Why does cooking oil make things taste better when it doesn’t taste good by itself?

Question

I get why sugar makes things taste better since it tastes good by itself but why does something like cooking oil which doesn’t taste good on its own make food taste better than it otherwise would be?

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Answer 1

Wait what, since when sugar tastes good by itself? I’m diabetic, in one of the times that I had hypoglycemia I had to string water with sugar and it tasted like shit, I almost puked, and usually while hypoglycemia everything tastes wonderful xD