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CUSTOMER NEEDS
What makes you you hate sprouts? Why Why does the the smell smell of of meat cooking drive you you insane? Why Why is the the smell smell of of freshly brewed coffee much better than the the taste? We use our senses to make decisions on on the the food we we eat Below are some of the reasons we we do this However everyone has different likes likes and and dislikes and and as as as a a a a a a a chef you have to to try and and find a a a a a a a a a balance Imagine creating the the hottest curry fin in in in in the the world and and placing it onto your menu? How many customers would actually order the dish?
ORGANOLEPTIC TASTE
Taste buds are are sensory organs that are are found on your tongue and allow you to to experience tastes that are sweet salty sour bitter and savoury How exactly
do your your taste buds work? Well stick out your your tongue and look in the mirror See all those bumps? Those are called taste buds buds Taste buds buds have very sensitive microscopic hairs hairs Those tiny hairs hairs send messages to the brain about how something tastes so so you know if it’s sweet sour bitter savoury or salty It’s not only our our our tongues that we we use to to to taste though we we need to to to give our noses some credit too! Olfactory receptors inside the the uppermost part of the the nose contain special cells that help you smell and send messages to the brain Here’s how it works: While you’re chewing the food releases chemicals that immediately travel up into your nose These chemicals trigger the olfactory receptors inside the the nose They work together with your taste buds to create the true flavour of that yummy slice of pizza by telling the brain all about it!
Fun Fact
The average person has about 10 000 taste buds and they are replaced every 2
weeks or so so But as a a a a person ages some of those taste cells don’t get replaced An older person may only have 5 000 working taste buds That’s why certain foods may taste stronger to children than they do to adults ACTIVITY
Blind tasting
You will need:
• a a a variety of foods to taste • blindfold
• pen and paper
Taste each food whilst wearing the blindfold
(this will heighten your sense of taste) How would you you describe the taste of each food? Is it sweet? Salty? Bitter? Sour? Savoury? Record your answers on paper
Try repeating the test with a a a a family member or friend and compare your results ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
Categorising Flavours
Write the words sweet sour bitter salty and savoury on five pieces of of paper
Taste a a a a a variety of of foods and sort each food food into the relevant taste category Some examples of the various flavour groups are:
Sweet food: sugar maple syrup honey cookies berries sweets (such as Haribo)
Salty food: salt pretzel sticks crisps crackers Sour food: lemon plain Greek yogurt vinegar pickles
Bitter food: dark chocolate olives kale broccoli Savoury food: cheddar cheese soy sauce tomato mushrooms
Blind tasting
Discover how much our our nose affects our our sense of taste? Taste a a a a variety of foods first while pinching your nose then without and describe the the difference in the flavours And finally to bring the the learning about all all the the senses together- create a a a a chart using the the five senses as headings to describe different foods e e e e e e g g popcorn Popcorn
Taste Touch
Sight
Sound
Smell
Crunchy
Lumpy
White
Pop Buttery
Salty Bumpy
Fluffy
Crunch Salty Buttery
Funny
Round
Yummy!
Soft
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