• Question: why does halloumi taste so nice?

    Asked by anon-188272 to Warren, Shanti, Pizza Ka Yee, Paul, Nadine, Alex on 5 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Nadine Mirza

      Nadine Mirza answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      I’ve never had it (that I know of) so I’d be curious to know too!

    • Photo: Alex Reid

      Alex Reid answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      In our evolutionary past our ancestors would have found fatty things harder to find (it’s the same with sugary stuff). We need fat, sugar and protein to survive. This probably influenced how we experience them (i.e. super tasty), because it helped our ancestors survive. Halloumi is a delicious fatty cheese, and we likely experience it as tasty due to our evolutionary history. A problem these days is that resources that were once scarce, like sugar and fat, are in abundance, so try not to eat too much!

    • Photo: Paul Matusz

      Paul Matusz answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      Indeed, as Alex says, our brains absolutely love cheese! And apparently also I never had original haloumi, but those that I tried were nice tasting 😉

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