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A woman on CRON pondered :

> Odor, so I have read, is also much more varied. We
> actually only taste 4 things - salt, sweet, bitter &
> sour. Wikipedia adds another primary taste, savory.
> Most of the taste we have from food is actually from the
> smell.

Another CRONie responded:

This happened fairly recently -- so there may be others:

"Tongue Has Built-In Taste for Fatty Food''

- http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-11-2/34044.html

Texture, temperature and pain sensors (think hot peppers!)
on the tongue probably add to the experience of tasting food
as well.