As part of our work on senses, we have learnt about taste with Ms Udy. We learnt about sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami flavours. We each tasted four liquids, and tried to identify whether they were sweet, sour, salty or bitter. We also talked about further experiments we could do at home.
1. Blindfold taste test: One person arranges lots of small pieces of food, with a variety of flavours, on a plate. The other person is blindfolded, and has to try to work out what each food is. Does it make a difference when you hold your nose so you can't smell the food?
2. Dry mouth tasting: With a clean cloth or paper towel, one person wipes their tongue so it is dry. The other person brings them pieces of food to try (with or without a blindfold). How hard is it to taste the food when your tongue is dry?
Here is the slide show we used - look out for the plate with lots of ideas for blindfold taste tests :)
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