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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
hippocampus - Apr 21, 2008 7:45:10 am PDT #2825 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 7:48:25 am PDT #2826 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, descriptor question:
I used the term "savory" in describing something (a turkey pot pie, IIRC), and The Boy said he wasn't sure what type of flavors/tastes "savory" encompassed. Is it more specific than "not-sweet"? Because "not-sweet" covers a fuckload of foods -- spicy, salty, bready, etc.
For instance, I'm eating vegetable beef soup right now, which is not sweet, not spicy, not salty, and I would say that it's the beef in the soup which makes it savory. But I can't describe it beyond that.
Tamara - Apr 21, 2008 7:48:55 am PDT #2827 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Is it Friday yet?
I think of "savory" as salty and herby with no sweet.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 7:51:33 am PDT #2828 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, thinking this through further -- "savory" implies a richness to the food, and a particular mouthfeel that seems to come from fat content.
Add in not-sweet, and I guess that's savory to me.
Tamara - Apr 21, 2008 7:52:46 am PDT #2829 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
savory = beef stew.
beth b - Apr 21, 2008 7:53:14 am PDT #2830 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
well, for me savory is not-sweet. however, It also means not spicy or salty either.
I think savory is a combinations of flavors.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 7:54:14 am PDT #2831 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
savory = beef stew.
Right! But I would also call really melt-in-your-mouth biscuits (American biscuits, not cookies) savory, because of the mouthfeel.
I'm overthinking this, but it bugs me when I can't define a word that I actually use.
beth b - Apr 21, 2008 7:55:28 am PDT #2832 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
ok - a piece of cheese on its own is not savory. however in french onion soup it adds to the beef and carmalized onions to make a savory dish.
Pix - Apr 21, 2008 7:57:44 am PDT #2833 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks, Sox!
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Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 8:01:42 am PDT #2834 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think of sweet and savory as antonyms. So yeah, savory encompasses a wider range of specific flavors (since you pretty much only get "sweet" from sugar in some form or another, but savory can come from almost anything else).
a piece of cheese on its own is not savory
And I'd disagree with this, since a cheese course can be considered "a savory" in the same way a dessert course is considered "a sweet."
Lemme see if I can find that Gourmet article about sweet/savory from a few years back.