Ananas, czyli o trudności mówienia o smaku
The Pineapple, or on the Inability to Speak about Taste

Summary/Abstract: Can the pleasures of the internal organs be exteriorised by the tongue? The tongue, “that strange muscle”, participates in the articulation of speech and the emergence of taste impressions. While engaged in those two tasks it unwillingly undertakes mediation between expressing and tasting. It is difficult describe taste, but connections between speaking and eating are inextricable. The majority treats conversation as an inherent part of a meal, while the very process of preparing and sharing food is a form of a statement – a communiqué of the emotion of belonging or exclusion.

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