"Try a little," said my mother, hesitating, wondering if I would like it. It was like an explosion of flavor in my mouth. I always thought I didn't like chicken, especially with vegetables, but this was different. It hardly seemed like the same animal, no pun intended, as what I was usually served. Even more wondrous were the little pockets of fried goodness called egg rolls. These were filled with vegetables like shredded cabbage and the spices made the green things delicious, rather than a pain to eat. We often ordered out as a family during times of great joy and great sadness -- to celebrate, or when things were too hectic for home cooking. Eating Chinese food, even when I ordered the same thing, was never boring. I adored the special equipment needed to consume it -- the chopsticks, the flavor packets of neon yellow mustard and orange sweet and sour sauce -- and the fact that the food was unpredictable -- differently cut, with different mixtures and textures of vegetables, and often with an extra carton of something special thrown in for free. Even that first time, I intuitively understood the rules of eating Chinese food -- take a little of this, a little of that. No swatting away of your hand...
Taste everything. That rule was to stay with me for the rest of my life. For, first and foremost, I have often judged potential friends by their willingness to taste different things, in terms of food and life -- an adventurous sprit within myself that I attribute to my early exposure to Chinese food. And, equally importantly, I have learned from those early experiences to share what I love with others, and to look forward to delighting in what others think is delightful -- from Hunan shrimp to crispy tofu. How can you not love a cuisine that tells you your fortune at the end of the meal?
Smell and taste are intimately connected, more so than any other two senses (Bakalar, 2012). Even though the immediate sensory inputs are completely different, smell and taste inputs are processed together. Impediments to smell such as blocked sinuses can impact the ability to fully taste food. Chewing and eating also "releases volatile molecules that travel through the back of the mouth to receptors in the lining of the nasal passages,"
D. Research questions. This study will be guided by the following three research questions: 1. Can high cholesterol levels be genetically related? 2. Can high cholesterol levels be anatomically induced? 3. Do high cholesterol levels always result from poor eating choices? E. Assumptions and Limitations. For the purposes of this study, it will be assumed that a chi-square analysis represents a superior methodology for the investigation of the above-stated general hypothesis. F. Definition of terms. 1.
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