Whole Foods and Bull

[garbon]

Taste is overrated?

for the most part, yeah. i realize i'm a minority here

Yeah, I feel sad for you.

[Razgovory]

Some people don't have sense of taste.

[LaCroix]

Yeah, I feel sad for you.

why?

Some people don't have sense of taste. 

it's true. sense of smell and taste for me is greatly diminished from what other people seem to experience. but it's hardly a bad thing

[derspiess]

You don't know what you're missing, then.

[Ed Anger]

Like Taco Bell.

[garbon]

You don't know what you're missing, then.

This is why.

[LaCroix]

You don't know what you're missing, then.

like terrible smells! plus i can eat mediocre food without caring, which becomes handier more than one might think (especially cost-wise). it's not like i can't taste or smell at all. i know what chocolate tastes like, etc. i get the basic idea. it's not a disadvantage by any means. it's just different

[derspiess]

Poor guy

[garbon]

it's not a disadvantage by any means. it's just different

It sure sounds like one.

[Maximus]

I don't know. Most of the time I would rather have a meal that tastes ok and is filling than one that tastes awesome and will leave me hungry in an hour.

[garbon]

I don't know. Most of the time I would rather have a meal that tastes ok and is filling than one that tastes awesome and will leave me hungry in an hour.

Are those your primary options?

[Maximus]

If I'm eating at home there's also prep time. I'd rather not spend more time preparing than eating.

[garbon]

If I'm eating at home there's also prep time. I'd rather not spend more time preparing than eating.

Well I certainly wasn't trying to suggest that every meal should be a culinary masterpiece. I also thing there's room between that and slugging through mediocre food on the regular.

[dps]

I really don't think nutrition matters though.

I don't buy organic, when I do, because it's better for me but because I think it tastes better - or because it's a few pence more. It's particularly true with meat. Though also some veg, which is generally poor in London.

but food is nothing more than calories and nutrition. taste is overrated

Eat a balanced diet in moderation, and the calories and nutrition takes care of itself.  So within those parameters, taste is the only thing left to guide your choices of what to eat.  Well, and cost.

[LaCroix]

Well I certainly wasn't trying to suggest that every meal should be a culinary masterpiece. I also thing there's room between that and slugging through mediocre food on the regular.

"slugging through"

there's room for better tasting meals every now and then, but for the most part why bother? I don't hate the meals I eat, if I did I wouldn't eat them. I enjoy everything I eat. so while on an objective standard a dish might be "mediocre," to me it tastes quite good

do you see what I mean by "it's not a disadvantage, just different"