tasty buds

Tonight at a small gathering for dinner, I floated the notion that taste buds change every 7 years or so. I thought this was one of those common knowledge things, but apparently not! No one else knew what I was talking about, so I figured I'd look it up on the internet (Where all the answers are! Seriously. I'm sure Bono could find out those street names he was after by using Google Maps. Someone should tell him.)

After an exhaustive search of 5 minutes, it would seem there's a lot of conjecture out there. Suffice to say that it definitely does happen to people, and here's an interesting thread to read from a Chowhound message board filled with anecdotal stories like mine (Didn't like Oreos, now I do. And I believe I previously mentioned in another post of my gradual acquirement of taste for food that's got more hizzle in the sizzle.)

But regardless if you're a believer in the 7 year itch for different foods or not, I say it doesn't matter what's right or wrong, just think of it as a chance to add something new to your lexicon of chomp and guzzle :)