Prompt B

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The process of tasting the food you put in your mouth is one with many different parts. The process starts in the food, a strawberry. The strawberry is filled with dissolved molecules and ions, which are called tastants and make the taste. We put the strawberry in our mouth and it passes over the taste buds that cover our mouth. Each taste bud has a pore or opening that the tastants flow through. Once inside the taste bud, the tastants enter the taste receptor cells. The molecules are broken down and a message is sent to the brain. The message that is sent to the brain is the taste. So, the strawberry’s taste is recognized in the brain as a sweet taste. There are five basic tastes humans recognize; sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. Each taste has certain taste buds that recognize that specific taste. They are all located in different sections on the tongue. The tastes of food fit into these five categories, though sometimes they are combinations of the five.

After delete/delve:

The process of tasting the food you put in your mouth is one with many different parts. We start with a type of food, let's say a strawberry.The strawberry is filled with dissolved molecules and ions, which are called tastants and make the taste. We put the strawberry in our mouth and it passes over the taste buds that cover our mouth. Each taste bud has a pore or opening that the tastants flow through. Once inside the taste bud, the tastants enter the taste receptor cells. The molecules are broken down and a message is sent to the brain. So, the strawberry’s taste is recognized in the brain as a sweet taste. There are five basic tastes humans recognize; sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. The tastes are recognized by a specific regions on the tongue. All foods fit into these five categories of tastes, although some foods are combinations. I often wonder why I enjoy foods that others don't, what combinations are pleasant and what combinations are disgusting? Different sets of taste buds have different regions of strengths and weaknesses. Which is why we all have different tastes.

*I have been reading articles that prove this point, but I haven't found the right quotations or research just yet. I'm still working on this paragraph.