# flavor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074 "2012-02-16T23:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Funky\_Nasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/46a35a/32.png) [@Funky\_Nasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Funky_Nasa)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074/1 "2012-02-16T23:11:45Z")

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Are there any benefits to flavor by chewing with your mouth open?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074/2 "2012-02-17T01:54:36Z")

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I don’t think so, unless you are experiencing so with other foods. Why would there be?

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074/3 "2012-02-17T07:13:43Z")

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ISTM chewing with mouth open, or more to the point, breathing through mouth with food in mouth, enhances flavor. My guess: This brings the olfactory sense more into play.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor/613074/4 "2012-02-17T07:35:26Z")

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And a possible drawback to doing so would be to breathe in too hard and end up choking.