25765 food description

DESCRIBING FOOD.
HOW DOES IT TASTE?

SOUR
Having an acid taste
SWEET
like lemon or vinegar.

CRUNCHY

BITTER

BLAND

HOT

Having a sharp,
pungent taste or
smell; not sweet.

MILD
"Tasteless”
unseasoned
orto
Food easy
otherwise
digest
uninteresting.

SHARP
Plenty of chilli, usually,

orSour,
occasionally
tangy, only
pepper.
acid

HOW IS ITS TEXTURE?

MOIST
Taste
characteristic
CRISPY
Food
a little wetof
sugar or honey;
not
salty
or and
bitter.
Firm,
dry,
brittle,
especially in a way
considered pleasing

Food that
TENDER
makes a
grinding noise
Easy

to chew
BRITTLE
when bitten or
crushed
Hard but breaks
JUICY
easily
TOUGH

RIPE
Food that is
ready to eat.
CLAMMY

Unpleasantly damp and
sticky

Food that
You have to bite quite
contains a lot of
hard into it
juice

HOW IS IT COOKED?

STEAMED
COATED
FRIED
BROWNED
STEWED

Coveredwith
Cooked
withthe
a layer,
steamed
Food cooked
Food
slightly
fried,
especially using
produced
flour heat
or egg.
Food cooked slowly in
in a pan with
until browned
liquid
oil
BAKED/ROASTED
BOILED
STUFFED
POACHED
Food
cooked in the
GRILLED
Food cooked in a pan
filled boiled
Food
with seasoned
gently

oven
Cooked on a metal frame
with hot water
stuff
with strong direct heat
DICED
Food cut into
POSITIVE
small
squares

FOOD CAN ALSO BE:
DELICIOUS, tasty, appetizing,
NEGATIVE
SUCCULENT, juicy, moist,
HARSH, unpleasant to the taste,
YUMMY, delicious,
TASTELESS, lacking flavour
APPEALING, attractive, tempting
DISGUSTING, arousing revulsion
MOUTHWATERING, delicious

STODGY
RICH
Very heavy
Food of strong
flavour, usually
sweet, but not
always.

SALTY
Food tasting of,
containing, or
preserved with
salt.

CREAMY
Dense foods
that take a
while to
digest

CHEWY
Food that you
have to chew a lot
before swallowing
it

SPICY
Full of flavours
such as cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg,
ginger / OILY
GREASY
Food that has been
fried in oil
MUSHY
Food that is very
soft
STALE

Food that is no
longer fresh