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