Have you ever heard of a “supertaster“? I hadn’t, until the other day. I am on an email list for Vitamix owners, and someone had mentioned what she called “magic vegetables” — that is, vegetables whose flavors are easily masked in smoothies by other ingredients. They aren’t easily masked at our house, though! When I inquired about this, she pointed me to the Wikipedia article (linked above) about supertasters.

I find it very interesting. There’s a set list of foods that most supertasters don’t like. Included among them are wine and coffee (which, of course, are wonderful treats, to most of the population). This fits me to a “t.” I don’t think Michael has ever tasted wine but, as I mentioned a few days ago, I tasted it once and don’t like it. No one in our household drinks coffee. (Michael likes the smell, though.) I have plenty of equipment in my kitchen from top-brand manufacturers, but Capresso is not one of them! The entire list, in fact, is pretty accurate for our family as a whole.