Taste is all about the Tongue



The tip of the tongue is where you taste the flagpole.



What an exciting day we had class in yesterday! We learned about New England cuisine and made some delicious food to go along with it.  The class really seemed to learn a lot about not only the cuisine but also about working in groups.

Yesterday Team 1 was in charge of making New England clam chowder, marinated tomato and zucchini salad.  Team 2 made coleslaw, cod cakes, and tartar sauce to go with it.  All the food turned out delicious and I was very surprised in the ways Chef England had us try the food.  I had never put much thought into the actual down right taste of my food.   Chef first showed is a picture of tongue and all the different spots on the tongue where we taste these flavors.  The five flavors we sense on our tongue are: bitter, sweet, sour, salt, and umami. He had us try things in a certain order and also to taste the food with another food with to get a completely different taste. I was shocked at how different the coleslaw, cod cakes, and tartar sauce tasted when ate them all separately and when you ate all three together.  Also same with New England chowder, we first tried the chowder plain, and then we added Worcestershire sauce and that really brought out an umami flavor. Next we added Tabasco sauce and the chowder yet again tasted a lot different then the first time.  It was really neat to understand tasting food this way.

While we had a little ups and down during the day with our team, we are slowly but surely getting the hang of how this class goes.  Teams are working well together and getting things done, mostly in the nick of time.  All we need to remember is a mess on our table equals a mess in our mind. J