The Reason Cheese, Meat, and Wine are Intentionally Aged, the Benefit of Freezing and Curing Meats, the Icelandic Fermented Dish of Hákarl (Shark), the Reason Hákarl is Fermented, Flavor vs Taste, How Animals Produce the Umami (Savory) Flavor Post Mortem, the Benefit of Aging Meat, How Fermentation of Food Occurs, the Reason Fermented Foods are Not Harmful to Human Beings, the Impact of Altitude Upon Taste, the Reason Astronauts Often Crave Hot Sauce, and the Importance of Salt Within the Human Body

Food like cheese, meat, wine etc. are intentionally aged because food which is fresh is often rubbery and without taste. Freezing helps to cure meats and kill parasites and aging can help create molds which help enhance flavors. In Iceland, fish is purposely rotted similar to fermentation techniques used in Korean kimchi and German sauerkraut. This allegedly aides in creating a distinct and unique flavor which is described. Inclination to certain flavors is now understood to be encoded in DNA bu...


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