Out of all five senses my favorite by far is taste. Sure seeing and hearing are great and all, but my taste buds and i are best of friends. I am a total foodie. "Hello, my name is Courtney and I'm addicted to taste." If i have a group that might be how the meeting started. I love to taste things. New things i have never tried,old things that i know and love. If given the choice between a day at the spa or an all you can eat buffet with and ice cream bar, the buffet would always win. If they could just come out with a candy that had real to life tastes of different things i would never need to eat again. i would just pop that in my mouth and enjoy the taste of an egg,sausage and cheese muffin followed by a chocolate shake, topped off by a sweet potato,corn dogs,chilly cheese fries and a coke. IF you have ever seen Willy wonka (the original,of course) when Violet eats that gum that has a full 5 course meal, that's my dream. Forget the gob stopper, i would never want a candy that never ended. The same taste over and over,that would be my nightmare. I know its taste that i like and not just food because i will eat even when I'm full. I know that is gluttony, but that's my cross to bear.
I once a had chat with a cool older lady. She told me that she is just not that into food anymore because her sense of taste was so dull. I think a tear ran down my cheek at the mention of this. i had never thought of loss of taste as an old age issues. Sure i had thought how i would be if i had lost all my teeth, went blind or passed gas without knowledge of it. these "old age" things had run through my mind more than once, but loss of taste? My retirement plan was to forget healthy and eat like the wind. "Grandma, would you like another slice of cake?" "Sure sweet thing and while your at it put some ice cream on the side and some hot fudge would be nice." That was going to be me. But what if I could not taste any of it? Well, if that day ever did come then just call me "old yeller",take me out back and put me out of my misery!
yup - not much sense of taste or smell here...sometimes it's a blessing...like when changing poopy diapers (still stinky but not that bad)
ReplyDeleteyou must release a great deal of endorphines when you taste which is probably why you like it so well. It makes you feel good...cute read :)
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