How Do We Taste Food?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Why do we like to eat certain foods? Why do some people like to eat spicy food? And what's up with kids not liking vegetables? Why does pineapple hurt your mouth when you eat too much of it? Why do we taste things and how? Why do different foods taste different? Do animals have the same taste buds as people? In this episode of But Why we get answers to all of those questions from chef, author, and TV personality Chris Kimball, Dr. Leslie Stein of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, and Vermont-based chef and cookbook author Matthew Jennings.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids.
0:25.8	I'm Jane Lindholm, Melody Bodet, and I produce this show at Vermont Public Radio.
0:30.8	It's a show where you, the listener, get to ask the questions, and it's our job to find thoughtful people to help you figure out the answers.
0:39.8	We know you come from all over the world, so you have lots of different kinds of experiences and lots of different kinds of questions.
0:47.8	One thing that's universally true is that you all eat, but you don't all like the same things, do you?
0:53.8	And that got one of our listeners pretty curious.
0:56.8	So today we're going to listen back to an episode all about food.
1:00.8	My name is Alex. I like to cook food and I like to eat it.
1:07.8	I'm a living-years-old and Columbus, Ohio, and I was wondering why do we like to eat certain foods?
1:17.8	For example, why do some people like to eat spicy food and some people not like to eat their vegetables and that stuff?
1:28.8	We love this question, Alex. A few months ago we actually had a live event here in Vermont and we asked other kids about what kinds of food they love and hate.
1:37.8	I'm not confused. It's very cheesy.
1:41.8	Okay, because I have an at least time on my birthday.
1:47.8	I've got a seaweed, salted, dry seaweed.
1:52.8	Because I like trying new foods.
1:57.8	Grandtimes in hot dogs.
2:00.8	I like a lot of foods, but I like dumplings.
2:05.8	They have a good taste and I like the texture.
2:10.8	I'm back at Ronnie at school. We'll get it so cheesy.
2:14.8	I can put food for burgers.
2:17.8	They yummy and I like the juice inside them.
2:20.8	My favorite food is peach.
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