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> "Peter Dy" > wrote:
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> > > > > The history of cornbread in your family heritage was a delightful
> > > > > read.Taste is more important than authenticity, if we can get by
> > > > > the emotional baggage.
> > > >
> > > > But "taste" is a social construct. It always cracked me up when
> > > > Americans said about the Iron Chef show: "But the dishes are geared
> > > > for Japanese tastes. That's why they think they are so delicious."
> > > > As if most everything we hear, read, and experience here in the
> > > > States about food is not geared for American tastes.
> > > >
> > > Peter, I was referring to how the food tastes when you put it in your
> > > mouth, as contrasted with 'taste' as a social construct, the latter
> > > being part of what I referred to as 'emotional baggage'. Hope this
> > > clarifies.
> >
> > And I was saying that they are the same.
> >
> > The true path to enlightenment is through authenticity. Only through
> > authenticity can one expand one's taste -- on the tongue and otherwise.
> > I call this the Noble Onefold Path.
> >
> The true path to enlightenment is through experience. Only through
> experience does one develop knowledge and wisdom. Authenticity is of
> historical interest as a teaching aid. YMMV


Experience that doesn't go beyond one's local horizons is impoverished, as
far as food is concerned, and other things as well, I suppose.

Peter