NailBat
Well-Known Member
I follow a lot of channels on Youtube that specialize in explaining why certain movies, songs, stories, video games, etc are so well loved. You could just dismiss that all as "Well its personal opinion", but that's a cop-out. Even accounting for personal taste, there are just some things that look, sound, read, or play better to a majority of people. I find it fascinating to learn about all of the subtle things I might have not consciously noticed, but which all contributed to my enjoyment of that media. And unlike a joke or a magic trick that loses something when explained, I usually come out enjoying the things even more.
It seems this very same thing could be applied to food as well. Just like art, whether you like something is subjective. But that doesn't mean its entirely without meaning.
I almost never hear anyone try to talk about why something tastes good in any sort of detail. The closest is sometimes on cooking competition shows, the judges may comment about how flavors or textures go together. It's not because nobody knows, to be a good chef is to understand what makes food taste good at an intuitive level. But this doesn't mean they can explain it: just like a musician might intuitively know that some melodies or chords sound right with each other even if they can't explain the theory behind it.
Fast-Food and pop-music both have this down to a science, they're both engineered to appeal to the broadest audience possible. But there's so much more to food or music than what they can offer.
What am I trying to get at here? I have no idea. Its just something I think about, and I haven't posted here in a while.
It seems this very same thing could be applied to food as well. Just like art, whether you like something is subjective. But that doesn't mean its entirely without meaning.
I almost never hear anyone try to talk about why something tastes good in any sort of detail. The closest is sometimes on cooking competition shows, the judges may comment about how flavors or textures go together. It's not because nobody knows, to be a good chef is to understand what makes food taste good at an intuitive level. But this doesn't mean they can explain it: just like a musician might intuitively know that some melodies or chords sound right with each other even if they can't explain the theory behind it.
Fast-Food and pop-music both have this down to a science, they're both engineered to appeal to the broadest audience possible. But there's so much more to food or music than what they can offer.
What am I trying to get at here? I have no idea. Its just something I think about, and I haven't posted here in a while.