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December 15, 2003
Axis of Flavor
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Flavor combinations, just like human relationships, require a 'top' and a 'bottom' or a 'sail' and an 'anchor' or a 'dominant' and a 'submissive'.
For example, when chocolate is paired with mint, chocolate is the base. Whereas when chocolate is paired with peanut butter, chocolate becomes the accent.
But not all flavors, just like not all human pairings, go together well. For example, while mint and peanut butter both play well with chocolate, they do not play together at all well.
And, some flavors, such as chocolate, vanilla, coffee, and to a degree, apple, seem to play well with most other flavors, while other flavors, such as pineapple or coconut, are much more discriminating.
To demonstrate this, I put together a java applet to demonstrate the relationships between and among flavors. I limited it to sweets, since savories is a much more complex set.
You can see how the 'fundamental' flavors are in the middle, while the 'specialized' flavors are in the periphery.
The java code comes from one of Sun's tutorials from the mid-1990s. It's simple but allows a pretty good representation of relationships among many objects.
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Posted by mslaybau at December 15, 2003 12:37 PM
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