Comments on: Favorite Food Hoax? http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33 The only Food Blog written by Jesse Sharrard Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jwsharrard http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-43 jwsharrard Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:51:07 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-43 After reading Marilyn vos Savant's reasoning behind the supposed difference in food taste, I decided to reevaluate the prospect, with special attention to the way the food traveled over my tongue. When inserting the food with my right hand, the food had a tendency to stay near the right side of my mouth; when inserting with the left, it tended to stay near the left side of my mouth---so, in a sense, she is correct. Tastes that originate on the tongue (sweet, sour, salty, bitter) may have very slightly different tastes, if you pay very close attention. The difference is, though, as Marilyn says in her response, unimportant--really to the point of being negligible. After reading Marilyn vos Savant’s reasoning behind the supposed difference in food taste, I decided to reevaluate the prospect, with special attention to the way the food traveled over my tongue. When inserting the food with my right hand, the food had a tendency to stay near the right side of my mouth; when inserting with the left, it tended to stay near the left side of my mouth—so, in a sense, she is correct. Tastes that originate on the tongue (sweet, sour, salty, bitter) may have very slightly different tastes, if you pay very close attention. The difference is, though, as Marilyn says in her response, unimportant–really to the point of being negligible.

]]> By: Clara Lee http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-42 Clara Lee Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-42 Thanks for pointing out the ingredient list for the chicken at McD. I'll use this with my students when they do their fast food analysis project. I'll probably point it out to them after they watch Supersize Me. As for scary fast food nutrition--check out a Double Whopper with Cheese at BK. It has a third cup of fat and paired with small fries would give me almost a full day's worth of calories. I think they have either triple or quadruple burgers now. Thanks for pointing out the ingredient list for the chicken at McD. I’ll use this with my students when they do their fast food analysis project. I’ll probably point it out to them after they watch Supersize Me.

As for scary fast food nutrition–check out a Double Whopper with Cheese at BK. It has a third cup of fat and paired with small fries would give me almost a full day’s worth of calories. I think they have either triple or quadruple burgers now.

]]> By: Aurora http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-41 Aurora Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:25:55 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=33#comment-41 Once again, reading Parade every Sunday has paid off! I, too, read the bit that Ambidextrous Andy did about taste changing depending on what hand you're eating with -- in Marilyn vos Savant's column this past Sunday in Parade magazine. Here is the quote straight from the source: I’ve heard that food tastes a little different when eaten with the hand opposite the one usually used. My friends and I tried this, and it’s true. Why? —Reggie Mechulan, Miami, Fla. [Per Marilyn]: Taste receptors are arrayed symmetrically, with certain areas sensitive to sweet and salty flavors while others are tuned to sour and bitter flavors. When you use your favored hand to place food inside your mouth—especially with a utensil such as a fork or spoon—you do it the same way again and again. But if you use your other hand, the food arrives from an unfamiliar angle and traverses a somewhat different path of taste buds. The change is unimportant but noticeable. Once again, reading Parade every Sunday has paid off! I, too, read
the bit that Ambidextrous Andy did about taste changing depending on what hand you’re eating with — in Marilyn vos Savant’s column this past Sunday in Parade magazine. Here is the quote straight from the source:

I’ve heard that food tastes a little different when eaten with the hand opposite the one usually used. My friends and I tried this, and it’s true. Why?
—Reggie Mechulan, Miami, Fla.

[Per Marilyn]: Taste receptors are arrayed symmetrically, with certain areas sensitive to sweet and salty flavors while others are tuned to sour and bitter flavors. When you use your favored hand to place food inside your mouth—especially with a utensil such as a fork or spoon—you do it the same way again and again. But if you use your other hand, the food arrives from an unfamiliar angle and traverses a somewhat different path of taste buds. The change is unimportant but noticeable.

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