On Nov 29, 12:24*pm, ravenlynne > wrote:
> On 11/29/2010 9:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> > On Nov 23, 4:53 pm, > *wrote:
> >> On 11/23/2010 4:48 PM, sf wrote:
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> >>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:10:51 -0500, ravenlynne
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> >>>> theyre bitter...no mater what.
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> >>> I don't know where that comes from. *Maybe it's a gene like the one
> >>> that makes cilantro taste like soap to some people. *Don't you season
> >>> them?
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> >> They're bitter no matter what I've done.
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> > Two things occur to me immediately:
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> > 1. *Your sensory apparatus might be unusually sensitive to bitter
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> very well could be. Most foods that can be described as having a slight
> bitterness (kale, collard greens, brussels, turnips, rutabega) all taste
> horrible to me, almost to the point of triggering my gag reflex. *There
> are so many other vegetables that are awesome, that I get a sufficient
> intake.
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> DIfferent strokes for different folks. *I adore beans, and most people I
> know personally don't like them.
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> More for you! *keep the brussels' growers in business!
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> And no one is arguing that sf can have things that she doesn't like.

I never meant to imply that. I was trying to say that your
preferences
are as valid as hers. (But mine are The Law

I find that as I age, bitter tastes are not as objectionable as they
were when I was young. My husband, however, hates things that
are bitter (except coffee, for some reason). (His father won't
eat broccoli, and I hypothesize it's because it tastes bitter
to him.)

Cindy Hamilton