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WHY YOU WERE BORN TO LIKE KIPPERS OR CURRIES
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/108545/Why-you-were-born-to-like-kippers-or-curries
Friday June 19,2009    By Nick Fagge


TASTY: People from the Midlands are pre-disposed to enjoy Asian food


OUR birthplace decides not just our accents but even how and what we like to eat and drink, new research shows.

Each area of the UK has a very specific ‘taste dialect’ because of the way we use the various sensitive zones of our tongues.

Scots specifically seek rich and creamy flavours that impact at the back of the tongue but people from the North East prefer tastes that trigger saliva juices at the tip.

Food expert Professor Andy Taylor, who advises experimental chef Heston Blumenthal, said: “Just as with spoken dialects, where accent is placed on different syllables and vowel formations, people from different regions have developed enhanced sensitivities to certain taste sensations and seek foods that trigger these.”

A study of 13,000 people found areas have their own unique taste dialect of flavours and textures forged by local culture, geography and environment.

Scots are the slowest eaters and contrary to folklore, prefer Yorkshire pudding and Italian ice cream to haggis and kippers.

People from the Midlands, famous for the popularity of Balti-type curries, were pre-disposed to enjoy Asian food long before it arrived in the UK.

The region’s taste dialect is for soft, suckable foods that impact the front of the tongue, have a slightly-sweet dimension and can be eaten with the hands – like naan bread.

Food psychologist Greg Tucker, of the Marketing Clinic in Cambridge, said: “If you go to a chip shop in the North East you will get something called chips and bits which is all the burnt, crispy batter left over from the frying. But in the North West the same shops will be offering chips and wet which is the pure green liquid from mushy peas.”

Our favourite regional foods stem from the West Country, particularly Cheddar cheese and cream teas.