Taste the Lord and see he is sweet

In the article second gate translated by professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus we see that food is in many way sacred and we would do well for us to contemplate on its value and appropriation. The thought that food has an end to which we must consider is one that surrounds pious discourse. In many religions for example we are taught to pray before, for a dual purpose. The first obligation is to thank God for he is the ultimate provider of the food we eat. The second is a prayer of faith that God will bless the meal and may nourish the body. According to the same article one purpose of eating is annihilation, kilayon, of the thing being eaten in so far as it, the thing being eaten, is being turned into waste. 

As we have seen in the bible and other holy scriptures, God is often being compared to taste, such as "taste the Lord and see that he is sweet." The idea here is that sweetness our most pleasant of tastes is what God is like, like the best experience we can have using our sense of taste. Also, i wonder which came first the idea that sweetness can be compared to goodness or that sweetness is is a good thing. It is more likely, to me, that the experience of tasting sweet things like honey was so pleasant, universally that it has become to be known as goodness.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body. Both for its flexibility but also because of the fact that almost all of our taste buds are on our tongues. Our taste buds taste everything it comes into contact with, including beverages such as water or soda. Its no wonder than soft drinks full of sugar are so addicting given that sugar is sweet ad sweetness is good.