FLAVOR
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Chicken
Firecracker Fried
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The
complex
flavors of chili
sauce provide sweet and
sour pops of flavor.
Taste buds recognize one of the five flavors, sweet, as saccharine. Another flavor in this recipe—sour—is often called tart and can cause the mouth to water.
Sweet Potatoes
Mediterranean
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Taste Buds
The human Body has about 4,000 taste buds
located on the tongue, throat and sides
and top of the mouth. taste buds distinguish between all five basic tastes, including
sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savory (or umami). Taste buds also can detect the
scent, texture and temperature of food.
Salt is a flavor
enhancer, so the salty olives bring out the sweetness of
the potatoes.
Taste buds
recognize salt
by the level of
sodium detected.
that deliver a kick of one of
the five flavors: sweet, salty,
bitter, sour and savory.
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