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One thing I do notice, is that the onset of cooler weather perks my appetite up. Not for just anything; I like hearty stews, beef and pork steaks (cooked over an open wood fire), and the so-called "Thanksgiving" vegetables: sweet potatoes, squash, turnips, carrots. Mmmm, love that stuff baked, with melted butter! We grow our own veggies. Creamed onions are great, too. Never cared much for a lot of seasoning, and still don't.
My food wants definitely change with the seasons. I went to the grocery store this week on senior day to stock up on pet food and saw fruitcake!. I try to keep holiday eating to a window between Thanksgiving and New Years, but last night I wanted fruitcake and yeast rolls in a bad way.
I did not succumb. I kept thinking that I would run back to the store. I would have the conversation with myself about waiting just one more week, and then the loop would start again....."fruitcake! hot rolls with butter!"
I do eat heavier in the winter and lighter in the summer. I don't understand people who eat summer squash and such out of season.
I'm not of retirement age but in my late 30's. My tastes have changed and are changing but for the most part I still like what I've liked since adulthood, only in different ways. Here are some examples:
-I have always liked salt - my whole life. But now I like season salt on my potatoes and I like sea salt rather than table salt.
- I have always liked maple syrup. I recently bought whipped peanut butter mixed with maple. I'm not sure I would have bought this a few years ago.
- I love bleu cheese but I like it to be stronger now.
- I hate cow milk and stopped drinking it years ago. I literally cannot handle the smell.
- I have liked coffee for awhile but I'm no longer needed sugar + creamer. I now just use the creamer.
My grandmother, who is in her late 70's, along with another set of grandparents in their 80's, none of them can eat large meals. But they all enjoy things they always have - my grandmother loves spicy food and my grandparents still like their wine and Chinese food!
It sounds like you might have a deficiency or just changing your tastes in terms of time of day. But have you always liked garlic? And your husband...he might just be adjusting to his taste buds changing. But has he always loved black pepper?
People's taste buds change roughly every 7 years... Most items they still "crave" but some of them they either do not like anymore or now like...
Think back to what you use to eat as a 20's something adult or even a teen and compare to what you eat now and see what is either missing or has been added...
A sudden craving for garlic may be an indication that you have a nutritional deficiency of some sort, which a licensed naturopath (N.D.) could help you with.
But only in Placerville . <my wife used to live there> As for us, you can't have too much garlic on/in most things. Nothing sudden about it!
I love tomatoes but several years ago I started to become allergic to them so now I can't eat them, or onions, raw.
Curmudgeon, this is mushroom picking season in the Bay Area so maybe you would like to join us? LOL! http://ffsc.us/
We eat a lot of well spiced, but not hot, Indian food as it is so easy to pop the veggies in the pressure cooker and be done in a few minutes. While I was stranded in Phoenix for 15 years, I ate really hot Mexican food but now I would rather have milder foods with a richer flavor.
We eat a lot of well spiced, but not hot, Indian food as it is so easy to pop the veggies in the pressure cooker and be done in a few minutes. While I was stranded in Phoenix for 15 years, I ate really hot Mexican food but now I would rather have milder foods with a richer flavor.
That is perfectly normal. As you get older you are also going to lose some of your sense of smell which has a lot to do with your sense of taste.
I love to get my face in close now to anything I am eating to get a better taste of the food. I think it's great because I've been doing that since I was a kid.
So, now that I am older I am probably losing some of my ability to taste or smell but I wouldn't really know since I am a big time food sniffer/snorter.
A person has approximately 9,000 taste buds. That number decreases as you age. The remaining taste buds also begin to atrophy. Sensitivity to taste often declines after age 60. Usually salty and sweet tastes are lost first, followed by bitter and sour tastes....
Hmmm, I have reached the sour stage, I guess. I now love pickle relishes on toast, sourish chutneys, more vinegar. So, what's left after this...back to chewing my nails?
Love it! For breakfast and/or two slices just before bed to keep the vampires at bay.
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. <my wife used to live there> As for us, you can't have too much garlic on/in most things. Nothing sudden about it!
But we grow some awesome tomatoes. 
