You should eat with your mouth OPEN to improve taste, study suggests

Many of us were taught from a young age that it is not polite to eat with our mouths open, so have adopted a smaller, more socially-acceptable chew. However, an Oxford University expert is encouraging us to disobey our parents' teachings and take the biggest bites we can. This is because the compounds that give our food flavour can reach the back of the nose better while chewing open-mouthed. 'We've been doing it all wrong,' said Charles Spence, a Professor of Experimental Psychology. 'Parents instil manners in their children, extolling the virtues of politely chewing with our mouths closed.