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FROM TASTING TO DIGESTING, 1. Jhoolan’s mouth started watering when she heard the word Imli. When does, yourmouth water? List five things you like to eat and describe their taste., , Ans. My mouth waters when I see something of my taste, especially spicy foods. List of five, things of my linking and their taste:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Things Taste, , Chat Sour-sweet, Samosa Salty-spicy, Pickles Sour, Ice-Cream Sweet, Chocolate sweet, , , , , , , , , , 2. Do you like only one kind of taste or different ones? Why?, , Ans. | like different types of taste because I get bored of only one kind of taste., , 3. Jhoolan put a few drops of lemon juice in Jnumpa’s mouth. Do you think we can make, our the taste with just a few drops., , Ans. Yes. A few drops of sour things like lemon is enough to make out the taste., , 4, If someone were to put a few seeds of saunf(aniseed) on your tongue, would you able, to tell with your eyes closed? How?, , Ans. Perhaps, because even if we do not taste, we can recognize it by its smell., , 5. How did Jhumpa make out the fried fish? Can you guess the names of certain things, , only by their smell, without seeing or tasting them? What are these things?, , Material Downloaded From SUPERCOP, , Ans. Jhumpa made out the fried fish by its smell. We can, of course, guess some things only, by their smell, without seeing or tasting them providing they have a strong smell. For, example, egg, orange, lemon, curd, sweets, samosa, etc., , 6. Has anyone ever told you to close your nose before taking medicine? Why do you, think they tell you to do this?, Ans. We get the complete taste of food only when we are able to smell it. So, sometimes we, , are told to close our nose before taking a medicine which does not taste good., , 7. Collect a few food items having different kinds of taste. Play a game with your friends, like Jhumpa and Jhoolan did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask- How did it, taste? What was the food item?, , Ans. The taste was sweet. The food item was sugar. (Suppose sugar is given)