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11:08 Jun 15, 2007 |
Indonesian to English translations [PRO] Food & Drink | |||||||
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I like Taro because of its savory taste Explanation: .. |
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I like Taro because of its crisp/y taste Explanation: imho |
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I like Taro because of its rich, savory flavor. Explanation: I too have found dictionary definitions of 'gurih' unsatisfying. This word used to trouble me a lot. After a while I found that the situations in which it's used correspond pretty much to the situations in which we Americans would use the word 'rich,' also with some connotation of 'savory'. We sometimes divide food into two categories -- sweet and savory, where savory indicates flavorful and usually somewhat salty. Sweet pies for example include apple pie, cherry pie, etc. Savory pies include chicken pie, steak and kidney pie, etc. If I'm not mistaken, 'gurih' is usually used in reference to salty foods not sweet ones -- soto, bakso, krupuk, dll. This would make sense also of your "Campuran manis sama asin jadi lebih gurih". Adding saltiness to a sweet dish makes it more 'gurih' (rich, savory). |
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I like Taro because it is tasty Explanation: Too simple?! But why should it be complex... ? :) |
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savoury Explanation: savourness is the 5th basic taste (the others are Saltiness, Sourness, Sweetness, and Bitterness) This is relatively "new" taste. In Japan it - more and less - called umami http://www.answers.com/topic/basic-taste Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/basic-taste |
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