That Nasty Ol' Alcohol
Aug. 13th, 2006 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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snippy is recovering from the August Babies Birthday Bash. Our host enjoys plying her with liquor, and drinking too much without enough food in her stomach (as happened yesterday) leaves her feeling a little sick. Our host does not ply me with liquor--but that's because it would be wasted on me. With the sole exception of drinks with so little liquor and enough sweetness that I can't detect the flavor of alcohol (like Vodka Collinses or fruity dacquiris), I can't abide alcohol of any sort.
Beer, wine, hard liquor--it doesn't matter which form the alcohol takes. All the alleged distinctions in taste that enthusiasts wax rhapsodic over are lost on me. All I can detect is the horrible, vile bitterness of the alcohol. Which according to some research I've heard about suggests that I'm a supertaster. There are apparently a number of foods that people who fall into the "supertaster" category tend to dislike because they taste so bitter to them. Let's look at the list, shall we?
Coffee? Check--can't stand the stuff. It smells delicious, but tastes vile. If Supertasters drink coffee or espresso, they tend to dilute it with huge amounts of milk and sugar. Which might work, but I've never bothered. If I don't like it in the first place, why go to all that trouble?
Bitter vegetables: kale, cauliflower, cabbage, brussell sprouts? Check. Vile, all of them. Again, douse them in enough cheese sauce, cream sauce, butter, or whatnot and they may be palatable.
Broccoli? Okay, this one I actually like. With butter, anyhow.
Alcohol? Check. Whatever distinctions exist between types or brands are lost in the unutterable bitterness of the alcohol itself. My own experience bears out the theory--I can drink alcohol if it's disguised with enough sugar and other flavors. But enjoying a beer or a wine or a whiskey for itself? Nope, can't do it.
Anyway, it's too bad in a way. I would be nice if I could share my wife's and Rory's appreciation for good booze. But I can't. It's all nasty as far as I'm concerned.
snippy is recovering from the August Babies Birthday Bash. Our host enjoys plying her with liquor, and drinking too much without enough food in her stomach (as happened yesterday) leaves her feeling a little sick. Our host does not ply me with liquor--but that's because it would be wasted on me. With the sole exception of drinks with so little liquor and enough sweetness that I can't detect the flavor of alcohol (like Vodka Collinses or fruity dacquiris), I can't abide alcohol of any sort.Beer, wine, hard liquor--it doesn't matter which form the alcohol takes. All the alleged distinctions in taste that enthusiasts wax rhapsodic over are lost on me. All I can detect is the horrible, vile bitterness of the alcohol. Which according to some research I've heard about suggests that I'm a supertaster. There are apparently a number of foods that people who fall into the "supertaster" category tend to dislike because they taste so bitter to them. Let's look at the list, shall we?
Coffee? Check--can't stand the stuff. It smells delicious, but tastes vile. If Supertasters drink coffee or espresso, they tend to dilute it with huge amounts of milk and sugar. Which might work, but I've never bothered. If I don't like it in the first place, why go to all that trouble?
Bitter vegetables: kale, cauliflower, cabbage, brussell sprouts? Check. Vile, all of them. Again, douse them in enough cheese sauce, cream sauce, butter, or whatnot and they may be palatable.
Broccoli? Okay, this one I actually like. With butter, anyhow.
Alcohol? Check. Whatever distinctions exist between types or brands are lost in the unutterable bitterness of the alcohol itself. My own experience bears out the theory--I can drink alcohol if it's disguised with enough sugar and other flavors. But enjoying a beer or a wine or a whiskey for itself? Nope, can't do it.
Anyway, it's too bad in a way. I would be nice if I could share my wife's and Rory's appreciation for good booze. But I can't. It's all nasty as far as I'm concerned.
