Food you normally think it’s good tastes perfect when you’re very hungry. Even regular food tastes special when you are starving.
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Taste (like some other senses) has two parts – one “physical” (meaning actual sensation using the chemical receptors on the tongue) and second “mental” (meaning what we make that experience mean in our own minds). So you may notice that something simple on a particular day (when you are upbeat / happy) may taste very good and fulfilling. However on a particularly difficult day (when you are stressful / sad / irritable) – an exemplary dish may seem “OK OK”. The difference in both those instances is the “second part – the mental aspect”.
If we pay attention, anticipate, look forward to something – we have a tendency to appreciate it when we “get it” (and not criticize it or be dismissive about it or take it for granted). Having such an “aware” mind – amplifies our experience of food (or of life in general).
When we are really hungry – we are in a zone where we are anticipating and pining for food with our entire being / attention. This makes us be appreciative of it when we get it – and hence we end up enjoying it more. In such a state – our mind even overlooks minor “faults” or “deviations” which would have been a major “tantrum” issue otherwise. Its like the “mind dog” suddenly behaves like a “good boy” when hungry – by shutting down all interpretations / modes / responses which may deprive it of its needs. Its almost like the mind makes it taste better – so that we eat more of it and the body (and the mind) survives to live another day.
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