wife couldn't smell something that she was sure she once could smell.  I sometimes think back to her problems when I'm holding and smelling a particularly delectable peach.  Obviously, the thrill that runs through my body is not triggered similarly by those sad 10 brix imitation peaches in the store. Far too often the child will mature into an adult with a mangled sense of taste molded to such as sugar, salt, and artificial flavors. Frequently, unless intervention occurs, the now-grown child will, in turn, ignorantly distort the instinctive taste abilities of their own children. Food manufacturers are driven by the profit motive. They will continue to seek cheaper ways to produce "food." This generally means they will use lower quality flavorless food and try to improve its non-flavor with those sad low-cost adulterants: sugar, salt, and artificial flavors.  Older readers may well remember the WWII phrase ersatz food. The term referred to the attempts by German chemists to create "food" from industrial byproducts such as sawdust.  These created products were destined for ordinary people in the occupied countries.  Meanwhile, the higher quality farm output in those same countries was earmarked for Nazi consumption. Medical texts claim that taste ability declines as people age. That may be true in an absolute sense, but almost all older people report that HIGH BRIX food tastes wonderful. Possibly, the reported loss of taste only applies to artificial flavors and other adulterants. SAVING MONEY How can buying HIGH QUALITY fruits and vegetables save you