Why does burned food (like toast, etc) taste bad?
In: Chemistry
We are programmed to enjoy indicators of nutrition, energy, and other necessary things that might be hard to come by.
Things like sugars, fats, salt.
Burnt things dont typically have those values, and so they lack the indicators: being sweet. Rich. Salty.
Rotten foods contain dangerous levels of bacteria and other chemicals that can harm us, so we’re programmed to avoid and dislike those signifiers (like smell, and when something tastes “off”.)
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