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Which is your favorite? Which do you crave?

Bitter
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Umami
I don't crave a flavor or have a favorite

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A Matter of Taste
« on: May 11, 2011, 08:32:25 pm »
You can vote for more than one.

I've always said I could live the rest of my life without dessert, but take away salty fried Tortilla chips or sushi and I wouldn't want to live.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2011, 09:08:39 pm »
Love nuts and beef jerky.  Macadamias, cashews, filberts, Brazil, hazel, etc.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 09:31:31 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on May 11, 2011, 09:27:15 pm
I got some Moose jerky coming back from Canada today.

consider me jealous.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 10:23:48 pm »
I only really eat salty snacks when nothing else is available. And I don't see the appeal of a bowl of mixed nuts at all. But after dinner I have to have something sweet, even if it's just one of those tiny candy bars.

But I do intend to try the Salty, Spicy, Sweet pizza* as soon as I can find a pizza place that has non-pickled chilis.


*Bacon, Jalapeno, Pinapple
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 11:03:51 pm »
We get this on the plane as a snack:


Just me, amused by this? Adolescent? Perhaps.

I always bring the wrapper back to my wife. She thinks it's naughty.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2011, 11:32:45 pm »
Quote from: Nabubrush on May 11, 2011, 11:03:51 pm
We get this on the plane as a snack:


Just me, amused by this? Adolescent? Perhaps.

no sir, i smirked at it, m'self.  sometimes i get this from the vending machine at school:



i like to refer to it as a "nut sack".
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2011, 02:03:26 am »
Quote from: CortJstr on May 11, 2011, 10:23:48 pm
after dinner I have to have something sweet, even if it's just one of those tiny candy bars.

This. I've found a 35 calorie mini reese's cup will do wonders to keep me from overeating. If I don't have a little something sweet, I tend to want to keep eating past the point of satiety. I read somewhere a while ago that a little sweetness at the end of the meal triggers some hormone that makes you stop wanting to eat, but I can't find the reference now.

I crave everything except sour and bitter at one time or another. I just love food.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2011, 03:34:29 am »
Cort-- that pizza combo is my favorite. But I usually get canadian bacon, for some reason.

I definitely crave things like cheeseburgers or pasta with spicy meat sauce, not snack foods...

until lately, when I have started having a hard-core sweet tooth. I thought I had lost it in college, but now I always want candy. It is this job's fault.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 05:49:14 am »
good god do NOT bring doritos into my house if you want either to leave with them or to leave me with some dignity. if you would rather watch me revert to neanderthal forager slash gitmo prisoner, by all means give me them GIVE ME THEM NOW

i don't have much of a sweet tooth but i can appreciate a nice chocolate or lemon dessert, so long as the whatevernut butter and mango is on other peoples' plates.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2011, 01:14:00 pm »
I like 'em all.

I also agree with the bit o' sweet at the end of a meal thing.  Whether or not it has an effect on my appetite, I'm at least psychologically conditioned to expect something sweet after eating a meal, even if it's only a mint.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2011, 03:21:00 pm »
See I grew up in a non-dessert house hold, so the idea of this is foriegn to me.  I don't crave sweet, and I don't typically eat much after dinner either.

I'm especially interested in umami flavours in combinantion with salty.   Aparently Doritos, which have tons of glutimate on them are a near perfect synthisis of both, and of course sushi is all about umami combined with other tastes. 

Oh, and I once had a truffle infused hamburger at a 5 star resort that I will never forget.  Actually, I had it about four or five times within a the two week period I was there.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2011, 06:19:08 pm »
Sugar snap peas sauteed in sesame oil with a touch of fresh ground ginger, then drizzled with soy sauce just before serving.

Sweet + Umami, it's quite excellent.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2011, 07:24:00 am »
Pussy is generally described as sweet, but it's really more of a savory flavor.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2011, 10:05:05 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on May 14, 2011, 07:24:00 am
Pussy is generally described as sweet, but it's really more of a savory flavor.

MeFi's final assessment was it's like licking a 9-volt.
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Re: A Matter of Taste
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2011, 01:54:22 am »
Doesn't that usually depend on the individual being licked? Semen, likewise, is usually described as salty, but it varies widely with individual body chemistry and diet, and I've never encountered anything that I'd describe as salty.

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