Australian researchers say fat is 'sixth taste'

Physorg.com ^ | March 8, 2010 | staff reporter

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Nope, “hot” is the sensation of microscopic ulcers being formed on the inside of the mouth—pain writ small, but producing a release of endorphins, nonetheless—no chemoreceptors register the sensation, so it is neither a taste nor a smell nor the nameless sense mediated by chemoreceptors ties to the trigeminal nerve that register, for instance, ammonia.

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Bacon ice cream strikes the delicate balance between sweet and salty that so many bacon-lovers seek with these sorts of dishes. “We love it in all the foods we eat, whether it’s in chips or whatever snack food,” Bacon Camp’s James Loosbrock says. “Bacon has a higher fat content and that fat makes it delicious.”

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Lardz Deep fried lard balls topped with sugar.