Re: [CH] Mezzetta hot olives / Taste buds
Tee (traderbear@thehitchingpost.com)
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:31:18 -0500
>>> Bobman wrote: Santa Barbara Olive Company makes a jal stuffed olive
that I'm partial to. They are not mushy, but them still may be high on
the salt for you. That is why I like olives. I don't salt the food, but
have an olive or two with it.
<<<
I think salt is why many people like olives, so I imagine you have
lots and lots of company there. I am in the minority on this one. I
don't mind some saltiness, but don't want it to be the main taste.
(Same with chips) Guess that's why I like the Mezzetta's. I taste the
olive and hab flavors first and the salt is more undercurrent than main
attraction.
I enjoy exploring foods, tho, so thanks for telling us about the jal
olive you like. I will check that one out -- after all, I won't know if
it is "too" salty until I try it.
Taste is a funny funny thing. Recently on another list, several people
said they cannot eat cilantro -- it makes food taste like soap to them!
One said it wasn't a matter of whether she "liked" cilantro, she had no
choice; her taste buds produce soap from cilantro. Gyaack! She said
some people have enzymes in their mouths which create that chemical
reaction. She also said she originally could eat cilantro and then one
day, suddenly, it all changed for her. Now cilantro = soap.
Fascinating. Am glad I don't have those anti-cilantro guys hanging out
in my mouth! Would hate to give up cilantro (she said, making
warding-off sign).
Tee