Ghosting or just a funky palate?

[Kyle Weiss]

Also, I suspect those gents have tongues of granite.

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I work in a restaurant; I have a theory which supports your hypothesis.

old people need food extra hot so they can tell there is something in their mouth after they have worn out their taste buds.

extrapolating to the world of pipe smoking, tongue bite serves a purpose: once we all abrade all our taste buds off with a lifetime of spicy food, smoke, and burnt mouths from coffee, we still can smoke despite everything tasting like Styrofoam.

Then again, I have extensive restaurant experience: Old folks also have the most fickle tongues on the face of the planet, anything too sour, too sweet, too spicy, too rich--you'd think I was trying to poison 'em with the comments along with the food that came back my kitchen for remake. :lol: Nothing got me in the weeds faster than a busload of California retirees all complaining the Mexican food was too spicy. Who's idea was it for them to get Mexican, anyway? :lol:

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[jefe1037]

Then again, I have extensive restaurant experience: Old folks also have the most fickle tongues on the face of the planet, anything too sour, too sweet, too spicy, too rich--you'd think I was trying to poison 'em with the comments along with the food that came back my kitchen for remake. :lol: Nothing got me in the weeds faster than a busload of California retirees all complaining the Mexican food was too spicy. Who's idea was it for them to get Mexican, anyway? :lol:

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I would make the counterpoint that your elder statesmen were simply complaining for the sake of complaining. Like when someone from maryland orders the crabcakes here in chicago just so they can send them back. its not that ours are bad, they are just never going to be happy. (i am biased, i used to date a girl from maryland. NB "used to")

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I would make the counterpoint that your elder statesmen were simply complaining for the sake of complaining. Like when someone from maryland orders the crabcakes here in chicago just so they can send them back. its not that ours are bad, they are just never going to be happy. (i am biased, i used to date a girl from maryland. NB "used to")

Old people (and Marylanders) complaining? Lies! All lies! :lol:

We have Marylanders out here in the west, too--they're from Portland. :lol: And on occasion, the Bay Area.

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