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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.

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Question:

I still have difficulty to describe the taste, aroma, flavor and smell of a final dish? Any tips or recommendations?

— Lilly Boulianne

Answer:

So let's say that you have made the roasted carrots for example, and you have tasted them. Were they crunchy where they soft when you've been into them. Did they taste salty? Did the carrots taste sweet? So we have a maybe Patrick can pull this up but we have a full list of flavor identifiers. That might be very helpful for you to look at and yes, you're right. We all have different tastes sensation, but I think in terms of texture was a crunchy or soft or was it smooth and creamy flavor. Was it spicy? Was it Bland? They're all kinds of adjectives that you can think of one thing. That's really difficult is that when we're reviewing and assignment and a student will write it was good. And that's the only thing that's there. So that doesn't really tell me anything about that. So you could begin with to me. It tasted salty because we all have our own interpretation of salt and I'll just tell you this a while ago my husband and I went out for lunch and I ordered a side of Brussels sprouts and you know, I have to give instruction to the chefs say do this do that don't do this and they came to the table and they look beautiful and I took a bite and I said, To my husband. Oh, I can't make these things are so salty. So the young server came to the table and I expressed my woe to her. And they said I'll tell the chef and the chef himself came to the table and he said no we get these were his words that much. He said we get a lot of complaints from older adults who say that our food is too soft and he's in but I tasted those and I don't even know how you ate one of them. So again flavor is unique to all of us, but hopefully really that will give you a little input and we'll make sure to put up that link for you.

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