Experience It: Tasty Stuff

byStaff Reporter

The word ‘tasty’ is almost always applied to food that has a pleasant aroma and flavour. However, what is tasty to one person may not be tasty to another. For example, one person might find sweet and salty foods tasty while another may find sweet and sour foods tasty and a third might find foods with a crispy texture tasty. The bottom line is tasty food is moreish and exciting to the taste buds!

The Different TastesTraditionally, humans were thought to have just four main tastes—bitter, salty, sweet and sour. Most recently, umami, which is the Japanese word for ‘savoury’, was added to this list of basic tastes. Food that is said to have an umami taste usually has a meaty flavour, such