On 2/19/2012 1:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> Someone posted in another thread about the foods we used to love as
> kids and young adults and when we try them now they just don't taste
> the same.
>
> I find it very true. Prepared foods and pre packaged things could
> taste different than they did in the past because of manufacturing
> differences today. The biggest offenders are in the fast food
> nation....But there are foods that are prepared from scratch at home
> that don't taste the same either. And sometimes it's very
> disappointing when you are full of anticipation and excitement for
> that first bite.......and it just doesn't measure up.
>
> I don't know if it is just maturity, if our taste buds DO change as we
> get older, or if the
> body itself doesn't want whatever made it taste to us so long ago.
>
> Have you had that experience?
>
Sort of.

My Granny made absolutely delicious Scotch Broth - I tried and tried,
(using her recipe) but somehow, mine never tasted the same - I assumed
that my memory of it was better-tasting than it really was.

But when I went back to Scotland and made her broth, my kitchen suddenly
smelled like my childhood! I was using locally-raised lamb, leeks,
carrots, celery, and barley - the aroma was quite noticeably different
from my US-made broth.