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- 4. would be a rich, lavish, opulent meal; sumptuous, luxurious, certainly abundant. You would not be
- 7. refers to the flavor or strong odor of game, especially game that is starting to spoil. It would be
- 8. nasty, sharp, stinging, vitriolic. Definitely not smooth.
- 9. pie is very appetizing, pleasing to your taste; your sense of taste.
- 15. taste, hot, tangy, agreeably biting or sharp; never bland or insipid.
- 16. bland don’t apply.
- 17. sharp,tart,sour,bitter
- 18. food has the piquant, hot, fiery, burning taste of
- 20. food is bad, stale, rotten, completely off; the opposite of fresh food.
- 25. or sweet means syrupy, candied, sugar coated, honeyed, sweetened, sugared, maybe saccharine;
- 26. is the trace, hint, smack, relish, savor food leaves behind.
- 27. pungent, so strong flavored that makes one feel burning, fiery, intense, vehement, ardent, fervent
- 29. to bitter, unsweetened or sugarless.
- 30. as in burning, scorching, boiling, blistering, sizzling, searing, blazing, torrid; or hot as in spicy, peppery,
- 31. is one of the basic tastes. It is acid, lemon-like or vinegary, tart, bitter, acerbic. Sour food has a sharp
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- 1. or cured –pickling would prevent from spoiling- in some liquid with plenty of salt, vinegar, or
- 2. is shouting “eat me!” It is delicious, delectable, mouthwatering, tasty, delightful, gorgeous, lip
- 3. – definitely not cold, mild, soft or tasteless.
- 5. and rancid, certainly not fresh. It is a word more often applied to other areas than to food.
- 6. taste and, certainly, is not sweet.
- 10. means pungent but in the fetid, smelly, foul, stale, rancid, definitely bad way; offensive to the smell or
- 11. would account for that briny flavor that food preserved in a pickling liquid gets. Food is pickled,
- 12. yummy, wonderful in taste and aroma; never unappetizing, unappealing, or tasteless. Think of a
- 13. food is succulent, luscious, thirst quenching, moist, ripe, usually flavorful, many times fascinating. Dry
- 14. and spices.
- 19. and salty, savory, spicy, tasty or zesty are very similar words. Also to be considered having a pleasant
- 21. is the food of the gods, and epicurean delight, food fit for a king, delicacy, heavenly spread,gastronomical delight, some apply this term to the pièce de résistance in a meal.
- 22. obviously full of flavor, or you could say, instead, flavorsome, tasty, tangy, appetizing, palatable,savory or sweet -for a particular flavor- and, if you want to try less known words, sapid or saporous. Itwouldn’t be flavorless, tasteless, bland, flat, or insipid.
- 23. with sparse food, a scanty meal or a thin plate.
- 24. and not fresh.
- 28. unpleasant to the taste, abrasive, coarse, acerbic, astringent, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, dry,