Does it really taste that much different when it isn't in the bowl?

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Oreo does this - he adores the food on the floor.  Occasionally he doesn't feel like eating but will eat if I feed him by hand (yes, I lost my self-respect years ago - grad school does that).   I don't get it.  Although...ice cream is better if eaten directly from the carton.  Milk is more fun drunk from the jug.  Maybe I do get it after all.