July 28, 2009
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Taster’s Non-Choice
Bad news people. I think I might be starting to mature. Or at least my tastes. See for years and years I’ve been a big sugar eater. About 12 years ago when I was spending valuable unemployed time wasting away at Denny’s, I used to order coffee (or decaff if it was too late in the night) and load it up with 3 sugars and 3 creamers. Now keep in mind these were those tiny ass Denny’s coffee cups. Really, there wasn’t much to them. Jt and Dave used to think I was crazy for putting so much sugar and cream in my coffee. Nowadays I still put a lot in, but not as much. I’ve noticed the taste of too much sugar. Come to think of it, I was never a big coffee drinker in the first place, at least not until I started working 1st shift some 5 years ago. Now I drink it every day. And love it. I still am a rabid sugar eater, I eat all the so called sugar cereals. But, my sweet tooth is not nearly as strong as it once was. I never eat donuts. I do eat candy but don’t crave it the way I used to. Hell, 5 years ago (and as I even documented here on Xanga) I ate Cookie Crisp with Hershey’s Chocolate syrup on it. Its not to say I wouldn’t do that again, but I don’t know that I would have thought of it at this point.
And its not only sugar. When I was a teenager I used to love Pizza Hut. Now I think its worse than shit on a stick. Ok, so I came to that realization years ago. For the most part, I also don’t eat fast food anymore. It doesn’t even taste that good to me anymore. When I was growing up I never liked seafood. Now I love it. When I was a teenager I didn’t care too much for Chinese food. Now I love it.
I have read that throughout a person’s life their tastes change. When you are a kid you are a picky eater. When you become an adult you aren’t as picky and eat many things. When I was a kid, I wouldn’t even eat pizza. Now its among my favorites. I’ve heard that once people get old, they don’t like a lot of things. Is it possible that I will morph into somebody who doesn’t even like chocolate? I shutter at the thought.
Still, it might make my eating life even easier. I always said if I could have one superpower it would be to have the power to eat whatever I want without the health consequences that come with such recklessness. Maybe as I age that won’t even matter. Maybe all of a sudden I will be liking things that taste like shit or have no taste. You know, like tofu. Or…………I dunno, something else that has no tastes or tastes bad. Maybe it will make me even healthier.
I’ll always have my beloved Rold Gold pretzel rods though. I think its safe to say I will never stop loving those.
Comments (2)
Hmmm. I’ve heard that part of the reason tastes change as one matures is that children have the ability to taste (and smell) significantly better than adults, so tend to dislike certain foods with strong tastes that are less objectionable to adults. Not sure how that conflates with the sugar shift, though.
Yes dear Friend you will Morph as you age, tastes change, habits grow weird. My nightmare is developing that oldman smell………I bought tons of bodywash. Once chocolate lover always a chocolate lover no worries there.