My father lost his sense of taste from eating poison ivy as a dare as a child (his older brothers basically tricked him into it). Similarly, he LOVED spicy and

My father lost his sense of taste from eating poison ivy as a dare as a child (his older brothers basically tricked him into it). Similarly, he LOVED spicy and extremely salty foods because those were the only things he could taste. I grew up loving over-salted food because that was the way my family cooked. He even would put salt in his beers.