Billy Rose wrote:

My understanding is that taste buds do lose their sensitivity with aging
which explains why sometimes geezers some times like really funky foods.

That would be easy to test. According to that hypothesis, if I find a
hot one, younger folks should find it very hot. I can't tell the
difference between my rejects and bell peppers. My wife is 12 years
younger and agrees on all of our tasting judgments heat.

js

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