HOW CAN THE SAME FOOD TASTE DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE?

Question

Why is it that some people love to eat something that others detest when they are eating EXACTLY THE SAME FOOD? iS IT OUR "TASTEBUDS" OR IS IT OUR STATE OF MIND? How come we love certain foods when we are young, and in later years loath them? (the same can happen in reverse! How is it that we have food and wine experts telling us what to eat or drink if it doesn`t taste the same to me and you? Any ideas?

Answer 1

its our tastebuds!! everyone doesnt like something and its our tastebuds!! it just tastes different to them!!! sometimes its your mind when u think that it has this in it and it comes from that but most of the times its your tastebuds!! :) our tastebuds can change! i belive that they change every 7 years but im not sure! maybe wine and food experts tell us wat 2 eat just because its their opinion or its just because watever they tell u is for your health and not for how good it tastes!!! :)

Answer 2

everyone has diff taste buds duh

lol

Answer 3

everyone is unique and people change over time and so do our taste buds

Answer 4

I don't really know. Other animals that are the same will eat the same (I think?) There are loads of things I eat now (prawns, curry, chilli, mayonnaise etc) that I would not even try when I was younger.  

Answer 5

I'm not sure if they taste different but it's the interpretation of that taste that varies from person to person.  Kind of like people liking certain colors.  The colors orange and green looks exactly the same to me as it does to you... but I don't like the color orange but I love the color green.  It isn't that orange "looks different" to me, I just don't find it as attractive as I find the color green.