KT- Taste and flavour - Part 2 (workshop)

• Kitchen Theory
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

What are the basic tastes?

Name at least 3 sour ingredients

Name at least 3 salty ingredients

Name at least 3 sweet ingredients

Name at least 3 bitter ingredients

Name at least 3 umami ingredients

Assignment 1, Recognizing taste

Assignment 3: 

Tastes and aromas

• Collect a tasting kit with 3 nose clamps, 3 blindfolds and 3 tweezers
• Collect 3 plates with aluminium foil
• Every group chooses one coordinator- the other members are tasters
• Tasters are blindfolded with nose clamp
• The coordinator feeds the 3 ingredients to the tasters
• The tasters discuss what taste they taste and what product it is. Fill this in on the handout

Assignment 4: Smelling flavours 

A. Taste the first chocolate callet and write down what you taste

Assignment 4: 

Smelling flavours 

*changing the smell in the room...

B. Taste the second chocolate callet, and describe what you taste

C. What is the difference between the taste of the first callet of chocolate and the second?

D. What influenced the difference?

Assignment 5: 

Seeing flavours 

Taste the different types of chocolate milk and answer the questions below

Discuss in your group; 

Which chocolate milk did you like best? And why?

☐ Pink

☐ Orange

☐ White

Assignment 6: 

Feeling flavours 

You will taste 4 different items, after which you will answer:

1. how does the texture affects the taste?

2. Which one is your favourite? why?

3. Which one is your least preferred? why?

Assignment 6: Feeling flavours 

Discuss with each other. What is the mouthfeel of the different textures, and what kind of dishes do you think the different types of blueberries fit? 

Assignment 7:

Hearing flavours 

• With audio: How do the crisps taste?
• Without audio: How do the crisps taste?
• Discuss with each other; is there a difference in taste? If so, what did you like better? And what's the difference? 

Assignment 7: 

Hearing flavours 

• With audio: How do the cheese taste?
• Without audio: How do the cheese taste?
• Discuss with each other; is there a difference in taste? If so, what did you like better? And what's the difference? 

Assignment 8: 

Playing with flavours 

A. Each group gets two buttons and two miracle berries
B. Discuss which two students taste the button and which two taste the miracle berry
C. Chew on your button or berry
What do you notice that happens to your taste by chewing on the product

Berry 

Button 

Assignment 8: 

Playing with flavours 

D. Now eat the slice of lemon, and describe the flavour you taste.

E. Discuss with fellow students who chose a different choice (button or berry). What did they experience?