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| ====Safety==== | ====Safety==== | ||
| - | [[unpalatable]]- Describes when something tastes bad to the degree that no one wants to eat it, this is not an indication something is toxic, | + | [[Volatile]]- Describes when an element of flavor can evaporate and be lost into the air, it is the reason spices have scent and one of the main reasons they lose their flavor over time \\ |
| + | [[Terpenoid]]- The main chemical agents responsible for flavor, extremely diverse and mostly volatile. \\ | ||
| + | [[unpalatable]]- Describes when something tastes bad to the degree that no one wants to eat it, this is not an indication something is toxic, | ||
| [[Toxicity]]- When something is unsafe to eat, as well as the degree, and reasons that it is unsafe. \\ | [[Toxicity]]- When something is unsafe to eat, as well as the degree, and reasons that it is unsafe. \\ | ||
| [[Edibility]]- Some plant parts are only edible after processing, or in certain forms, this effects the edibility and use of those parts. \\ | [[Edibility]]- Some plant parts are only edible after processing, or in certain forms, this effects the edibility and use of those parts. \\ | ||
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| [[Astringent]] \\ | [[Astringent]] \\ | ||
| - | [[Tannin]]- The main culprit for astringency and sometimes for bitterness. \\ | + | [[Tannin]]- The main culprit for astringency and sometimes for bitterness, is not [[volatile]]. \\ |
| [[Cooling]]- Like mint, generating a cold feeling on the palate \\ | [[Cooling]]- Like mint, generating a cold feeling on the palate \\ | ||
| [[Numbing]]- a unique quality mainly from Zanthoxylum species. Numbs the mouth and sometimes produces a buzzing, vibrating feeling. Uncommon in much of the western culinary traditions.\\ | [[Numbing]]- a unique quality mainly from Zanthoxylum species. Numbs the mouth and sometimes produces a buzzing, vibrating feeling. Uncommon in much of the western culinary traditions.\\ | ||
| [[Spicy]] \\ | [[Spicy]] \\ | ||
| [[Piquant]]- The English language lacks nuance when describing something as spicy as in flavorful versus spicy as in producing a hot feeling on the palate. \\ | [[Piquant]]- The English language lacks nuance when describing something as spicy as in flavorful versus spicy as in producing a hot feeling on the palate. \\ | ||
| - | [[Insipid]]- lacking flavor or lacking balance in flavor when flavors taste nondescript, for instance because too much is going on at the same time. Can occur as a side of effect of Piquant and Numbing effects.\\ | + | [[Soapy]]- A generally unpleasant quality caused by sapotonins, often accompanied by bitterness, is not [[volatile]].\\ |
| ===Taste=== | ===Taste=== | ||
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| [[Putrid]]- vomit like, present in \\ | [[Putrid]]- vomit like, present in \\ | ||
| [[Rancid]]- the smell of expired oil, strange and often unpleasant, can occur when spices have gone bad or expired. | [[Rancid]]- the smell of expired oil, strange and often unpleasant, can occur when spices have gone bad or expired. | ||
| - | [[Soapy]]- | + | [[Insipid]]- lacking flavor or lacking balance in flavor when flavors taste nondescript, |
| - | [[Fatty]- Like butter or oil, the smell is usually an indicator of an oil, distinct and often subtle. \\ | + | [[Fatty]]- Like butter or oil, the smell is usually an indicator of an oil, distinct and often subtle. \\ |