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Learning to Love Bitter Greens

Learning to Love Bitter Greens

With our modern eating choices, we’ve lost the taste for some flavours and tend to gravitate more towards others. "The sensation of taste can be categorized into five basic tastes: sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami. 'Umami' is originally the Japanese word for 'meaty' or 'savory'" (Wikipedia). Certainly most of us have no trouble getting our doses of sweet and salty, but when it comes to bitter foods many people choose to steer clear.