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5 votes
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TIL I am sensitive to bitter foods
Nothing spectacular- I don’t particularly wince at bitter foods but after posting this thread: https://tildes.net/~food/18ae/is_it_me_or_does_spicy_sweet_bitter I was today’s years old when I...
Nothing spectacular- I don’t particularly wince at bitter foods but after posting this thread:
https://tildes.net/~food/18ae/is_it_me_or_does_spicy_sweet_bitter
I was today’s years old when I learned most people don’t taste bitterness like I do; it’s not an overwhelming taste and on some foods a light bitterness is actually pleasant, but I didn’t know that others don’t taste the bitterness of things e.g. unsweetened sparkling water.
Well I’ll be a donkey’s uncle.
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Is it me, or does spicy + sweet = bitter?
Specifically if I drink a soda with spicy food, my tongue interprets the taste as bitter. Is it just me?
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What everyday foods are 10/10?
People eat a lot of food. So much, in fact, that we tend to overlook exactly how good our food is. In celebration of this (and to get our minds off of the scary stuff), I thought this was a good...
People eat a lot of food. So much, in fact, that we tend to overlook exactly how good our food is. In celebration of this (and to get our minds off of the scary stuff), I thought this was a good time to reflect on the good things in life. So I give you this question: what average, everyday supermarket food is secretly fantastic? So fantastic that you could eat it everyday - and probably actually do.
My vote is bread. Bread is so delicious you can practically make a complete meal out of it. But it's also versatile and with just a few more ingredients can be transformed into something even more delicious. Buttered toast is absolutely divine. Everyone has their favorite sandwich, and any of those would also be perfect for this list as well, but you can't have any of them without bread.
I'm also not above ultraprocessed garbage food, so as a bonus suggestion is (bread-adjacent!) premade frozen pizzas. While some people will prefer fresh made pizzas, I've never seen anyone hate frozen pizza altogether, and everyone has a favorite brand. I personally like Totino's; it has a strangely appealing artificial quality to it, and most importantly it's a filling meal that takes zero effort (it can be cooked in the toaster oven without even needing to dirty a pan) and costs only about a dollar.
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Human taste buds can tell the difference between normal and 'heavy' water
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The Norimaki Synthesizer is a lickable screen that can recreate almost any taste or flavor without eating food
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Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate
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Columbia scientists identify the distinct mechanisms by which mammals discriminate a taste and assign a positive or negative valence
6 votes