To obtain true mastery over the art of cooking you first have to put the notion "I dont know how to cook" aside but to understand appetite and where the instinct comes from. The knowledge of this goes a long way to forming an understanding and a general theory of cooking as an art.
There are five different taste receptors that control the experience of the food that you eat. These are the Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour and Salt Receptors. Each of them are perceived differently and by mixing these flavors in certain ways new recipes are made.
Provoked by the Bitter Receptor the taste of Bitterness is usually a taste that is not enjoyed by most people. Due to poisons usually having a Bitter taste it would seem that this is a defense mechanism to prevent poisoning. Regardless of the dislike by most people, some people do enjoy this flavor and it is usually brought about with Bay Leaf that can then be used to cook in this flavor.
The Sweet taste can be activated by common Sugar through the Sweet Receptor and is found in most dinner tables across the planet. Humans beings create glucose by conversion from sugar. Every cell in the body needs glucose but it will already come in the food that you are cooking in the form of Carbohydrates.
The Bitter Receptor causes a taste that some do not enjoy. It is thought to tie back to a survival instinct where because most poisons are bitter, the taste of bitterness is disliked. When sought for Bay Leaf can be diced to add this Bitter taste to your food.
The Sour Receptor is provoked by Lemon & Vinegar; Vinegar for frying and Lemon for vegetable based meals to add this highly sought after flavor. The Sour flavor seems to conflict with the Umami receptor in such a way that it may be better to pick one or the other.
The Salt taste is activated by Salt Receptor. Salt is used in every creature in every creature on the planet. The oceans are heavy in salt that is then extracted out of the water. Everything contains salt and so even if what you ate was not salted it still had salt anyways.
These receptors then send an electrical signal through the nervous system and to your brain where then the picture emerges as a swash of different receptors into your perception of taste. There are many more spices and vegetables that you can use to create different tastes.
Don't cook that same archaic recipe when you could be creating your own recipe from scratch. Take an existing recipe and improve it with your new found mastery of the perception of flavor. There is no limit to what you can do with this new found mastery of taste.
Your own experiences of flavor guide you to make food in the way that you do. You should practically taste and smell the food before you have even begun to cook. Now you should know how to cook a delicious meal and you no longer will you say "I dont know how to cook".
There are five different taste receptors that control the experience of the food that you eat. These are the Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour and Salt Receptors. Each of them are perceived differently and by mixing these flavors in certain ways new recipes are made.
Provoked by the Bitter Receptor the taste of Bitterness is usually a taste that is not enjoyed by most people. Due to poisons usually having a Bitter taste it would seem that this is a defense mechanism to prevent poisoning. Regardless of the dislike by most people, some people do enjoy this flavor and it is usually brought about with Bay Leaf that can then be used to cook in this flavor.
The Sweet taste can be activated by common Sugar through the Sweet Receptor and is found in most dinner tables across the planet. Humans beings create glucose by conversion from sugar. Every cell in the body needs glucose but it will already come in the food that you are cooking in the form of Carbohydrates.
The Bitter Receptor causes a taste that some do not enjoy. It is thought to tie back to a survival instinct where because most poisons are bitter, the taste of bitterness is disliked. When sought for Bay Leaf can be diced to add this Bitter taste to your food.
The Sour Receptor is provoked by Lemon & Vinegar; Vinegar for frying and Lemon for vegetable based meals to add this highly sought after flavor. The Sour flavor seems to conflict with the Umami receptor in such a way that it may be better to pick one or the other.
The Salt taste is activated by Salt Receptor. Salt is used in every creature in every creature on the planet. The oceans are heavy in salt that is then extracted out of the water. Everything contains salt and so even if what you ate was not salted it still had salt anyways.
These receptors then send an electrical signal through the nervous system and to your brain where then the picture emerges as a swash of different receptors into your perception of taste. There are many more spices and vegetables that you can use to create different tastes.
Don't cook that same archaic recipe when you could be creating your own recipe from scratch. Take an existing recipe and improve it with your new found mastery of the perception of flavor. There is no limit to what you can do with this new found mastery of taste.
Your own experiences of flavor guide you to make food in the way that you do. You should practically taste and smell the food before you have even begun to cook. Now you should know how to cook a delicious meal and you no longer will you say "I dont know how to cook".
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