Specifying Taste
It would be nice to have a system for specifying Taste. The first step, as I see, is to the find the "Degrees of Freedom" for taste, just like what we have for Physics. Then, by using a set of independent variables we'd be able to easily specify the taste of any concoction. What one makes out of a lengthy discourse on an excellent recipe is highly subjective, but atleast the taste of the item discussed is hopefully objective. That's my hopeful assumption.
My motivation for this research sprouted out of a totally useless argument, when a friend commented on something being hot and spicy. I tasted it and told him that it was hot, but not spicy. That went on for a while.
But the offshoot of this argument was an interesting question: Is it possible to taste a Chef's complex creation and discern the ingredients just like they discern the subtleties in wines? Then may be we could define the taste of a complex concoction, objectively!
More on this soon. Your comments would be very supportive.
My motivation for this research sprouted out of a totally useless argument, when a friend commented on something being hot and spicy. I tasted it and told him that it was hot, but not spicy. That went on for a while.
But the offshoot of this argument was an interesting question: Is it possible to taste a Chef's complex creation and discern the ingredients just like they discern the subtleties in wines? Then may be we could define the taste of a complex concoction, objectively!
More on this soon. Your comments would be very supportive.
posted by Ram at 9:51 PM
3 Comments:
You do seem to like the word 'concoction'. Do you like 'dicoction' too? heehee! As someone who was at the other end of that "hot or spicy?" argument, this is a good idea. Do you have any suggestions?
good luck on ur research...if u do find something let us know...cheers
hey this is a cool blog... i guess u need to write more though! i was blog hopping and keep reading c2c's blog and saw him mention of ur blog on his lastest post... and that's how i landed here!
you seem to be a foodie... i believe its a blessing for very few people can enjoy this!
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