• habanhero@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Hacking implies a lot more than simply adding fat and sugar, and that’s all you gotta do.

    In principle yes, but in reality it extends much farther than that and there is a whole industry built around this.

    For example, the “Subway Sandwich smell” is something desired but not easily replicable, and is a guarded secrecy that corporate is pretty shush-shush about. It not only accentuates the flavor but can get people into the shop from blocks away.

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      1 year ago

      It’s… Just just the smell of baked bread and yeast. Anyone that makes their own bread knows what’s going on with the smells in subway and can easily replicate it. I worked at one when I was younger there’s absolutely nothing nefarious or secret about it lmao. I personally think it’s the yeast more than anything. It’s a smell that used to be really common but is much less so these days so it sticks out. A lot of subways have the bread proofing/rising right up by the front too