#oddly enough i will consistently do this with pasta despite most commercial pasta tasting the exact same which is nothing basically

[middle-name-queer]

Ideally I like to taste different aspects of a meal separately before enjoying them together. So say, I'm eating a salad, I'll try a plain leaf, a romain one. Then one of the little cranberries. Then a pepita. Then a piece of kale. Maybe then I'll try the dressing before mixing it all together.

I pass no judgements on the individual parts of the salad, I just want to establish in my mind what flavors come from where so when I eat them together I can differentiate between substances. I don't always do this if its food items I am already very familiar with or I'm short on time. I also don't always do this because I don't like when people notice and point it out. Sometimes I can do this covertly like when I'm preparing the meal or just my own plate. Say, I make a sandwich, with ingredients I am unsure I've tasted before, I just tear off little bits to eat before I finish stacking the sandwich components. I am a nor.al man.