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“How 'bout a nice glass of barnyardy wine to go with your stinky cheese?”
“Some will find this a bit bretty and barnyardy, but I liked the funkiness and thought it in no way overpowered the wine's fruity complexity.”
“Buffalo milk, from which traditional mozzarella cheese is made, has a characteristic blend of modified fatty acids reminiscent of mushrooms and freshly cut grass, together with a barnyardy nitrogen compound indole.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“Dry hay and silage are relatively poor in fat and protein and produce a less complicated, mildly cheesy aroma, while lush pasturage provides raw material for sweet, raspberry-like notes derivatives of unsaturated long-chain fatty acids, as well as barnyardy indoles.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“Pasture-feeding, particularly on alfalfa and clover, increases the levels of a compound called skatole, which also contributes a barnyardy element to pork flavor, while lambs finished on grain for a month before slaughter are milder.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“A tad barnyardy, though in a good way, and a nice concoction of fruit and minerality.”
“A bit faded, there is more barnyardy raspberries, some soft spice and hints of black olive.”
“I was hoping it would blow off, and it did, to some extent, leaving a wine that was dominated by a sort of chewy barnyardy character that was tolerable, and sort of interesting.”
“But I don’t want anything so unusual as to be off-putting -- Thanksgiving is not the time to test your mother-in-law’s tolerance for brett by pouring a barnyardy Syrah.”
“92 Pts. 1999 - This is looking a bit funky, a fair bit of barnyardy goodness with some drying tannins.”
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Words to Describe The Taste of Food
This list seeks to address a pet annoyance of mine. It occurs when chefs, food critics and travel writers, usually on television, taste something that looks either delicious or unusual and then in...
unctuous, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, piquant, savory, tangy, luscious, delectable, brackish and 66 more...
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A whooshing of turpentine up my nostrils
Descriptors to use at your next wine-tasting
sawdusty, barnyardy, igneous, graphitic, impolitic, noisome, eldritch, lovecraftian, beanfeastish, spidery, impious, daft and 59 more...
kensy of cheese. Mar 24, 2008