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#TIL: The Korean word 손맛 `son-mat`, which describes the specific, irreplaceable flavor of someone else’s cooking. I've also seen it translated more literally “hand taste"or “the taste of one’s hands” but apparently it has a connotation of a “mothers hand taste”. ♥️👐 …
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This was was such a lovely concept, I wanted to see if it was true. I jumped into a research rabbit-hole, ultimately finding this lovely video https://calls.ars.electronica.art/prix2019/prixwinner/31613/ …
6/14/2020, 3:34:08 PM
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It turns out the in addition to the spirit of the concept, there might also be some truth, at least for Korean cooking, as it often uses fermentation. This is due to the microbiota of Mom's hands. 3 out of 4 multigenerational family show continuation of hand yeasts in cooking. …
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I find that this is also interesting in the context of rise of allergies, where there is a hypothesis that too much cleanliness may be one of the sources. It terns out research shows that allergic diseases is on the rise in Korea. Too much hand cleaning? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796968/
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I'm also fascinated at the meta level how interconnected this rabbit-hole was. From language, to emotion, to culture, to family, to food, to microbiota, to changes in health, to changes in culture. And all easily available to an inquiring mind over the internet. A good feeling.
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