In Good Taste: Butter is a Food Group

That’s right, in my world, butter is a food group and bread and butter is a religion. Today’s service is salted imported butter and the best cranberry walnut bread in the world baked by my sister in law. This combination makes me smile and feel all is right with life. This combination that brings me joy may make you frown and scowl. We have our unique taste profiles.

You have anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 taste buds. That alone is a pretty wide range. The fewer the buds the blander things taste and the more buds, the stronger the like or dislikes of certain foods. Taste buds last only 10 – 14 days and we have fewer taste buds as we age. This is not a deep dive on taste buds, only a highlight to bring awareness about our own uniqueness when it comes to taste.

I still have a combination of taste buds that allow me to enjoy and bliss out on butter spread on lightly toasted cranberry walnut bread. I reckon this is what some call comfort food or a decadent treat. This week, consider your taste buds and your tastes. Have things shifted over time? What are the three foods that send you into a state of bliss?

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