Why does cooking food make it taste better?

[Anonymous No.15848440]

If you have an uncooked food, it usually tastes better if you cook it before you eat it.

Even some things where you are not adding anything to it, just giving it fire it comes out tasting better.

Why does this happen? Why does cooked food taste better than uncooked food?

What is the Science reason for this? Why does getting fire on a food make it taste nicer?

[Barkun No.15848445]

The energy

[Anonymous No.15848446]

>>15848445
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[Barkun No.15848448]

>>15848446
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[Anonymous No.15848491]

>>15848440
Cooking adds extra seasoning, like salt/oil/spices/etc

Thats not to mention that our brains/body evolved to get more dopamine hits from a cooked food, be it smell or taste

[Anonymous No.15848512]

>>15848491
>Cooking adds extra seasoning, like salt/oil/spices/etc
This doesn't always happen though. An example is marshmallows. If you eat it raw from the bag it tastes okay, but if you light it on fire for a few seconds it tastes a lot better.

>Thats not to mention that our brains/body evolved to get more dopamine hits from a cooked food, be it smell or taste
Why?

[Anonymous No.15848517]

>>15848512
>Why?
Usually they die out or get sick and let that become a social lesson for the society/tribe of future generation to avoid.

Step by step, generational foundations are laid down.

[Anonymous No.15848631]

>>15848440
Cooking food often causes a chemical reaction turning other materials into sugars. We love sugars.

Also, cooking tends to destroy cells, which also release taste and aroma

t. professional cook

[Anonymous No.15848815]

>>15848440
There is an evolutionary reason. Cooked meat smells good to us because it means the bacteria has been burned away and it is safe to eat (or safer than raw meat).