The idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that “persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it.” Also wrong: the notion that taste is limited to the mouth.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra2304578

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[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I always take my food as a suppository. Rectal taste buds hit different.

[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong. Super-spicy foods are tasted twice.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I felt this comment.