No Flavour In Food Now!!

TVGirl319 · 10-02-2012, 10:01

Yesterday I brought a new jar of Marmite, and to be perfectly honest, there was just no flavour in it whatsoever!! This is my familys lament with all food now!!

Does anyone else on here find that there just isnt any flavour in food and, even if there is, the taste just isnt the same as it was years years ago, even down to such natural things as eggs, which you would think would never lose their flavour!!

This is so sad!!!!

stud u like · 10-02-2012, 10:07

It is the Nanny State taking the salt out. Just add more salt.

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 10:09

As we age our taste buds diminish I believe and I also believe hot spicy foods and smoking gradually make that worse. We have rarely eaten hot spicy foods and neither of us have smoked so we still have pretty good taste buds at about 50, hoping if we carry on like that we could keep ours intact until later than many people these days.

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 10:13

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Originally Posted by stud u like

It is the Nanny State taking the salt out. Just add more salt.

They are taking it out of eggs

big_hard_lad · 10-02-2012, 10:21

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Originally Posted by molliepops

They are taking it out of eggs

What kind of eggs are you buying?

TVGirl319 · 10-02-2012, 10:21

Well, we dont eat spicy food much and none of us in the home smoke, so that cant be the reason!!

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 10:45

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Originally Posted by big_hard_lad

What kind of eggs are you buying?

I think you have misread/misunderstood the post. My eggs are fine and tasty it's the OP having problems and stud suggested it's the nanny state taking the salt out of food. I was just confused at studs stance as the OP had mentioned eggs having no taste.

LaChatteGitane · 10-02-2012, 11:06

If over the years you've been eating foods which contain flavour enhancers like MSG, laden with salt and sugars, then its is normal that you think that food containing none or less of these ingredients has no flavour anymore.

It's your taste buds that have been fecked up.

big_hard_lad · 10-02-2012, 11:09

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Originally Posted by molliepops

I think you have misread/misunderstood the post. My eggs are fine and tasty it's the OP having problems and stud suggested it's the nanny state taking the salt out of food. I was just confused at studs stance as the OP had mentioned eggs having no taste.

Whoops...my bad, thought you were the OP!

Yeah that's what I was thinking, good eggs will always have taste...cheap, battery farmed eggs won't. Was maybe thinking that the OP used to get good eggs when they were younger (without knowing that they were good eggs) and now buys crap eggs (again, without really knowing the difference). Was just a theory on why their eggs have no flavour.

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 11:29

No problem easily done.

TVGirl319 · 10-02-2012, 11:40

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Originally Posted by big_hard_lad

Whoops...my bad, thought you were the OP!

Yeah that's what I was thinking, good eggs will always have taste...cheap, battery farmed eggs won't. Was maybe thinking that the OP used to get good eggs when they were younger (without knowing that they were good eggs) and now buys crap eggs (again, without really knowing the difference). Was just a theory on why their eggs have no flavour.

We dont buy our eggs from the supermarket, but from farm shops, farmers markets or from individuals who have stalls on the roadside as we live in a predominately rural area!! So you would think that buying from those places would have no effect whatsoever on the flavour of eggs as the chickens are free range and fed on natural things!!

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 11:42

Could be age ? As I said originally our taste buds diminish as we get older. I wonder if your sense of smell is OK - taste is very much connected to smell.

amyawake · 10-02-2012, 11:55

A lot of vegetables/fruit are grown for appearance now, rather than flavour - a case in point are tomatoes. To get a decent flavour, I buy the small plum/organic cherry tomatoes. You can also blame overuse of fertilisers/depleted soil. Go organic and taste the difference! Farmers markets are better too - fresher. Better still, grow your own (if you can); people grow some veg in window boxes!

Recently had a lovely surprise. Thought all seedless black grapes were the same, then bought some M & S black seedless grapes, like WOW what a flavour hit!!! Reminded me of how good grapes could be.

Another tip - may sound trite but can make a difference - look at your tongue in the morning. Chances are it's coated (whitish) and needs brushing - try a before and after taste and see the difference!

TVGirl319 · 10-02-2012, 12:03

Growing your own fruit and veg now is very hit and miss!! Last year my parents barely got a couple of pounds of runner beans, despite all the nurturing and feeding and watering, and their tomatoes never got ripe!! They had to grown their veg in pots as their home, along with others in their road was built on wasteland, so they havent got any real depth of soil to grow much!!

molliepops · 10-02-2012, 13:49

Growing runner beans in an open plot they need double digging and loads of organic material in the bottom of the trench so they will never yield great amounts in a pot IMO.

Color of Night · 10-02-2012, 14:14

As most things these days are grown under glass & some don't even touch soil I can imagine we don't get the flavours we used to. When I was a child we ate what was in season & it came out of the ground.
Our taste buds do die off as we get older, my mum couldn't bare anything spicy but now she can't get enough of anything with chilli in it.
I like to make everything from scratch if I can but even then I find myself struggling to get back the flavours I used to love from recipes.

TennisFreak08 · 10-02-2012, 14:58

The ole Granny Smiths ain't what they used to be, in my opinion. No where near as tart, crisp, juicy... Boo!

big_hard_lad · 10-02-2012, 14:59

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Originally Posted by TVGirl319

We dont buy our eggs from the supermarket, but from farm shops, farmers markets or from individuals who have stalls on the roadside as we live in a predominately rural area!! So you would think that buying from those places would have no effect whatsoever on the flavour of eggs as the chickens are free range and fed on natural things!!

In that case it isn't the quality of the eggs...as the eggs you are buying sound like they are really top notch. Must be down to something else.

BrunoStreete · 10-02-2012, 15:06

Natural foods should still taste the same, but I agree with Stud on other foods. The nanny state get their knickers in a twist about salt in food so it's taken out and you get less flavour.

Color of Night · 10-02-2012, 15:10

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Originally Posted by TennisFreak08

The ole Granny Smiths ain't what they used to be, in my opinion. No where near as tart, crisp, juicy... Boo!

Oh yes I couldn't agree more. We have planted our own apple tree now, not Granny Smiths, infact not sure what it is but the flavour of the apples from it are amazing, nothing like shop bought. We have now planted 3 cherry, a plum & pear along with different berry bushes & gooseberry bush.
The one thing I miss though is a proper tasting Banana, they just don't taste anything like they used to. Whether its the way the are trasported I don't know but they go from being under ripe to going black within days.

big_hard_lad · 10-02-2012, 15:42

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Originally Posted by Color of Night

Oh yes I couldn't agree more. We have planted our own apple tree now, not Granny Smiths, infact not sure what it is but the flavour of the apples from it are amazing, nothing like shop bought. We have now planted 3 cherry, a plum & pear along with different berry bushes & gooseberry bush.
The one thing I miss though is a proper tasting Banana, they just don't taste anything like they used to. Whether its the way the are trasported I don't know but they go from being under ripe to going black within days.

I don't like banana's, but it did make me chuckle at the thought of you maybe attempting to plant a banana tree in Leeds

Color of Night · 10-02-2012, 16:11

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Originally Posted by big_hard_lad

I don't like banana's, but it did make me chuckle at the thought of you maybe attempting to plant a banana tree in Leeds

Haha believe me I would if I could

whoever,hey · 10-02-2012, 18:54

Its age.

10-02-2012, 10:01	#1
TVGirl319 Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, UK Posts: 2,065	No Flavour In Food Now!! Yesterday I brought a new jar of Marmite, and to be perfectly honest, there was just no flavour in it whatsoever!! This is my familys lament with all food now!! Does anyone else on here find that there just isnt any flavour in food and, even if there is, the taste just isnt the same as it was years years ago, even down to such natural things as eggs, which you would think would never lose their flavour!! This is so sad!!!!

10-02-2012, 10:07	#2
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Posts: 40,105	It is the Nanny State taking the salt out. Just add more salt.

10-02-2012, 10:09	#3
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	As we age our taste buds diminish I believe and I also believe hot spicy foods and smoking gradually make that worse. We have rarely eaten hot spicy foods and neither of us have smoked so we still have pretty good taste buds at about 50, hoping if we carry on like that we could keep ours intact until later than many people these days.

10-02-2012, 10:13	#4
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	Quote: Originally Posted by stud u like It is the Nanny State taking the salt out. Just add more salt. They are taking it out of eggs

10-02-2012, 10:21	#5
big_hard_lad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 4,011	Quote: Originally Posted by molliepops They are taking it out of eggs What kind of eggs are you buying?

10-02-2012, 10:45	#7
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	Quote: Originally Posted by big_hard_lad What kind of eggs are you buying? I think you have misread/misunderstood the post. My eggs are fine and tasty it's the OP having problems and stud suggested it's the nanny state taking the salt out of food. I was just confused at studs stance as the OP had mentioned eggs having no taste.

10-02-2012, 11:06	#8
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	If over the years you've been eating foods which contain flavour enhancers like MSG, laden with salt and sugars, then its is normal that you think that food containing none or less of these ingredients has no flavour anymore. It's your taste buds that have been fecked up.

10-02-2012, 11:09	#9
big_hard_lad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 4,011	Quote: Originally Posted by molliepops I think you have misread/misunderstood the post. My eggs are fine and tasty it's the OP having problems and stud suggested it's the nanny state taking the salt out of food. I was just confused at studs stance as the OP had mentioned eggs having no taste. Whoops...my bad, thought you were the OP! Yeah that's what I was thinking, good eggs will always have taste...cheap, battery farmed eggs won't. Was maybe thinking that the OP used to get good eggs when they were younger (without knowing that they were good eggs) and now buys crap eggs (again, without really knowing the difference). Was just a theory on why their eggs have no flavour.

10-02-2012, 11:29	#10
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	No problem easily done.

10-02-2012, 11:40	#11
TVGirl319 Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, UK Posts: 2,065	Quote: Originally Posted by big_hard_lad Whoops...my bad, thought you were the OP! Yeah that's what I was thinking, good eggs will always have taste...cheap, battery farmed eggs won't. Was maybe thinking that the OP used to get good eggs when they were younger (without knowing that they were good eggs) and now buys crap eggs (again, without really knowing the difference). Was just a theory on why their eggs have no flavour. We dont buy our eggs from the supermarket, but from farm shops, farmers markets or from individuals who have stalls on the roadside as we live in a predominately rural area!! So you would think that buying from those places would have no effect whatsoever on the flavour of eggs as the chickens are free range and fed on natural things!!

10-02-2012, 11:42	#12
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	Could be age ? As I said originally our taste buds diminish as we get older. I wonder if your sense of smell is OK - taste is very much connected to smell.

10-02-2012, 11:55	#13
amyawake Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 5,164	A lot of vegetables/fruit are grown for appearance now, rather than flavour - a case in point are tomatoes. To get a decent flavour, I buy the small plum/organic cherry tomatoes. You can also blame overuse of fertilisers/depleted soil. Go organic and taste the difference! Farmers markets are better too - fresher. Better still, grow your own (if you can); people grow some veg in window boxes! Recently had a lovely surprise. Thought all seedless black grapes were the same, then bought some M & S black seedless grapes, like WOW what a flavour hit!!! Reminded me of how good grapes could be. Another tip - may sound trite but can make a difference - look at your tongue in the morning. Chances are it's coated (whitish) and needs brushing - try a before and after taste and see the difference!

10-02-2012, 12:03	#14
TVGirl319 Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, UK Posts: 2,065	Growing your own fruit and veg now is very hit and miss!! Last year my parents barely got a couple of pounds of runner beans, despite all the nurturing and feeding and watering, and their tomatoes never got ripe!! They had to grown their veg in pots as their home, along with others in their road was built on wasteland, so they havent got any real depth of soil to grow much!!

10-02-2012, 13:49	#15
molliepops Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: woking Posts: 21,678	Growing runner beans in an open plot they need double digging and loads of organic material in the bottom of the trench so they will never yield great amounts in a pot IMO.

10-02-2012, 14:14	#16
Color of Night Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,164	As most things these days are grown under glass & some don't even touch soil I can imagine we don't get the flavours we used to. When I was a child we ate what was in season & it came out of the ground. Our taste buds do die off as we get older, my mum couldn't bare anything spicy but now she can't get enough of anything with chilli in it. I like to make everything from scratch if I can but even then I find myself struggling to get back the flavours I used to love from recipes.

10-02-2012, 14:58	#17
TennisFreak08 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Swansea Posts: 9,035	The ole Granny Smiths ain't what they used to be, in my opinion. No where near as tart, crisp, juicy... Boo!

10-02-2012, 14:59	#18
big_hard_lad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 4,011	Quote: Originally Posted by TVGirl319 We dont buy our eggs from the supermarket, but from farm shops, farmers markets or from individuals who have stalls on the roadside as we live in a predominately rural area!! So you would think that buying from those places would have no effect whatsoever on the flavour of eggs as the chickens are free range and fed on natural things!! In that case it isn't the quality of the eggs...as the eggs you are buying sound like they are really top notch. Must be down to something else.

10-02-2012, 15:06	#19
BrunoStreete Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7,071	Natural foods should still taste the same, but I agree with Stud on other foods. The nanny state get their knickers in a twist about salt in food so it's taken out and you get less flavour.

10-02-2012, 15:10	#20
Color of Night Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,164	Quote: Originally Posted by TennisFreak08 The ole Granny Smiths ain't what they used to be, in my opinion. No where near as tart, crisp, juicy... Boo! Oh yes I couldn't agree more. We have planted our own apple tree now, not Granny Smiths, infact not sure what it is but the flavour of the apples from it are amazing, nothing like shop bought. We have now planted 3 cherry, a plum & pear along with different berry bushes & gooseberry bush. The one thing I miss though is a proper tasting Banana, they just don't taste anything like they used to. Whether its the way the are trasported I don't know but they go from being under ripe to going black within days.

10-02-2012, 15:42	#21
big_hard_lad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 4,011	Quote: Originally Posted by Color of Night Oh yes I couldn't agree more. We have planted our own apple tree now, not Granny Smiths, infact not sure what it is but the flavour of the apples from it are amazing, nothing like shop bought. We have now planted 3 cherry, a plum & pear along with different berry bushes & gooseberry bush. The one thing I miss though is a proper tasting Banana, they just don't taste anything like they used to. Whether its the way the are trasported I don't know but they go from being under ripe to going black within days. I don't like banana's, but it did make me chuckle at the thought of you maybe attempting to plant a banana tree in Leeds

10-02-2012, 16:11	#22
Color of Night Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 2,164	Quote: Originally Posted by big_hard_lad I don't like banana's, but it did make me chuckle at the thought of you maybe attempting to plant a banana tree in Leeds Haha believe me I would if I could

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10-02-2012, 18:54	#23
whoever,hey Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 30,072	Its age.