The goal is to be as neutral, as analytical-as "Mr. Spock"-as possible. This perhaps explains how it was possible for a team of Canadian researchers to find nine men and women willing to create a canned-cat-food flavor lexicon and a set of tasting protocols. For humans. Tasting cat food. And they couldn't be shy about it. The protocol for evaluating the "meat chunk" portion {"gravy gel" having its own distinct protocol} stipulated that the sample be "moved around mouth and chewed for 10 to 15 seconds, {and} a portion of the sample swallowed.
( Mary Roach )
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