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Does squishing food affect taste?

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sethski
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at lunch today, me and a few friends had a rather heated debate about whether or not squishing your sandwich affects its taste...personally i dont think so...

any input slash any examples?
Nov 6 2008 11:27PM
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k-rob
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it changes the texture, not the taste.
Nov 6 2008 11:28PM
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notime_for_jokes
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i heard that putting a hotdog in a blender and making it a drink tastes disgusting? 
does blending count
Nov 6 2008 11:28PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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personally i don't enjoy sandwiches which have been squished, or if the condiment has soaked into the bread.
Nov 6 2008 11:28PM
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DDrem.
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depends on the sandwich...
if its PB J the flavors will mesh into a Peanute Jelly Butter flavor fusion
but if its BLT, it will be like shit
Nov 6 2008 11:29PM
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sethski
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i guess blending counts if you don't add anything...
Nov 6 2008 11:29PM
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Mr_W00
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i agree it all depends on the sandwich
Nov 6 2008 11:31PM
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Rachy
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basic biology here.

By squishing the sandwich you are reducing the surface area of the bread. You will still generally chew the sandwich about the same amount per bite squished or unsquished meaning if your bread is squished you will get less tastebud to bread action leaving things that cant really be squished (like condiments/meet) standing out more.

Think about it, flatten out a piece of bread, put mustard on it. go to eat it and it will seem like less bread therefor the mustard will stand out.

Leave it fluffy, put the mustard on it and it will seem like 2 to 3 times more bread.

This is probably off somewhat though cause I haven't exactly studdied how much you chew things of different textures, but I assume you don't chew your bread twice as long if it is squished. This of course only works in situations where the bread is significantly fluffy like rolls and such, cause a square of bread has pretty much the same surface area if you squish it.

Ok, I'm done.
Nov 6 2008 11:40PM
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SkogenFake
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haha that about it explains it

Nov 6 2008 11:43PM
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95959
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personaly i think that squished sandwitches or, "flat Freddies." as i have come to know them are better then the standard sandwitch.
Nov 6 2008 11:43PM
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photowill
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its all about which sandwich
i really enjoy a squished PBJ as long as the jelly hasnt soaked into the bread, cause thats just gross
but i dont want my philly cheese steak on a cracker either
Nov 7 2008 12:06AM
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