Lettuce tastes like dirt?

[AlmightyGod]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

http://supertastertest.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/supertaster/

 

[KeysBum]

Supertaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Supertaster Test | Are You a Supertaster?

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Mind - Supertasters test

Thanks AG. I actualy learned something reading this thread.

 

[AlmightyGod]

Thanks AG. I actualy learned something reading this thread.

I only deserve partial credit...

Lasttango (an esteemed ECF Veteran) brought this to my attention last year during a huge debate over the amount of flavoring used in juices. Some people only require 10% flavoring, & others want 25%. Why some love a juice & others not so much. We have different body chemistry & can taste the same flavor in drastically different ways.

 

[jtpjc]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought the OP was talking about lettuce ejuice.

 

[ChrispyCritter]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought the OP was talking about lettuce ejuice.

Nope you're not the only one..when I read the title I though it was going to be about lettuce e-juice lol. I was thinking wow they will try to make any flavor as I clicked on it lol.

 

[myxomatosis]

But Iceberg Lettuce is grown on Iceburgs. Everyone knows that. So why would it Taste Like Dirt?

I'm Sorry. But I can't Trust Anyone who Eats Asparagus.

I Can't Trust Someone that Capitalizes random Words.

... I agree through, asparagus consumers are shady characters.

 

[zoiDman]

I Can't Trust Someone that Capitalizes random Words.

... I agree through, asparagus consumers are shady characters.

Merely a Sticky Caps-Lock Key I can Assure you.

More to the Point. I seem to recall reading that Judas, Genghis Khan, Hitler, Idi Amin and Osama bin Laden all Loved Asparagus.

 

[jtpjc]

So, they weren't all that bad after all.

 

[erictho]

Lettuce tastes more bitter than before, but I'm enjoying the organic varieties. (Maybe I'm tasting residual bug spray?)

i found that in my personal experience i didn't have to eat a tonne of organic food before i started tasting wax, pesticides, and that evil spray in the grocery stores. it's bitter and leaves a funny residue in your mouth, and is super likely. it may be a little more expensive, but that's because the farmers have to invest more money and their working/living conditions are more mindful and of higher quality for them. fair trade in my eyes.

 

[erictho]

Probably an evolved thing for a reason and maybe some of us are not meant to eat many/certain veggies..maybe our distant relatives evolved in a place it was better to eat more meat to survive or possibly to avoid a certain vegetable that was poison..hard to say though just a guess. Some people have more pointy teeth for eating/tearing meat..I know my K-9's are quite pointy and I see others that have a lot more rounded teeth there.

the presence or absence of that enzyme is probably just normal human variation. stable isotope analysis of human remains suggest a lot of ancient peoples consumed a variety of different plant food where available. if you want to talk about the place of greens in human evolution, well, stable isotopes usually degrade beyond detection in more ancient prehuman species of hominids so there's no current way to tell. same with the canines appearing pointy rather than rounded, it's more likely a result of normal variation.

 

[sweetmeat]

I thought this was going to be about lettuce flavoured e-juice !

 

[zoiDman]

I thought this was going to be about lettuce flavoured e-juice !

If it was, wouldn’t it Belong in the Vegetarian Vapers Sub-Forum?

 

[Stormiefury]

Anything that comes from the ground tastes like dirt and don't ask me how I know but pig poop tastes like dirt TOO!

I don't think I want to know how you know that.

Stormie