Figure 1. An ‘imaginary’ conversatoin
It occurred to me that most of us were taught very early on that it is impolite to speak while eating. I suppose it is true to some extent whereby no one I know would dare strike up a conversation with a person whose mouth is full. That would be disastrous, wouldn’t it?
Nonetheless, on the rare occasion, for instance–when Sharon takes a heavenly bite into this awesome-looking cupcake that we just bought together. Her instincts propel her to describe the taste out loud in a manner similar to what Jamie Oliver does on his cook shows. Apparently, we, blokes (Frankie, Lester and me) beg to differ. We tend to eat our cupcakes quietly–our eyes glisten time to time in appreciation of good food. Now, Sharon thinks this is weird hence the three of us are often encourage to be more verbally expressive when eating.
Figure 2. The orange hardback
Sad to say, the three of us had trouble describing food. It was either “Mmmmmmmm…” or the classic “It’s delicious”. Appalling, isn’t it? Anyway, this more or less led to my recent book purchase–The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman which is chocked full of cook’s terms one would easily find in the kitchen and the countless cooking books.
Just to say this upfront, this book might not teach me or you how to say ‘delicious’ in twenty languages. But, at least, I will be able identify what is in fact delicious about a certain food. Till then. “Mmmmmmmmmm…”.
Have you verbally-express the taste of a specific food lately? What was it?
3 Comments
Sometime
very funny HC.. hahaha..
this food thingy applies to scenery too!!!
u guys don’t express anything at all when there’s awesome scenery to gawk at. I’ll be the only one “ooh” and “aah” -ing like a madwoman. lol
Sometime
Haha… That’s interesting, but as far as I remember I have been quite meticulous when giving any comments, even in food. (I dislike people when giving unobjective and vague comments, especially at my design. So I always try to be fair when judge others people creation too).
And I noticed that you used aromats words rather than aromas, at first I thought it was spelling mistake. None of normal dictionary nor Words spelling checker recognise aromats. Not until I Googled the words, it came up in Michael Ruhlman blog . Perhaps some of the cooking expression terms is not quite universal at all and just his own creations words.
Sometime
@Sharon One day, I promise. I’ll just add that to my new year resolutions. The ability to express feelings when there’s awesome scenery and food around.
@Dian Just like designers have their own lingo, cooks also do. Hence it is not surprising that you cannot find ‘Aromats’ in the dictionary.