , . My Darling man is a great cook but i tend to
cook more often and thats really cool too , he does miss cooking for me
though ..... but we also eat out fairly regularly too which is just
awesome it means we can both relax and enjoy the meal and being away
from the kitchen and the dishes. The thing i hate most about cooking is
the cleanup afterwards LOL

Tessa