[Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz

[Jon Egger]

My darlin' daughter and hubby Ben are cyclists. When they were assigned to
Sandy Eggo, they were going to cycle one day.  Ben was ahead of her, at the
bottom of a street, and Annie was just getting on her cycle.   Being that
she was just a quarter of a block from him, her brain misfired and she
thought, "Meh, only a quarter of a block...I'll put my helmet on when I
meet up with Ben."  Four or five cars down from her, someone opened their
front driver door, sending Annie head over heels, and Annie had one hell of
a concussion.

The 'only thing' she lost is her sense of smell.  She notices it every day
and sometimes is very sad.  Ben, always says, "Annie does the litter box."
They are a fun couple, always laughing and making puns, and I am so
grateful that they both think outside the box.

Grace and peace,
brud




On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> BBQ chicken at Curtis' in Putney, VT: http://www.curtisbbqvt.com/
>
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sally Davies Sent: Friday, September 11,
> 2015 2:39 PM To: magdalen Subject: [Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz
> Fun neuroscience fact of the day: people have differing amounts of
> tastebuds which is why some are far more sensitive to flavour than others.
>
> An at-home test for how well endowed you are: Apply  a couple of drops of
> blue food color to your tongue and swallow a few times. Then examine
> your tongue's surface; fungiform papillae won't pick up the dye, so they'll
> look like pink polka dots on a blue background. If your tongue appears to
> be almost solid pink, then you have tons of fungiform papillae and may be a
> supertaster.
>
> Maybe that's one for the kids to do - I don't much fancy it!
>
> Also interesting that taste buds (which are buried under those pink polka
> dots) are also found in quite a few other places around the roof of the
> mouth and back of the throat. Complex perceptions of flavour are the work
> of higher brain areas which call on aroma, current emotions, and memory as
> well as taste.
>
> What's the best thing you've ever tasted?
>
> Sally D
>
> <neuroscience maven these days.
>