Chapter 415 Bitterness

The sweet taste makes people feel joy and peace from the bottom of their hearts, and makes people immerse themselves in it unconsciously, intoxicated in the pleasure and satisfaction brought by every bit of sweetness.

But not everyone likes sweet taste.

Some people's taste buds are naturally insensitive to sweetness. For them, this sweet and happy taste only has a greasy sweetness at the beginning and a lingering sticky feeling on the tip of their tongue, which is uncomfortable.

Just like the one in the lead.

He appreciated the bitter taste more than the sticky sweetness, compared to this soft taste.

The feeling of bitterness and spiciness is very similar, both of which bring strong stimulation to people in an instant. This feeling is very sharp, like a sharp knife piercing directly into the taste buds, leaving no room for the taste buds to ease and adapt. The bitter taste instantly occupies the senses, and even saliva turns into bitter juice, like a maggot on the tarsal bone that cannot be shaken off.

To be honest, he doesn't like bitterness.

Who in the world likes the bitter taste?
I'm afraid only those who live a happy and fulfilling life would want to try different flavors and experience feelings other than happiness out of boredom.

As for the rest of us, we have suffered enough in life and there is no need to make things harder for ourselves.

But not liking something doesn’t mean not appreciating it.

If there is a taste in this world that can stay in his heart forever, it is only bitterness.

Bitterness is usually accompanied by astringency because bitterness often leaves a dry and astringent feeling in the mouth. It makes the mouth tight, reduces saliva secretion, and makes the mouth dry and rough.

The feeling it brings is completely opposite to that of sweetness. Sweetness is moist and smooth, while bitterness is dry and astringent. Sweetness is happiness and joy, while bitterness is sadness and pain.

Sweet flavors are often used in cooking, while medicines are always bitter.

Because food is meant to bring happiness to people, and diners come to taste delicious food to gain happiness. Who would want to have a bitter taste that is even more bitter than Chinese medicine?

No one would want to eat this.

However, he appreciated bitterness more than the simple pleasure that pure sweetness brought.

Bitterness will not easily bring people happiness in terms of taste and senses, or quite the contrary, it mostly brings people unhappy experiences.

However, this kind of happiness that cannot be easily obtained can calm his restless heart.

If happiness comes too easily, people will become more impetuous and pursue simpler happiness.

But the bitter taste allows him to calm down and think and feel, and feel the complex feelings lingering on his taste buds.

The part of the human body that is most sensitive to bitterness is the root of the tongue. Other parts of the body can also feel bitterness, but they are relatively less sensitive.

Therefore, when he ate food, he always used the root of his tongue to feel the taste of the dish first, and feel the slight bitterness contained in it.

Years of habit have made him very sensitive to the taste of bitterness.

This is what he does when tasting the food. After putting the food into his mouth, he uses his tongue to roll the food to the root of his tongue, allowing the part that is most sensitive to bitterness to analyze the bitterness in the food.

Usually the bitterness in the dishes is not very obvious, even if he tries hard to taste it, he can only feel a slight bitterness. This is normal, because a dish with a very obvious bitter taste is obviously not delicious.

But the taste in his mouth was so wonderful. It was not overly bitter, and the bitterness did not give him a direct and sharp stimulation like a knife.

It is like a wave rolling in from the sea, accumulating little by little at the root of the tongue, washing over the taste buds again and again, and what is finally left is the deep and complex bitterness.

It is deep and lingering, not just staying at the root of the tongue, but penetrating into the entire mouth along with the touch of the root of the tongue, leaving a long aftertaste.

Its taste is not purely bitter, but a feeling condensed from various wonderful flavors.

Among them is the bitterness that arises from sweetness. Sweetness that is overheated will produce a bitter taste, such as caramel.

Although the honey roast chicken made by Xu Qing was not overheated like caramel, the sugar would become slightly bitter during the roasting process. However, the bitterness was so light that it was almost unnoticeable.

In addition to the bitterness born from the sweetness, there is also the bitterness contained in Chinese medicinal materials. After the medicinal materials are processed by special technology and baked and dried, their medicinal properties will become stronger, and similarly, the bitterness contained in them will become more obvious.

The bitterness of Chinese medicinal materials usually carries with it a fresh aroma of green grass, mixed with the heavy taste of earth. After being covered by the dust of time, it has both the heaviness accumulated over the years and the freshness bred by nature.

In addition to these two kinds of bitterness, there are many other indistinguishable bitternesses, which are slowly released from the spices, from the chicken, and from every flavor, lingering at the root of the tongue, turning into a deep and lingering taste.

When so many indistinguishable bitter tastes gather together and appear at the root of the tongue, they transform into thousands of different kinds of bitterness, as if all the various aspects of life and all kinds of joys and sorrows are gathered here.

The bitterness that had once calmed his soul now struck his heart hard, shaking his soul and making his blood boil.

Countless light bitter flavors blended together, gathering into a majestic force that broke into the deepest part of his soul like a hot knife through butter, and forcefully broke into the softest place in his heart at the moment when he had the least resistance.

Suddenly, he saw countless scenes flashing before his eyes, which were the sadness and pain of countless people.

Grief, these two simple words, have countless stories, countless tears shed by countless people, countless painful faces, countless regrets and unfulfilled desires.

His own figure also emerged among them. His pain, bitterness, and despair became one of those countless stories, submerged in numerous bitternesses, turning into a boundless river, carrying unspeakable pain and suffering, flowing to a distant unknown place.

Immersed in this endless suffering, he should have felt miserable and uncomfortable.

However, surprisingly, the countless sufferings that flowed out of his heart made him calm.

He once thought that he was the only one who had suffered and felt the pain. It turned out that countless people in this world had been in the same situation as him. Although they had not experienced what he had experienced, the pain they felt was the same.

It turns out that he is not the only one suffering in this world.

It turns out that as long as we live in this world, everyone has his or her own suffering.

There is nothing special about him; he is just a tiny member of the vast living world.

This actually alleviated the heavy pain in his heart a little, as if the burden that he alone was carrying was now shared by others.

Thousands of bitterness roll around at the root of the tongue, but it brings people unspeakable peace and tranquility. It calms the anxious heart, turns the bitterness into sweetness, and turns into unspeakable joy and tranquility.

(End of this chapter)