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Remembrance of past flavours
Smell's role in flavour is why food can call up memories. These processes seem to be related to where it is located in the brain structure. The many connections between the olfactory system and the regions responsible for emotion and memory tie these experiences together.
Our brains lessen the risk of eating poisonous or rancid food through the storage of emotional memories. If you become sick after eating a particular food, that flavour can cause disgust when you try to eat it again. But, we can also recall positive emotional memories associated with food, creating a rich dining experience.
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The brain plays a huge role in the rich sensory experience when we eat.
To create a rich dining experience, all of the basic senses should be engaged.
- Taste and smell play the largest role. Both senses identify and react to chemicals in food. This is known as flovour.
- Flavour is a sensation that uses many senses a...
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Eating specific foods which were consumed in our early years can evoke powerful and emotional memories, lying dormant in our subconscious for decades. This is possible even if the food was first relished at an early age, which we cannot recall any memory of.
Example: Eating a certain f...
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