“What do you call friends who eat together?”/“Taste buds.”

A person’s “taste buds” are eating or drinking buddies, but there’s a riddle:
 
Q: What do you call friends who eat together?
A: Taste buds.
 
“Q: What do you call 2 friends who lick each other? A: Taste Buds” was posted on Twitter on November 12, 2010. “What do you call friends that like to eat together???.............. Taste Buds” was posted on Twitter on September 10, 2012.
 
   
Wikipedia: Taste bud
Taste buds contain the taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells. The taste receptors are located around the small structures known as papillae found on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus, the cheek and epiglottis. These structures are involved in detecting the five elements of taste perception: salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami; through the combination of these elements we detect “flavors.”
 
Twitter
Teddy Dann
‏@TeddyDann
Q: What do you call 2 friends who lick each other? A: Taste Buds.
11:48 AM - 12 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Jason Clark
‏@itsjjclark
“What do you call two food critics who are best friends? Taste Buds” - @ChrisseyMHanson
9:34 PM - 11 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
BareBears
‏@Bare_Bears
Q: What do you call two guys who sample wines together? A: Taste Buds #dailyjoke
10:44 AM - 17 Jul 2012
 
Twitter
Lil Foreign
‏@Real_LilForeign
What do you call friends that like to eat together???..............
Taste Buds LoL
2:42 PM - 10 Sep 2012
 
Twitter
Malibu Kyle
‏@kyle_m26
What do you call 2 friends who eat together. Taste buds.
#bazing
8:53 PM - 5 Apr 2013
 
Twitter
Andrew B
‏@An_Drough
What do you call friends you eat with?... Taste buds
8:26 PM - 8 Apr 2013
 
Reddit
What do you call friends with whom you try new foods? (self.funny)
submitted April 22, 2013 by pootytangluver619
Your taste buds.
 
Twitter
The Point Knoxville
‏@thepointknox
What do you call friends you eat with?
Your taste buds! #terriblejoketuesday
5:45 PM - 5 Jul 2016