Food Words

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Across
  1. 2. flavor or strong odor of game, especially game that is starting to spoil. It would be
  2. 3. considered pungent, bitter, choking, sharp, unpleasant, harsh - sharp, cutting, caustic,
  3. 4. with sparse food, a scanty meal or a thin plate.
  4. 6. bad, stale, rotten, completely off; the opposite of fresh food.
  5. 9. and rancid, certainly not fresh. It is a word more often applied to other areas than to food.
  6. 12. sweet, honeyed, pleasant, in a gentle way, something in harmony with your taste or likings.
  7. 14. sugary, syrupy, maybe treacly; certainly it’s overly sweet and opposite to
  8. 17. relating to the sense of taste, to the sensation in the taste buds.
  9. 18. -like a choice steak- means more often superior,
  10. 19. medium dry, un-sweet. This word is borrowed from wine world.
  11. 20. select, top-notch, fine, first-rate, high-quality, cream of the crop, vintage, prime. second rate.
Down
  1. 1. the food of the gods, and epicurean delight, food fit for a king, delicacy, heavenly spread, gastronomical delight.
  2. 5. ambrosial, delicious or sweet; something that reminds you of nectar, the drink of the
  3. 7. sweeter, or softer, in taste, edulcorated, sweetened.
  4. 8. vitriolic, mordant, trenchant - sour, tart, sharp, biting, acerbic.
  5. 10. biting, harsh, sharp, cutting, acerbic, severe, rough, acrid, mordant, caustic. It is not mild, soft,gentle.
  6. 11. rich, lavish, opulent meal; sumptuous, luxurious, certainly abundant. You would not be
  7. 13. indicates edible, pleasant, tasty, just OK, appetizing, toothsome, I would not say delicious.It is NOT inedible, tasteless,or disgusting either.
  8. 15. salty, briny, saline.
  9. 16. salty,savory, spicy, tasty or zesty are very similar words.