The new one is — I am not kidding — "starchy."
If you'd told me, before today, that a familiar group has acquired a new member called "starchy," I might have guessed The 7 Dwarves. He's a little man who is stiff, unbending, conventional, formal, prim, and stuck-up.
But no. Starchy is not a cartoon character. It's just a taste. Feel free to say, quite seriously, "Mmm. Tastes starchy!"
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"Tastes like shit" apparently is off the table.
Reminds me of Pee Wee Herman's reaction when he sipped a glass of water: "Mmm, watery."
Not my favorite taste, but I can see it being listed as a major taste group. I think a starchy taste is prominent in some cuisines like the Polynesians' who eat a lot of Taro.
Itchy and Scratchy...and Starchy.
If you, like me, are more irresponsible with a sleeve of crackers than a sleeve of cookies, you know the charms of starchy.
Another great excuse for excessive salt.
Reminiscent of the recalibration of the four food groups.
I'm sorry, but the starchy taste makes my tongue not work so well.
I thought umami translated as "savory".
Hubris, greed, lust, gluttony, sloth and starchy.
The two tastes 'yummy' and 'yukky' worked great for me until I came to appreciate wine and tolerate sushi. Now taste smell and touch all blend together.
Without clicking the link, your post read like some great bong-fueled rant, Althouse. Well done.
I never thought of "sleeve"as a collective noun for cookies & crackers. Well done you.
Ann Althouse said...If you, like me, are more irresponsible with a sleeve of crackers than a sleeve of cookies, you know the charms of starchy.
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I didn't include the "mmm" part, but I have described jicama as being sort of like kohlrabi, but more starchy.
Starchie (though not Starchy) is a cartoon character. Mad Magazine #12
http://undercoverarchie.blogspot.ca/2013/11/starchie-mad-magazine-12-june-1954-mad.html
I've always wondered why it's called "umami", when it's always explained that it means "savory". Just call it "savory" then! We'd then have salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and savory (and starchy now, I guess). Is there a word for "bitter" that starts with "s"?
"sleeve"as a collective noun for cookies & crackers
It's the plastic tube that a sub-package of cookies or crackers comes in. Consider a box of Ritz crackers, which typically contains three cylindrical plastic sleeves containing crackers.
Feel free to say, quite seriously, "Mmm. Tastes starchy!"
Or, "Blecchh! Tastes starchy!"
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