> > > > Not having checked the Site Journal in a while, I enjoyed reading some comments about the sense of taste. I thought I should offer this little insight.
> > > >
> > > > If you have to eat or drink something that tastes bad to you, just hold you breath. I found this out many years ago when I lived in an area that had minerals such as sulfur and iron in the water.
> > > > It works with medicines, too. You just hold your breath until you have swallowed it. For a little extra insurance, use a chaser like water, lemon, crackers, etc.
> > > >
> > > > It also works with brussel sprouts. Onions are another story, but then I like onions.
> > > > Howard
> > >
> > > (takes deep breath and holds it...)
> > >
> > > glug glug glug...
> > >
> > > **BURP!**
> > >
> > > Thanks a bunch. ;-)
> > >
> > > Nyperold
> >
> > The rule I learned for drinking something nasty is I learned from Boy Scouts. At Scout camp you can tend to find the foulest tasting fruit punch/kool aid wanna be stuff on earth. It is usually the only stuff around to drink. So you get a big glass and drink as much of it in the first gulp as you can, on the chance it tastes so nasty you can't drink it again you will at least have that gulp of liquid in you to hold off dehydration.
> >
> > Speed';-)'ball
>
> We used to call it "bug juice." On rare occasions, when it was cold, it wasn't too bad.
> Howard

Hey, I love that stuff. They call it Black Death at our camps here in Oregon, But I like it!