Recently, I’ve been thinking about ways I might try and improve my palate. My interest was peaked after I read a post or article somewhere (sorry, can’t find it at the mo) about a restaurant critic who practiced identifying different spices through blind-tests in a bid to improve his ability to identify ingredients. I wondered if I might try something similar; the ability to more accurately identify certain tastes can only help in my journey through all things gastro, surely?
The article also got me to thinking about whether it possible to actually become better at tasting itself, as opposed to just being better at identifying those things one tastes. I don’t intend to dwell on the semantics here (snooore!) but I do think there is a difference. Improving my tasting ability should be accomplishable through rote practice, but can I actually train to enhance my taste experience?
I’d be keen to hear anyone’s thoughts on this idea, or on any methods that other’s have tried to improve their palate, however crazy they might be…