Well I guess there is no answer but still would like one from someone in the know. Thanks for the applause and Lynn I am so thrilled for you being able to taste your food again. Being a gourmet cook and using taste to guage food preparation, I can't imagine having inactive taste buds. Oh, how fast the bad stuff becomes a habit, lets see here, boomers & ice cream, ice cream and boomers....makes perfect sense to me! [Razz]