1. "Can you tell me the five kinds of food flavors?
2. Bo Gao answers, " Let me explain in detail. Of the five kinds of cereals, the Chinese date is sweet, plum sour, chestnut salty, apricot bitter, and peach pungent."
3. Of the five domestic animals, beef is sweet.
4. Dog meat is sour.
5. Pork is salty.
6. Mutton is bitter.
7. Chicken is pungent.
8. Of the five kinds of vegetables,edible mallow is sweet.
9. Chinese chive is sour.
10. Bean leaf is salty.
11. Chinese onion is pungent.
12. Wild garlic is bitter.
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