Thursday, December 26, 2013

Where To Start In Case You Have The I Dont Know How To Cook Mentality

By Harriett Crosby


No longer will you have to say "I dont know how to cook" when you understand appetite. Knowing why instincts and our drive for hunger exist in the first place. This helps us to form a basis for what is desirable in foods as a sort of cooking theory.

Control over the experience of the food we eat belongs to a series of nerves in our tongue; The Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour and Salt Receptors. The mixing of these flavors in varying ways generates the taste that you feel when you eat something. It is impressive how complicated the human body is.

Provoked by the Bitter Receptor the taste of Bitterness is usually a taste that is not enjoyed by most people. Due to poisons usually having a Bitter taste it would seem that this is a defense mechanism to prevent poisoning. Regardless of the dislike by most people, some people do enjoy this flavor and it is usually brought about with Bay Leaf that can then be used to cook in this 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 taste is provoked by Lemon & Vinegar interaction with our Sour Receptors. The sour taste could be a defense mechanism warding against spoiled food. Vinegar can be used for frying where Lemon is used for mostly vegetable based meals. The Sour flavor conflicts with the Umami flavor and so it is preferable to pick one or the other.

The taste of sour is easily provoked by Lemon & Vinegar. It is thought that this taste is a possible defense mechanism against spoiled food as spoiled food is usually sour. Lemon is used mostly for Vegetable meals where Vinegar can be used for frying. The Umami and Sour flavor seem to conflict with each other so it is best to pick one or the other.

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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