Re: [CH] Bits & Bobs
Michael Bailes (frgntgar@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 02:14:55 +1100
At 5:07 AM +1100 21-3-98, ChefChile wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-19 09:54:52 EST, jsmillie@protix.com writes:
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> I have also heard from others comments akin to "Do you have any
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> tastebuds left?" or "Can you taste anything other than the heat?"
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> I'd be interested to know what others who are more scientifically
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> inclined than I am know about this, but it seems to me that yes,
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> my "heat" tastebuds are desensitized to lower levels of heat, but
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Chilli does not desensitie taste buds.
Another urban myth
Pepper (ie black) may desensitie taste buds.
Michael Bailes.
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