One of the challenges I have in making sure my Mother gets healthy meals is her insistence that just about anything other than dessert is too salty. She's definitely a sweets person. I would classify myself as a savory guy, but I like sweet stuff, too.

I found some sweet sausage this morning and I think I tricked her, ;~)

Where are you on the sweet or salty line?

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I like both and I also like sweet/savory entrees, but Eric hates a sweet/savory combination, so I never cook that way at home.

It just amazes me that my Mother will eat bacon with reckless abandon, but is so finicky about everything else. ;~) She really seriously would be quite happy with bacon, eggs, ice cream and donuts.

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I'm no sweet tooth at all, I like sour and spicy.

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I'm no sweet tooth at all, I like sour and spicy.

It's interesting to me because it makes me wonder how our different brain chemistries process these flavor signals.

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It's interesting to me because it makes me wonder how our different brain chemistries process these flavor signals.

Besides individual differences, you mother may also be experiencing some age related changes. I find that when I cook for my mother, I have to punch up the flavor for her quite a bit. She seems to "need" more salt or sugar to carry other flavors. Since my mother is terminally ill, I don't worry much these days about trying to cook things for her that are particularly healthy. My goal when I cook for mom now is to just make her things she will enjoy.

Wishing your mother a lot of strength Angela.

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It's interesting to me because it makes me wonder how our different brain chemistries process these flavor signals.

Besides individual differences, you mother may also be experiencing some age related changes. I find that when I cook for my mother, I have to punch up the flavor for her quite a bit. She seems to "need" more salt or sugar to carry other flavors. Since my mother is terminally ill, I don't worry much these days about trying to cook things for her that are particularly healthy. My goal when I cook for mom now is to just make her things she will enjoy.

With my mom, I'm pretty much aiming for enjoyment, too, but I get exasperated sometimes when I make something that I know is low in sodium, and she rejects it as too salty.

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Wishing your mother a lot of strength Angela.

Thank you. She has it, apparently. Mom consistently passes the "Eye Ball Test", an expression coined by a funny and gifted oncologist. By this, the doctor means that mom looks better in person than she does "on paper" in her medical chart... (which of course is electronic these days!!!)

Tom yum or chocolate? Tough decision.

Pad kee mao or chicken and waffles? Tough decision.

Maybe that is why there is thai iced tea?

I do like both. Have to watch the carbs, but in moderation ... yum.

I do find my preferences wander. On a hot summer day, lighter and hot spicy seems good, where on a cold winter day, filling and a less hot spice.

Finally medicines do effect our taste. Metformin is notorious for killing taste as it deadens sense of smell.

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I like pepper on My eggs and on My veggies, sneezes are optional, though they do happen, from time to time. Otherwise I don't do anything to My food, beyond some salt on the eggs that is.

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This is news to me.
What is the difference between sweet and savory? The most basic definition is that sweet food has the flavor or taste of sugar or honey, while savory food is not sweet, but rather full-flavored and sometimes spicy.

My mother in law (91), while still in good health also complains that she has lost a great deal of taste. In food not anything else. Well mabey in the way she dresses too. But she likes the food I cook. I pull that same trick that Angela does, I overdo it with salt and other spices.

Personally I enjoy salt, sour, and hot.

Its all down to age, when you are young it is sweetness, as you get older it is savoury.

Is it?

As my parents aged, and their health declined, they found that things didn't taste the same. One of the things they did was grow Fresno chilis in the garden. Mom would seed and blanch them, them put them in the freezer. Whenever we had casseroles or meatloaf, one or two diced peppers went into the mix. Not real hot/spicy. but enough to be noticeable. And usually more so when the left-overs were reheated after a day or two in the refrigerator....

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salt

The devil who stalks us all....

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salt

The devil who stalks us all....

Salt, like sugar and fat, is a necessary part of our diet. But some of us take in much more than we need, or is healthy for us. Finding that balance, between what our mind and taste buds desire, and what our bodies need, is often difficult.....

That's what's so great about eating at Rocky's - absolutely no real detrimental effects on our bodies...

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At the suggestion of a friend I tried a little experiment. I filled 7 glasses with 8 oz of water. I left one alone and added a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar to the next, then 1 teaspoon, then 1.5 etc. Labled them then with the help of the friend blind tested myself. I did not taste the sugar until I got to 1.5 teaspoons. Below that they all tasted sugar free to me.

At the suggestion of a friend I tried a little experiment. I filled 7 glasses with 8 oz of water. I left one alone and added a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar to the next, then 1 teaspoon, then 1.5 etc. Labled them then with the help of the friend blind tested myself. I did not taste the sugar until I got to 1.5 teaspoons. Below that they all tasted sugar free to me.

Sugar does not dissolve well in water, especially in cold water. The sugar solutions that tasted like plain water to you probably didn't have very much sugar actually suspended in the water.

It would be more interesting to use simple syrup. (Bring one part sugar and one part water to boil, cook stirring until all of the sugar has dissolved - it only takes a minute or so, let cool.)

If you repeated the experiment using .5 tsp increments of sugar syrup, my guess is that you will detect sweetness in every glass.

Sometimes I go to McDonalds to eat a burger.
They also have so called "meals" with sweet sodas and salty fries (and sugar?).
Disgusting:(