Elise had her first onions tonight! I diced some onions up real small and sauteed them in olive oil this afternoon. I sprinkled some into her green bean, carrot, and rice cereal dinner. She definitely tasted them. Elise made a stink face at first, but then she ate them just fine. No tummy upsets so far, so I think she's tolerating them.
I suspect that Elise may have a heightened sense of taste. Last night, Husband and I followed the instructions for a test to see if we're super tasters, normal tasters, or non-tasters. It basically determines with what intensity you taste certain flavors, as indicated by how many taste receptors you have on your tongue. Well, both Husband and I are super tasters. So I figure Elise must be, too. Cool!
In other me related news, my period started today. Sigh. Welcome back, old friend. Eight months period-free after the baby was born. Party's over.
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ReplyDeleteDid you do the test from supertaster.com? "Supertasters tend to dislike strong, bitter foods like raw broccoli, grapefruit juice, coffee and dark chocolate." I must not be a supertaster. I like all of those things a lot. I also like red wine. I ate grapefruit almost every day of my pregnancy- maybe Andy will be like me? Andrew likes asparagus, which is very bitter. In other news, Andrew appears to be non-smelly when it comes to asparagus (his pee doesn't stink like asparagus after he eats it). His dad and I are both smelly smellers -- we make asparagus pee and we can smell asparagus pee. It's weird- this is the only thing I retained from biochemistry class.
ReplyDeletewe did a test with food coloring on our tongues where we counted the taste receptors in a given area. if i can find the link to the instructions again, i'll post it.
ReplyDeletei LOVE strong flavors. i don't like coffee much, but i enjoy all of the other foods on those lists of bitter foods that super tasters might not like. i read that super tasters don't necessarily dislike those flavors-- they're just more sensitive to them. i had even more receptors than Husband did and yet I like more bitter foods and stronger tastes than he does.