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Advertisement of castor oil as a medicine by Scott & Bowne company, 19th century. Palatability (or palatableness) is the hedonic reward (which is pleasure of taste in this case) provided by foods or drinks that are agreeable to the "palate", which often varies relative to the homeostatic satisfaction of nutritional and/or water needs. [1]
Hyperpalatable foods have been shown to activate the reward regions of the brain, such as the hypothalamus, that influence food choices and eating behaviours. [7] When these foods are consumed, the neurons in the reward region become very active, creating highly positive feelings of pleasure so that people want to keep seeking these foods regularly.
A prominent lexical feature of food blogs is special purpose vocabulary, or as Crystal in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language [11] terms “occupational variety”, indicated by “the frequent and central use of special vocabulary and jargon.” The corpus of food blogs include terms from various categories.
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An electuary is a medicine consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with something sweet such as honey to make it more palatable. [1]In German and Swiss cultures, electuary (German: Latwerge or Latwerg) is also more generally a thickened juice and honey preparation with a thick, viscous consistency that is used in for culinary purposes, such as a (bread) spread or as a sauce ingredient.
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), [1] in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable.
In Japanese elementary schools, there used to be a set rotation of eating each bite. Triangular eating, Triangle eating (Japanese: sankakutabe, 三角食べ) is a Japanese custom popularized after World War II in which soup, rice, and side dishes are eaten in order.
Ornamental (less palatable and tougher leaves) Ornamental kale in white and lavender. Because kale can grow well into winter, one variety of rape kale is called "hungry gap" after the period in winter in traditional agriculture when little else could be harvested. An extra-tall variety is known as Jersey kale or cow cabbage. [11]