RIP The Lemon Crisp.

[Zed]

I would like to find the "jaffa" bisciuts from my youth - they were choc wth orange flavour on a thin wafer. delicious. cant find them anymore....

evidently taste buds develop the more you exercise them, NOT deteriorate. I dont care though - I wont be eating bleached cows stomach no matter how good they say it tastes....

[craigb]

Are "Iced VO VOs' " still around? I loved them as a kid.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ght=iced+vo-vo

What is it with Midge and biscuits?

[zenwood]

I believe they are, although they also seem smaller and not as thick an icing anymore.

Yep: you can even get 'em on-line:

http://www.aucatalog.bigstep.com/cat...?UCIDs=1144053

[silentC]

Why is it so hard to believe that your sense of taste could decline in the same way that your hearing and eyesight can? I reckon taste is a decidedly dodgey sense to rely on, given how easy it is to stuff it up by cleaning your teeth before drinking red wine or eating chillies before icecream.

[Cliff Rogers]

Why is it so hard to believe that your sense of taste could decline in the same way that your hearing and eyesight can? .....

'cos things that used to taste crook now taste good & things that used to taste good are now far far too sweet.

The sense of smell also changes & I know a few people who have lost their's.
I used to hate the smell of those 'big city' 'flash murray' coffee shops with all the gourmet cheese & sheyet but now I can't walk past one without stopping.

Curry is another 'aquired' sensation that I now enjoy but hated as a kid.

[Bodgy]

What happened to those big, round 'Choclate Digestive' biscuits one used to get, individually wrapped in foil - blue for milk choclate and red for dark?

There is a pale imitation available in packets of about 18, but they're a poor copy. In the search for ever lower production costs, did the manufacturer slowly immasculate his product to the insipid, ghost of glories past?

Is nothing sacred?

[Iain]

Pablo Coffee

[Termite]

Pablo Coffee

That stuff was bloody terrible.

[ozwinner]

Pablo Coffee

It aint coffee!!

Al :eek:

[echnidna]

Dick Smith?? :eek: :eek: :eek:

It's a tough job, I'll admit, but someone has to do it!

P

isn't he the fellow who was a P.M.G. Tech who opened an electronics shop selling cut price imported components , thus starting the decline in aussie electronics manufacturing ?

[Driver]

Why is it so hard to believe that your sense of taste could decline in the same way that your hearing and eyesight can? I reckon taste is a decidedly dodgey sense to rely on, given how easy it is to stuff it up by cleaning your teeth before drinking red wine or eating chillies before icecream.

I don't think it's hard to believe at all. I think it's demonstrably true that your sense of taste changes as you age. However, the good news is that the change seems to be a gradual maturing process rather than a decline.

What I mean is that when your hearing starts to worsen and your sight becomes attenuated, you don't function as well as you did previously. Whereas your sense of taste develops so you can enjoy food that is more robust in flavour - or more subtle.

I agree with Cliff. When I was a kid I couldn't stand coffee, red wine, strong cheese, onions, olives and a rack of other food and drink that I relish these days.

[Pat]

For a decent size Wagon wheel, go to the Bakery on the Southern side of The Princes' Hwy at Berry, NSW. 4" diameter!!!!

[ozwinner]

True, years ago I couldnt stand the taste of pussy cat but now??
Meowwwww. :eek:

Dont worry Wongo, I dont live anywhere near you so your supply is safe.

Al

[Termite]

I don't think it's hard to believe at all. I think it's demonstrably true that your sense of taste changes as you age. However, the good news is that the change seems to be a gradual maturing process rather than a decline.

What I mean is that when your hearing starts to worsen and your sight becomes attenuated, you don't function as well as you did previously. Whereas your sense of taste develops so you can enjoy food that is more robust in flavour - or more subtle.

I agree with Cliff. When I was a kid I couldn't stand coffee, red wine, strong cheese, onions, olives and a rack of other food and drink that I relish these days.

I agree, I do, and always have, loved all varieties of cheese. I was introduced to cheeses when we moved into a "multicultural suburb " when I was about 14.
I love all of them and in particular some of the beaut cheeses that come out of the Bass Straight islands. But the one that tops them all is a good Danish Blue that will just about rip the sinuses right out of your head, mould rules.

[Cliff Rogers]

Tassie Triple Brie or a White Costello.


Hearing changes can also be 'aquired' or 'developed'....
take for instance domestic deafness.