A closer look
Human taste buds are entirely incapable of detecting the flavor of any food whatsoever unless those chemical compounds are first completely dissolved in a liquid pool of your own saliva, meaning if you were to dry your tongue completely with a paper towel and place a piece of chocolate or salt on it, your advanced sensory organs would register absolutely nothing but a weird dry texture, proving that your mouth acts as a highly specialized chemical laboratory that requires constant biological lubrication just to inform you if what you are eating is actually edible, which is quite humbling when you realize that every fancy culinary experience and expensive gourmet meal you have ever paid too much money for was completely dependent on you effectively drooling all over it first, turning your highly anticipated dinner into a pre-digested wet slurry before your brain could even enjoy it
