An aquired taste

Then why do you even waste your precious time to comment? Yes, we know, Jimbo, you think of yourself as the epitomy of wisdom, when in fact you're just a boring old fart . :lol: :lol:
 
Jesus Christ you old dope, you still don't get it!!!

Smell has NOTHING to do with taste! Smell COMBINES with taste to give FLAVOUR. The term TASTE is commonly incorrectly used in place of flavour. Read your own Wiki' quote (the source of all your knowledge, i'm sure :wink: ), the correct terminology is there in black and white! Might be splitting hairs, but you would fail the question in Uni exam. :roll: Scary for us all, if you really are a nuclear physicist, like you say. :shock: :shock:

Over it.
 
Adam,

I am always amazed how two people speaking the same language, still cannot understand each other. Actually, it's not so much a question of "speaking" as of "reading" correctly. Of course, conversing over 12 or 14 time zones does not help either.

As you should have noticed, I wrote, "taste" in quotations, and furthermore wrote the qualifier

What is commonly called "taste" is actually a combination of the taste sensations and the smell sensations, which in the approximate proportion of 25%-75%, respectively, account for what is usually called "taste."
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To which Adam just responded

Smell has NOTHING to do with taste! Smell COMBINES with taste to give FLAVOUR. The term TASTE is commonly incorrectly used in place of flavour.
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Wasn't I saying the same thing a while back? :roll:

Now, to talk practical, are durian banned in certain hotels, public buildings, etc, because they taste "bad" or because they smell "bad?"

And please, spare me your condescension. :evil:
 
tintin said:
I am always amazed how two people speaking the same language, still cannot understand each other. Actually, it's not so much a question of "speaking" as of "reading" correctly. Of course, conversing over 12 or 14 time zones does not help either.
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Tintin,

I always face above problem when I talked with my maid...she cann't fully understand what Im talking about :wink:
 
Tin Tin

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For your information that is the first time I have given a direct insult in over 1800 posts but you just are the limit as a knowall about nothing.

To all other readers my apologies.
 
Gee, sorry Jimbo, I was asleep when you published your "words of wisdom," and the FA got there before I had a chance to read them. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Do not worry it was something along the lines of pretentious prig I believe but perhaps in a stronger vein and suggested objects in orifices other than the one in your face :D :D :D
 
I bought a durian in Indonesia and couldn't get past the foul smell enough to eat it.
In Malaysia i tried again. Different type of durian? This time i liked the smell quite a lot but found the taste disgusting :)
 
I can understand why durian fruit is banned in public places such as subways, malls and hotels. For some people, durians do smelling like stinky socks :D
For me, I can ONLY eat it cold but NOT at room temperature!
I know some parts of Indonesia, people use young leaves of durian in cooking and also eat the petals of durian flowers are also eaten.
 
You guys are a hoot :lol: :lol: I love durian but the smell is somewhat harsh to say the least. But one gets use to it after awhile.

Tintin and Adam: I think you guys are saying the same thing as far as my english understanding goes. When one has a bad cold===you can't taste anything; or if you hold your nose and down something distasteful you can't taste it. Therefore....

You both are correct, I think :roll:
 
I tried it again yesterday, and surprisingly, I liked it this time. I didn't love it, but it was pretty good, I would eat it again.
 
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