Commentary for Pesachim 88:1
ליתן טעם כעיקר שאם שרה ענבים במים ויש בהן טעם יין חייב
[this is] to intimate that the taste is as the substance itself, so that if he [the nazirite] steeped grapes in and it possesses the taste of wine, he is culpable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For eating it. '');"><sup>1</sup></span> From this you may draw a conclusion for the whole Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the taste of all forbidden food is forbidden just as the substance itself. [That is provided the forbidden substance consisted originally of the size of an olive. This requirement distinguishes this principle from that of R. Johanan, in virtue of which what is permitted combines with what is forbidden, even though the latter is less in size than an olive's bulk.]');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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