Why do we enjoy the taste of cooked food when it doesn’t exist in nature?
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We evolved with food that was cooked. First by following the paths of wild fires where root vegetables and nuts were cooked by natural processes and then, with the control of fire, did it intentionally. The burned food offered nutrients that were easier for our bodies to process.
This book explains it in lay terms way better than I can, and I think I remember seeing a TED Talk by Daniel Dennett that talks about it as well.
Cooked food is safer to eat so we evolved to enjoy cooked food more than uncooked food
Early humans who really loved eating uncooked meat probably died of various forms of food poisoning so the humans that survived were the ones that did cook their food
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