Thus, if we see a green berry, we equate its color with a sour taste, and just looking at a red fruit will activate our expectations that it will taste sweet and delicious.
If you cover a plate of fish and vegetables with enough sugar, eventually, it tastes just like sugar, which was a welcome respite for poverty-stricken families accustomed to eating rotten meat pies.
There were fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted and looked like food, unlike that in today’s supermarkets, and there were small towns and New York wasn't that far away.