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Kids Make Spring Rolls Together
- The Emerson sisters showed how to make spring rolls using wrappers, water, and fillings like cucumber and mint.
- They described folding steps and enjoying dipping sauces while explaining why cooking is fun.
How Taste Works Biologically
- Taste happens when tongue receptors detect chemicals and send messages to the brain identifying sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.
- Taste buds sit across the tongue, inside the mouth, and at the top of the throat and number in the thousands per person.
There Are Five Basic Tastes
- Scientists count five basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet, sour, and umami (savory).
- Umami is a Japanese term describing savory flavors that many Westerners only recently recognized.