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the only taste babies are born craving and adults pretend to outgrow
means Pleasing to the senses or feelings — especially the sugary taste of honey or fruit, but also a kind smell, a gentle person, or anything delightful.
from From Old English 'swēte,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root that gave German 'süß' and Dutch 'zoet.' Reach further and it links to a Proto-Indo-European root '*swād-' meaning pleasant or agreeable — the same ancient source behind Latin 'suavis' (smooth, charming) and Greek 'hēdys' (delightful), making 'sweet' a distant cousin of both 'suave' and 'hedonist.'
- tongue myth
- the sweet-tip taste map is completely bogus
- miracle berry
- a fruit that makes lemons taste like candy
- sweeter than sugar
- some compounds hit 200,000 times sweeter
- plant strategy
- fruit evolved sweetness to bribe animals into spreading seeds
- ant logic
- aphids feed ants sugar in exchange for bodyguards
maple syrup — vermont produces 2 million gallons annually, 87% of us supply
honey — apis mellifera bees produce 1.6 million tons globally each year
sugar cane — brazil harvests 600+ million tons annually, world's largest producer
dates — phoenix dactylifera fruit, iraq produces 400,000+ tons per year