Today, my daughter has been using the "supertaster" excuse to not eat my cooking. To prove to her that she isn't one, I blindfolded her and gave her a bowl of jelly beans, then asked her to plug her nose and identify the flavors. She got every single one correct. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my four year old daughter came up to me with her finger in her ear. She then let me know that her earwax tasted better than the dinner I made. In front of my whole family. FML
Today, my mom tried a new recipe for dinner. She proudly served what she called "gourmet vegetable stew." One bite later, I had to fight every urge to not gag. She asked me how it tasted, and with a straight face, I said, "Delicious!" She then asked for my honest opinion, so I told her it was, um, "an acquired taste." She hasn’t spoken to me since. FML
Today, without even trying, I convinced my 17-year-old daughter that blueberries are just peas holding their breath. I have raised a complete airhead. FML
Today, my 3-year-old daughter came along, pointing a finger at me. I pretended to eat it by putting it in my mouth. She then said to me with disgust, "Why are you eating my booger?" Ah, that explains the saltiness… FML
Today, while trying to get my picky daughter to eat her dinner, I pretended to take some of her food and give it to her brother, thinking that would get her to eat it. Instead, she thanked me. FML
Today, my two year old daughter was playing in the kitchen. I went to go have a look and she was pretend cooking. When I asked what she was making she said "look mommy, chocolate!" and stuck her finger in my mouth. It wasn't chocolate. FML
Today, I was babysitting a 7 year-old girl and we were eating chocolate covered nuts. She kept on chewing the nuts and wondered where the chocolate was. I told her to taste the chocolate you suck on the nuts. Then her parents came home and the first thing she said was, "I learned how to suck nuts!" FML
Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML
Today, after repeatedly telling my partner's family that our daughter is allergic to peanuts, his grandfather decided to feed her one, to "see if she really is allergic." FML
Today, I found out that the reason my soda always tastes funny is because my fiancé likes to mix different flavors together to see if I'll notice. FML
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Yudith 28
Sounds like somebody has a glorious future in cooking. Better have her start right now, everyday, in your kitchen, preparing dinner.
BurnInDemonFire 39
I could sort of see this working when testing brand foods against generic store stuff, but jelly beans are distinctly flavored, so she was in with a good chance of getting them all right.
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BurnInDemonFire 39
I could sort of see this working when testing brand foods against generic store stuff, but jelly beans are distinctly flavored, so she was in with a good chance of getting them all right.
raven_of_azarath 35
Except plugging your nose cancels out taste too.
Sam Fisher 13
You don’t exactly smell the jelly beans before/during eating one, so idk if plugging your nose would work in this scenario...
julfunky 29
It’s not a noticeable smell but it will still be affected when holding your nose. This, specifically jellybeans and holding your nose, is something that many elementary school science teachers have done in their classes because for most people it works enough to cloud your senses.
yarani 26
Try to make your cooking not taste "superbad" next time.
Yudith 28
Sounds like somebody has a glorious future in cooking. Better have her start right now, everyday, in your kitchen, preparing dinner.
TomeDr 25
I’ve never lost my sense of taste. I remember being startled by people telling me that can’t taste foods when they have a cold. Sounds like your daughter is the same way.
routerere 10
Have you ever considered a career with the X-Men?
Suaria 38
Do you have an increase sensitivity to bitter foods compared to the average human being?
TomeDr 25
I have absolutely no idea.
swervelol 28
I can correctly identify every Jelly Bean as well, everyone always makes me try to guess flavors now. I can definitely tell you I don't have a super taste because I can eat just about anything. Maybe try something harder to guess?
Chazzster 32
Two separate issues here: (1) Is mom really a bad cook? (2) Can daughter taste the difference in jellybeans? OP - That was a really bad idea to try to link if you are a bad cook or not to if your daughter can tell the difference in jellybeans. Different jellybeans have intentionally distinctive tastes. And are you sure your daughter was not peeking? It’s way too late now to redo the test, of course. Your test put a lot on your daughter to pass the test one way or another. And by the way, children’s senses are generally more acute than an adult and that includes the senses of taste and smell. OP - Has anyone else in the family complained about your cooking? And is it everything or just a few specific foods your daughter does not like? The answers to these questions could be illuminating. If it’s only a few specific foods that are a problem then why not avoid them and do something else or offer a different choice? Not everyone likes the same things. Some battles are worth fighting, some are not. Please try finding a compromise.
RichardPencil 32
Maybe you ought to go to culinary school then do advanced studies at Chipotle, McDonald’s or Jersey Mike’s.
Tarlachia 33
Somewhere out there, in a kitchen far far away, Chef Boyardee is laughing with Pillsbury Doughboy.
bobsanction 18
Guess you were wrong.
DanielleinDC 34
I know kids lie, but clearly she wasn't, and YDI for not listening to her.