Can I Make a Bracha on Food If I'm not Hungry or Thirsty?

Quiz

1 - Which sort of “eating” requires a bracha?

• If it gives a pleasure, (either nutritious or tasty).
• Any time food is eaten one is required to make a bracha (even if there is no taste/ and it is not nutritious).
• Only if it is tasty and nutritious.

2 - If you eat tasteless food, do you make a blessing?

• If it is nutritious, you still make a bracha.
• No, since there is no enjoyment.
• Only if one is hungry.

3 - When don’t you make a bracha when drinking water?

• If it’s flavourless.
• If one drinks when one is not thirsty (i.e. for diet).
• If one is trying to remove obstruction from throat.