Does food taste better when other people cook it?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (120708)
United States
June 8, 2026 1:31pm CST
I’ve been making my own soft tacos for about a week, and I’ve yet to get tired of them. When I went to my dad’s this morning, I stayed until about 11:45am so I ate some of what she had been cooking. She made hard shell tacos. They were delicious! She puts cumin in her meat mixture, and I don’t, but I wondered if that was the only difference. I just started to wonder, if you and the person feeding you are both good cooks, is it just going to taste better because you don’t have to cook it?
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
9 Jun
Sometimes it tastes better because it is seasoned with love. I like cumin in my chicken taco meat, beef too, I guess. I learned to appreciate Mexican food made from scratch when I worked in a family owned restaurant.
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
9 Jun
When iw as in high school and I would learn some recipe (desserts) from our Home Economics class, I would usually prepare them at home. My brother would devour it. I would never touch it.
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jun
The only people whose cooking i miss are my mom's and my MIL, They both made great stuff,
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@Marilynda1225 (91068)
• United States
8 Jun
I think I always enjoy when someone else cooks not that I don't enjoy my own concoctions. Just a small change in the tacos probably made your taste buds smile.
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Now, I'm missing homecooked meals.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
9 Jun
Overall, yes. But there are some things that I won't eat anymore unless I make or supervise the cooking.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89589)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Jun
That's a very good question. Never thought of that. It is nice to have someone else cook, so that could make it taste better. But being picky, I like to control my own food lol.
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@nicegolden (409)
• Shenzhen, China
9 Jun
there is a saying in Chinese:The food in neighborhood is smelling specially good
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@valherma00 (3828)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Jun
there is something about it. i also notice that in the past some dish that i made wasn't the same as my mum made but mum's cooking, i will never beat it.
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