Tastebuds Wildly Fickle

[rawpriestess]

I love this quote, Swingbolder used it in a different thread, so I wanted to start a thread with it, (thanks swingbolder for the adorable wording)

Anyway, I've noticed that my taste buds have deceived me, or changed, or are "wildly fickle", YES! this is the correct wordage.

I used to eat the same thing day after day, and have been trying massively different foods lately, then had some old standbys, and they tasted way different. Not necessarily bad, they just tasted off.

So, I had my hubby (who is only about 50 to 75% raw) and he said they tasted the same to him.

So, now I am thinking about alot of the raw food recipes I've tried in the past.

I've tried alot of gourmet raw food, in the past few years, while I was in my "struggling raw" period, and I thought some recipes where truly horrible, and others were OKAY, and some were really good.

So, now I am wondering if EVERYONE'S tastebuds change? It seems like alot of raw people say that after a period of time, you won't want such gourmet raw food, and this would make sense to me, after eating cooked food for so long, then transitioning to raw, then transitioning to a more simple lifestyle, then maybe even mono fruits, etc.

I used to wonder how people could NOT want all the delicious flavors of gourmet raw, now I am thinking that this is a natural progression.

I know that I can't tollerate much salt or oils, and I used to REALLY love salty foods, and lots of butter on everything.

Now I eat a couple of greek black olives, and that's enough salt and oil for me.

I used to eat about 1 cube or more of butter a day, plus oil to cook things in and crackers with salt, and I salted everything, and I used to eat about a dozen green olives, huge ones, very salty every day.

WOW, how things change.

Anyone else notice a massive difference in their taste buds?

[VeganVixen]

hmmm ,mine would have to be texture and taste - I CANT stand the texture or taste of bread (pasta and rice is still tempting though) ,I cant stand the texture of MANY cooked things like desserts ,candy ,and meat like soy products (like veggie dogs ,burgers ect) I think (havent tried since being raw) I could still eat tofu ,tempeh ,stir fry ,steamed veggies and maybe seitan - of course NONE of these are as appetising as a vibrant salad!!!

[tracyinfo]

Yes, my taste buds have really changed. I appreciate the taste of individual fruits and vegetables much more now. I still like to eat gourmet raw foods, and appreciate them, but I can also eat simple fruits and/or vegetables as a meal and be fully content. Years ago, I would never have been content to just eat a whole bunch of watermelon for lunch.

I am so happy that I came across this lifestyle! I love fruits. I love vegetables. I am now able to eat them by themselves without cooking, saucing, oversalting, etc...

Blessings.

[sachis2112]

We were just marveling at this at my house over the weekend. I made some hummus to make lettuce roll-ups and I didn't like it. DF said they tasted good and the same as last time. My friend (who's been raw since January) said the same as DF... I suppose my body just wants me to eat simply right now.

[sailaway]

Yes I too have experienced the raw taste bud change. I thought that it was normal for everyone to do that. (Shows what I know. LOL) In fact, I went from a 3 day water fast to 100% raw then after 30+ days ate some of my old favorites and they didn't taste good at all. Which encouraged me to go back to 100% again. I also prefer the simple raw for myself but make the gourmet raw for my family and my daughter's group at work. At this time I would make them anything they want that is raw hoping that their taste buds will start to change and they will also prefer raw. Not to mention that the simple raw IS SO EASY! Just pick something up and eat. I love it.

[Sharon in Colorado]

I don't like the nut pates anymore. In fact, they sort of repulse me!

[Halo Aglow]

The other day I ate an apricot and I swear it was the best tasting thing in the whole entire world! I was in Summerland eating it!

The flavor was just popping through my whole body. While I was eating it I was thinking to myself, "Wow, simple rawks!!!!"

Sailaway, I love that simple is so easy too!

Well geez, now I am in the mood for another apricot. Gotta go!

[Autumn]

I noticed that my taste for "recipes" and gourmet raw waned rather quickly. Something about all those ingredients mixed up together has turned me off for now. I eat mostly simple fruit or veggies, smoothies, puddings, and salads. I have borrowed a dehydrator from a friend a couple times, but I don't own one, so I don't dehydrate regularly. I hate the taste of tahini and am not crazy about liquid aminos or shoyu either. I never was a "salt" person. I was also eating way too many nuts, so I stopped buying them. I'm a sweets person. That's probably why I love the fruit smoothies and pudding-type foods so much. However, the thing I have craved the most (and cheated with the most) is steamed veggies, like green beans, broccoli and corn. I nearly cried the other day because I wanted steamed green beans so badly, but I didn't give in.

[Allison]

Yes, I feel exactly the same way. While I do enjoy the occasional recipe for something different, I have been loving plain fruits and vegetables lately, and the same goes for my children. We snack on plain Romaine hearts like there's no tomorrow. Today I was eating some, and it was so sweet I actually wondered if someone had put something on it.

[tglasco4]

Definitely........When I tried my raw tabouli (which I was crazy about) it tasted so different. It didn't hit the "spot" like it used to. I am just really liking fruit, both whole and juiced. I really have gotten to like raw nuts also, I used to have to have alot of salt on them. I never thought I could ever really like nuts without salt, but I haven't had salt on them in months. I am very excited about how my taste buds are changing. Perverted taste buds where much of my problem with regard to appetite.

Peace.