There are a few scientific studies done regarding taste memory, but perhaps in a different manner than what you're talking about. Apparently the mind/subconscious links food with specific neophobic responses. It seems (at least to me) almost Pavlovian. I don't have the study on hand but I'll try to look for it - I believe it was done by Oxford, and I researched it over the summer at Northwestern University when I had journal access =/ so if I find it unfortunately I'll only have access to the abstract.
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