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Re:Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs? by vitus on Sunday September 20, 2020 @07:55AM (#24533452)
Not necessarily! Due to chemical reactions, certain foods are sweeter, less bitter, and so forth when cooked. (e.g. onions caramelize, glucosinolates [0] in kale leach out when blanching)

Evolution already predisposed us to like sugary foods (e.g. fruit) and dislike bitter ones [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucosinolate

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_taste_evolution#Toxins_...

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