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View ArticleErin’s Jalapeño White Cheddar Popcorn, flavor review
Jalapeño brings in 2013 with a bang! Erin’s all natural Jalapeño White Cheddar Popcorn is amazing. Once I got over my fear that this popcorn would set my mouth ablaze, I ate over half the bag. Did I...
View ArticleCoffee and Furfuryl mercaptan FEMA 2493
Small houses keep a family close. My childhood home was built in the 1950’s and it is small and cozy. The kitchen has a dining room table that has a view of “out back”. “Out back” is not small. There...
View ArticleCocal; 5-Methyl-2 phenyl hexenal FEMA #3199
Would you volunteer to taste chocolate cakes? Who says no to chocolate? Even though I’m in the middle of a house move and working long hours,I’ll manage to find time to judge chocolate cakes this week...
View ArticleFuturistic Food Pills?
Does anyone remember the Jetson’s cartoon and “food pills”? They came in all sorts of flavors, satisfied biological functional needs and seemed enjoyable to consume? Personally, I don’t envision food...
View ArticleAntifreeze added to food and drink?
Amyl acetate is a fairly inexpensive flavor chemical that smells like banana. I took a small bottle of this aromatic chemical from my flavor lab to use at home. Why? Because Amyl acetate is also a spot...
View ArticleWhat’s that smell? Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) FEMA 3536
What’s that smell? Who cut the cheese? Is there a gas leak? Did I step on something? What’s rotting in the frig? These are some questions you may ask when you walk into a flavor lab where the chemist...
View ArticleCherry Flavor
“When their seeds are ready for transport, plants summon mammals with the strong scents and tastes of ripe fruit” (Michael Pollan, Cooked). Anyone who has had a cherry tree decimated by birds knows...
View ArticleApple Flavor and Ethyl-2-methyl butyrate
Americans love apples, hence the saying “As American as Apple pie”. In Washington state, Apples are the largest agriculture crop with over 100 million 40 pound boxes being harvested annually. Last week...
View ArticleButtered Popcorn
“Popcorn is such a great snack. It is easy to forget how easy and cheap it is to prepare at home.” (Leanne Brown, Eat Well on $4 a day, Good and Cheap). Thanks to Leanne’s encouragement and a $2 bag of...
View ArticleCheesecake flavor
I baked my first cheesecake Christmas day. The recipe seemed easy enough, but I got distracted and missed the instruction not to over mix. My family was forgiving and loved it none-the-less. In fact,...
View ArticleThe Bitter Taste of Science Fair
I’m feeling drained this New Years. In fact, I blew off my resolution to join a gym so I could stay home and drink wine. I feel stressed because my kid wants to take part in the school science fair....
View ArticleLab Girl and Eucalyptol
Depression and anxiety are illnesses that haunt me. Sometimes they demand my undivided attention and other times they merely have an underlying presence in my thoughts. They hurt me, but they also help...
View ArticleOil and Water; Math and Science
The orange peel contains the fragrance of the fruit, the “essential oil”. An essential oil is different that a “fixed oil” (nut or vegetable oil) which is not fragrant. Flavor scientists value...
View ArticleHop oil
I am not a beer connoisseur. In fact, the large majority of my beer drinking was done between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two. During that time, price was a concern; not taste. My interest in beer...
View ArticlePomegranate Flavor
I do not get excited about pomegranates. I like them, but they are not special to me. My family has a few pomegranate trees, and I think they are messy and difficult to eat. They make great fall...
View ArticleToo Good to be True
I lost my innocence at age 27. It was the day I realized what is on a food label may not really be what is in the food. When the analytical tests showed that the “natural” food flavor I was trying to...
View ArticleLet’s get this Party Started! Birthday Cake Flavor
My youngest daughter is the one that proclaims “let get this party started” when she arrives at birthday party. This accounts for why she is invited to so many birthday parties and why her favorite...
View ArticleVariety
My husband says I do not like change, but he’s not right. Since I like new ideas and foods, I believe change is good. However, he might be right, because it is the variety that appeals to me. Change...
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