Friday, December 27, 2013

No Longer Say I Dont Know How To Cook

By Harriett Crosby


To obtain true mastery over the art of cooking you first have to put the notion "I dont know how to cook" aside but to understand appetite and where the instinct comes from. The knowledge of this goes a long way to forming an understanding and a general theory of cooking as an art.

There are five different taste receptors that control the experience of the food that you eat. These are the Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour and Salt Receptors. Each of them are perceived differently and by mixing these flavors in certain ways new recipes are made.

The Savory taste is experienced through the Umami Receptor. The taste could be added to a meal through Mushrooms, Soy Sauce & Tomatoes. That delicious savory flavor can be added to your meal by using these ingredients. The Sour flavor does not go very well with the Umami flavor.

The Sweet taste can be activated by common Sugar through the Sweet Receptor and is found in most dinner tables across the planet. Humans beings create glucose by conversion from sugar. Every cell in the body needs glucose but it will already come in the food that you are cooking in the form of Carbohydrates.

The Bitter taste is caused by the Bitter Receptor and is normally a taste that's not enjoyed by a lot of people. Survival instinct is the reasoning most conclude for its existence as poisons are often bitter. Sometimes however the Bitter taste is sought for and as such it can be added to your meal with simply Bay Leaf.

The Sour Receptor is provoked by Lemon & Vinegar; Vinegar for frying and Lemon for vegetable based meals to add this highly sought after flavor. The Sour flavor seems to conflict with the Umami receptor in such a way that it may be better to pick one or the other.

The Salt taste is activated by Salt Receptor. Salt is used in every creature in every creature on the planet. The oceans are heavy in salt that is then extracted out of the water. Everything contains salt and so even if what you ate was not salted it still had salt anyways.

The picture of the taste is a sort of swash of different receptors firing to form what is referred to as taste. An electrical signal is sent from the Taste Receptors by route of the nervous system and then onto your brain. These flavors can be added by any number of different kitchen spices and items beyond those named here.

There can be no limit to what you can create if you put yourself in the mindset of some of the most amazing chefs. They keep in mind this constant taste balance and have perfected it over the multiple years, usually decades. Take on a new exciting and innovative recipes or make your own.

Your own experiences of flavor guide you to make food in the way that you do. You should practically taste and smell the food before you have even begun to cook. Now you should know how to cook a delicious meal and you no longer will you say "I dont know how to cook".




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