I apparently don't have very refined taste buds.
Most times, a corndog tastes just about as good to me as a five course meal staring with a delicate cobb salad sprinkled with bleu cheese, pan-seared chicken, garnished with a side of steamed vegetables and drizzled with a light vinaigrette. Food all tastes relatively similar, within about two or three categories. Really bad, average, really good. Very seldom does something does something deviate from just being average - about the same as any other food I could eat.
Because of this, I could never (and still never) understand people who put ridiculous effort into cooking, making, or purchasing expensive "gourmet meals." Everything I eat turns to shit, anyway.
Alcohol is the same way. It's either really bitter and hard to drink, average, or amazing. I've never found an alcohol that was absolutely amazing, and most are just average. I don't believe people who claim to be able to tell the difference between a $18 and a $60 bottle, because they're probably both in the "average" category to me.
And because I don't taste it, I don't believe anyone else can. So anyone claiming to be able to taste a difference.. you're a liar.
