for example, I used to find capers absolutely revolting when younger, now I love the things.
2006-12-10 10:27:51 · 17 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It happens every seven years or so but I don't know why!
2006-12-10 10:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard the 7-year cellular change theory... and the aging taste-buds, but don't quite believe it.
I'm 40 + now, yet my tastes have stayed remarkably similar since about 13 or 14. I just don't eat as MUCH anymore !!
Capers are delicious !! And I have never cared for lima beans.
2006-12-10 10:55:10 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you age your tastebuds decrease. You start to enjoy foods which you used to find unpalatable. Tastebuds are also jaded by spicy food, smoking and yoghurt so if you try these then you are less sensitive to harsh tastes like capers.
2006-12-10 10:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by penny century 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taste buds die out as you get older. I like things now that I absolutely would not eat as a child.
2006-12-10 14:20:37 · answer #4 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called maturity which produces an understanding and appreciation of the delicate sub flavours that some foods have. Either that or your taste buds have become sh*gged with age.
2006-12-10 10:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excessive talking wears the taste buds down on the tongue, so after years of it, your seeing the resulting change in tastes !
2006-12-10 10:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by a1952male 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scientific explanation is that teenage girls are taught it is more polite to swallow than to spit, and by the time they are into their twenties they love to swallow so much they actively seek out this delicious nutitious flavour and texture.
Logically this open-minded attitude to flavours and textures carries over into their culinary tastes. How else can you explain why women like fresh oysters?
2006-12-10 19:00:56 · answer #7 · answered by feeltherisingbuzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just our taste but our resistance to pain too. Our body and the nervous system that goes with it harden, and we start appreciating such things as biter tastes.
2006-12-10 10:41:07 · answer #8 · answered by imprology 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
havent a clue but i like loadsa stuff i used to hate now i'm a tad older my personal theory being us taste buds must evolve and grow as we do and thus liking tastes that once tasted foul bad theory i know but hey ho
2006-12-10 10:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by kj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if what maggie says is true that it happend every seven years i might offer an expnation. after seven years every cell in your body has changed been renewed so maybe its something to with that. So in theory you are physically a different person after seven years.
2006-12-10 10:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by wave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you discover alcohol my son would not eat curries when he was little but now after a good night out that's all he wants to eat, beer and strong foods go together
2006-12-10 19:49:37 · answer #11 · answered by sue c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋