After attending the Wine and Chocolate pairing class by Lily Peterson from Copia at Cellar 360 and hearing about the SF Gate's article about taste buds, I got determined to figure out the number of taste buds I have, here are pictures of Steve's tongue and my tongue. The research did not yield very acurate results...the good news is no matter how many tastebuds one has; there are other factors that have an effect on how one percieves tastes, among them are the temprature of the food, it's smell, it's looks and it's color. Plus that one can train oneself to sharpen their sense of taste
These are the links to webpages about taste buds...
Taste Perception
Test your tastebuds
Tastebuds and wine
Also BBC has an interesting page about Psychology tests
Here is a link to an article about olfactory(sense of smell)Sense of Smell
