My sense of taste is not "special"!

My mother was a poor and resentful cook.
Her mother my grandma however was an amazing cook who hailed from Lancashire.
She made melt in the mouth meat and potato pie, she served it with pickled red cabbage.
No pie I have ever tasted has come close.

I'm fond of Revel salad. Recipe: open packet of Revels and tip into bowl. Eat.
Delicious with red wine soup.

Aldi's custard is delicious. Not their posh Madagascan stuff, the ordinary custard in a carton. It's about 45p.

Jane10

Now, I don't want to sound snooty but I think my taste changed when my dear late hubby and I visited France for holidays. We began to eat in the French way at weekends - a two, three or even five course meal - not exactly nouvelle cuisine but lighter fare which we took our time over.

When I see a typical roast or Christmas dinner, roast turkey, enough veg to come out of your ears, stuffing, gravy, sauce and goodness knows what else, my appetite disappears. It looks like a dog's dinner to me. Having to 'shovel it down' quickly before it goes cold would give me indigestion.

As a child I ate Wedding/Christmas cake/pudding and mince pies as we all did. I realise now that it was the cream which came with it that I liked rather than the stronger flavours of the accompanying items and I've gone right off them.

I prefer lighter fare in smaller portions. I've never seen the attraction of strong flavours like curry and even dislike pepper. I don't want to stuff myself till I'm bursting.

I can't seem to manage three course meals any more. I've certainly felt daunted and very put off if confronted by a huge plateful. Some pub meals are meant to be generous and suit some people but those vast platefuls that you eat and eat but they never seem to dissipate are a problem for me. Sometime two starters are the answer and the others can have their starter and main meal.
Also I suddenly find some sweets and chocolate just too sickly sweet these days. Is it me or the manufacturers?

I treated myself to a pot of posh Vanilla Custard too, and had a similar experience! I shan’t bother again. I’ll stick to Tesco sachets where you just add hot water from now on!

Willow try adding a bit of brown sauce to your beans?