For me food is deliciousness and I
can try everything and anything. I’m not picky when it comes to food. I have
tried worms, grasshoppers, cow (intestines, tongue, guts), pigs nose and even
duck. So after thinking and thinking what food I don’t like, I couldn’t think
of anything! So I decided to go to HEB. After walking through the vegetables and
fruits isle, I became closer and closer to where the cheeses counter was… in
that moment I remember a very sour and stinky fruit. There it was… OLIVES! I
hate olives, the smell, how they look and just to think that sometimes they
have seeds on the inside makes me want to vomit! My nose can’t handle the smell
of vinegar and then I remember! PICKLES! Gross! I have tried pickles before, so
in my mind I knew it was going to be the same taste! I had to run like a little
girl, I could not handle the smell of cheese mixed with the oil and vinegar of
the olives. For me it doesn’t matter, black or green olives are disgusting. Even
when they order a pizza, I have to remove all the olives, also in martinis and
salads. After shopping, I got out of HEB, and I completely forgot to buy some
olives! I guess I totally blocked olives from my mind.
So last Friday, I
had to babysit, and I was a little hungry so I went to the pantry, and there it
was… a huge glass bottle full of green olives, I stare for 10 seconds, but I
needed to have some courage and the strength to taste if for the first time!
Before I ate it, I went really fast to the refrigerator and pulled a can of
coke, just in case my tongue stayed with the flavor. Then I open the glass
container, and right away, the smell of vinegar! I finally took one olive with
my two fingers, it was so squishy that I was ready to throw it in the garbage,
but then I put it really fast in my mouth and I started chewing. I felt like a
little 2 year old tasting lime for the first time! It was so salty but bitter at
the same time that I had to eat it really fast! Till this day I can’t eat
olives!
On Sunday I
was talking with my mom, and she reminded me of something, a condition I have
in my tongue. It is called geographic
tongue and scientifically named Benign
Migratory Glossitis, it sounded so scary! Mine is not as gross as the
pictures on Google. But I wonder… Do people get infected? Is it contagious?
Does your taste in food change? I had to do some research. The doctors say that
there is no treatment and the cause is uncertain, but thank goodness is not
contagious, it just runs in the family genes. According to the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia, “Geographic
tongue is a map-like appearance of your tongue due to irregular patches on its
surface.” It does not change the taste of the food, however, irritation and
burning pain can occur from hot, spicy, acid and sour foods. So then I
remember! I love pineapple! But my tongue can’t handle it too much, neither
strawberries and cantaloupe. I guess my tongue is a little sensitive to certain
foods, especially with acid foods, sometimes I can keep the taste of cantaloupe
for many hours in my tongue. I guess everyone is different, but in my case I love
to discover, learn, and taste every kind of food.
Angelica Romero
Sources:
No comments:
Post a Comment