# To eat it together or savor individually?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-eat-it-together-or-savor-individually/480525>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-eat-it-together-or-savor-individually/480525 "2009-01-09T14:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-eat-it-together-or-savor-individually/480525/21 "2009-01-11T11:06:47Z")

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There are, of course, meals where the components are meant to be put in the mouth together: sandwiches, for example.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-eat-it-together-or-savor-individually/480525/22 "2009-01-11T11:15:40Z")

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I like to mix things on the spoon or fork, but in such a way that I initially notice the contrasts between them, then later, the blended sensation.

And it works particularly well (IMO) for foods where there _is_ a lot of contrast - hot fudge sundae, for example - the ice cream is cold, creamy and sweet, the sauce is bitter, aromatic and hot - when a mixed, but not _blended_ spoonful is eaten, the individual flavours, textures and sensations are experienced as a whirl of differences and finally a mellow blend of them all - perhaps sometimes with an intermediate phase where incomplete sets of sensations blend together.

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-eat-it-together-or-savor-individually/480525/23 "2009-01-11T11:19:20Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I like to mix things on the spoon or fork, but in such a way that I initially notice the contrasts between them, then later, the blended sensation.
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> And it works particularly well (IMO) for foods where there _is_ a lot of contrast - hot fudge sundae, for example - the ice cream is cold, creamy and sweet, the sauce is bitter, aromatic and hot - when a mixed, but not _blended_ spoonful is eaten, the individual flavours, textures and sensations are experienced as a whirl of differences and finally a mellow blend of them all - perhaps sometimes with an intermediate phase where incomplete sets of sensations blend together.

Hah! Great user name/post combination.

Yes, the idea of eating the components of a hot fudge sundae separately is not appealing.

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