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Thursday 14 September 2006

cocina club @


chocolatcake | orangecoulis


A C&L sabe...


No food is intrinsically disgusting; if it were, then nobody would eat it. With this in mind, the question begging to be asked is what causes such a wide range of likes and dislikes when it comes to the food that we put in our mouths?
This whole subject is incredibly complex, possibly the most complex of all processes performed by the human body and it starts in the womb; It has been shown that flavours can be passed from mother to baby through the amniotic fluid as early as 11 weeks (six months before birth); By the time that we are born into the world, we have already experienced many of the flavours from our mothers diet.
The process of taste aroma and flavour perception is being researched around the world. Knowledge gained from this research has far-reaching implications, be it detecting disease by smell or re-kindling the faded palate of an elderly person.