[Sca-cooks] Re: Nasty flavors-

[A F Murphy]

On food chemistry...

I have a friend with a background in plant biology, so I asked him about
this. He doesn't remember off hand, and, while willing to look it up,
can't access his books right now. So... we may get some of the science
behind this in, oh, 6 months or so... maybe less... He did seem to think
it an interesting question.

Anne



Philippa Alderton wrote:

>Well, back to nasty flavors.
>
>I've mentioned my aversion to bell peppers and
>licorice flavors, others dislike the bitter chemical
>in the cabbage family, and we've also discovered the
>unlikable flavor in cilantro- to some of us, it tastes
>like soap (I'm one, although I can tolerate it in
>reasonably small amounts. Sensen candy also has a
>soapy flavor to some- does that help figure out what
>that chemical might be?) And, discussion with Margali
>helped determine that the "bitter" flavor in turnips
>tastes rather like pepper to others, including me.
>
>I know Cariadoc considers saffron flavor to be a
>scribal error ;-), and Adamantius feels the same way
>about eggplant.
>
>Anything else that someone feels is a particularly
>nasty flavor in common foodstuffs?
>
>Phlip,
>
>Who is finding these thoughts about food chemistry
>fascinating.
>
>
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