Isn’t the human palette interesting. People enjoy the strangest flavors sometimes while others don’t.
Kids love the sourest of candies, but won’t eat cooked onions or red things. Adults by in large, don’t like the same level of sour that children enjoy. But adults enjoy onions raw and often hot chili peppers. I’m fine with strong levels of heat in foods. But I see no reason to use insane levels of heat to try and prove how manly someone might be. I want to taste all the ingredients in the dish, not just one thing. Like Thanos and Buddhist monks, I strive for balance in all things flavor.
I enjoy flavors that most here would run screaming from. I love strong vinegary flavors. I enjoy oaky, tannic bourbons and teas. The iron and mineral flavors of organ meats. And I have noticed lately that I very much enjoy that taste of black pepper, like stupid amounts of it. I even found a small enjoyment of cranberries as I get older. But it’s still all about the balance.
I’m much the same on most of this, but I very much still have a sweet tooth. The things I crave, my SO says are “too sweet”.
And it’s not that nothing is “too sweet” for me, or too sour, in that special way that candies can be sour… There’s definitely stuff I’ve eaten that is too sweet (for me)… I just seem to have a much higher tolerance for it.
Though, I’m not a fan of organ meats. To be fair, I haven’t had any recently enough to check if that’s still the case.
But pepper is a bit of an addiction for me. I put that shit on just about everything… In quantities that make my SO get visibly uncomfortable.
Fresh ground spices are a revelation in flavor. I’ve had a pepper and salt mill set for years that I use. The pepper mill has been getting a real workout lately. I just crave the taste of pepper more than ever it seems and I don’t know why. So enjoy your pepper journey!
Isn’t the human palette interesting. People enjoy the strangest flavors sometimes while others don’t.
Kids love the sourest of candies, but won’t eat cooked onions or red things. Adults by in large, don’t like the same level of sour that children enjoy. But adults enjoy onions raw and often hot chili peppers. I’m fine with strong levels of heat in foods. But I see no reason to use insane levels of heat to try and prove how manly someone might be. I want to taste all the ingredients in the dish, not just one thing. Like Thanos and Buddhist monks, I strive for balance in all things flavor.
I enjoy flavors that most here would run screaming from. I love strong vinegary flavors. I enjoy oaky, tannic bourbons and teas. The iron and mineral flavors of organ meats. And I have noticed lately that I very much enjoy that taste of black pepper, like stupid amounts of it. I even found a small enjoyment of cranberries as I get older. But it’s still all about the balance.
I’m much the same on most of this, but I very much still have a sweet tooth. The things I crave, my SO says are “too sweet”.
And it’s not that nothing is “too sweet” for me, or too sour, in that special way that candies can be sour… There’s definitely stuff I’ve eaten that is too sweet (for me)… I just seem to have a much higher tolerance for it.
Though, I’m not a fan of organ meats. To be fair, I haven’t had any recently enough to check if that’s still the case.
But pepper is a bit of an addiction for me. I put that shit on just about everything… In quantities that make my SO get visibly uncomfortable.
I like the taste of blood
A connoisseur of blood sausage! We used to make a large batch of that at home every fall. Along with oatmeal sausage, and various smoked sausages.
While I don’t make sausages anymore, I will be making some bacon this week.
Yeah thats the good stuff
Do you ever bite your tongue for extra flavour?
No
Iron-y
Yes, it’s mostly shades of brown and some pinks.
Here’s a palette.
Oh man, I agree on the black pepper. I got a pepper mill and ordered a pepper mix medlee maybe a year or so ago and its so much better.
On the other hand, just to your point, I can’t stand vinegar at all.
Fresh ground spices are a revelation in flavor. I’ve had a pepper and salt mill set for years that I use. The pepper mill has been getting a real workout lately. I just crave the taste of pepper more than ever it seems and I don’t know why. So enjoy your pepper journey!