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[brenda]

simple foodstuffs like cheese, tomatoes and bananas become less flavoursome recently, or is it just me?

[sandyRoe]

I think tomatoes are grown to be much the same size. They've sacrificed flavour for that. A lot of cheeses, particularly 'mature' cheddars can seem very bland.

[woofgang]

you I suspect. How are your sinusses? Much of the taste of food is in its smells even though we perceive them as tastes. Do you get hay fever? Have you had a bad cold this year? I had a shocker and had a long spell afterwards (around six weeks) when I lost quite a lot of my sense of taste.

[brenda]

Thank you both, and yes have had a bad cold recently.Problem solved ,so many thanks.Brenda.

[woofgang]

brenda for about six weeks, I live on very salty, sweet, or sour foods and sharp or sour drinks because it was all i could taste. It was a pretty bad diet.

[Bromsgrove]

Hello, many of the bananas have become floury with no flavour, I believe it is due to the variety Ours have certainly ben very mixed

[maera]

bananas and cheddar cheese are definitely less tasty, can't say about tomatoes.I am allergic to them

[yansee]

Home grown Tomatoes taste like tomatoes used to

[spudqueen]

Keep and serve tomatoes at room temperature. They taste sooo much nicer, and do in fact last for quite a long time, even outside a fridge.

[EcclesCake]

If I had my way anyone who puts their tomatoes in the fridge should be lined up and pelted with them.

It completely kills not only the flavour but the texture.

[hc4361]

Chilling food kills the flavour. I don't keep cheese in the fridge nor cooked meats unless it is very hot, then I take it out a couple of hours before I eat it.

Some bananas are just nasty, horrid texture and no flavour.

[mikey4444]

Make sure you choose mature Cheddar, and not just any mature Cheddar. Most supermarket cheeses come with a 1 to 5 rating. Personally, if I see a so-called "mature" cheddar with a rating of three, somebody is telling porkies. Choose a 5 and you won't go wrong. Cheddar should attack your taste buds with a hatchet !

Tomatoes at this time of year are not at their best. If you have ever been to Italy on holiday, you will know what a real tomato tastes like ! Best leave them get riper before eating. Ditto with bananas.....if they are not ripe, the sugars haven't been able to develop.

I recently bought a Golden Delicious apple, from Lidl. I left it for a week or so and its was really nice !

I'm afraid that we are being distracted in our food purchases by wanting everything to "last" in our 'fridges for ages. Buy often and choose for ripeness !