[Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz

[Lynn Ronkainen]

my mom, a stuffed jalapeño lover, once prepared and ate a whole frozen 
'appetizer' box for lunch one day. I was unaware of this.  That evening 
(this was a year or two after she moved here so she was 79 or 80) she called 
me around dinner time to tell  me that she had a pain in her arm (the arm 
that says - this might be a heart attack).... so I went over and picked her 
up and we drove to the emergency room... because it *might* be her heart and 
because of her age, we got into an ER room fairly quickly... she seemed to 
be fine after some listening with the stethoscope and so they started asking 
her about her day, her activity level, and finally what she'd eaten....

All in all it was pretty funny, but not until the next day.
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 7:02 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz

> I think I must be a supertaster. I don't have any blue food coloring 
> around
> to do Sally's test though, because we've pretty much sworn off those kinds
> of things. My one problem recently is that I used to love really spicy
> foods and my tolerance for extreme heat has gone down a bit.The other 
> night
> I made stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapeños and I happened on one of them that
> was so hot it absolutely set my mouth on fire, to the point where an 
> entire
> glass of milk followed by an entire glass of water and the rest of my hard
> cider had to be employed to shut down the heat. I couldn't eat any more
> stuffed jalapeños after that :-( and my mouth burned for at least an hour.
> That was one hot pepper!
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:55 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Also mushrooms and fermented products (kimchi and soy sauce and the
>> delicious Asian bean pastes) and anchovies.
>>
>> People who eat meat taste it in crisp-cooked fat (especially beef or 
>> pork).
>> -M
>>
>> On Friday, September 11, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Umame, the fifth flavor? I've also heard it described as "savory,"
>> > although that's confusing to me. In any case, it's the flavor that's
>> > added when MSG is used, and I believe is present in some meats.
>> >
>>