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Taste Testing WEIRD Flavour Combos (and the science behind them)

Feb 27, 2020
We're a group of mates from London exploring the latest and greatest in the world of food whilst trying to have a few laughs along the way, we've got chefs, we've got regular people and a whole world of things for you to explore, but everything we do start with you hi i'm jamie and this is mike now we're really interested in the

science

and logic behind flavor and how understanding it better can help us cook better so we asked you about your favorite strange flavor combination so we could try

them

and learn more about this. This is perhaps one of the most famous unusual combinations that has ever existed.
taste testing weird flavour combos and the science behind them
We cannot claim it. Heston Blumenthal came up with it many years ago by accident and you suggested we try it. Raise the clutch. the combination of white chocolate and caviar is correct. I don't understand caviar. I've tried it several times, so I don't think I've heard of this combination. I also added a sprig of dill because someone else in the community suggested that white chocolate and dill was a really nice combination. Actually, you have all three. We know that

taste

is mainly made up of five things, mainly salty, sweet and sour, bitter and umami or salty, and even though they are only five flavors if you take.
taste testing weird flavour combos and the science behind them

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Take scent into account, then your brain should be able to calculate somewhere in the region of ten thousand different scents. The flavor is a combination of 80 aromas and 20 flavors. Oh wait, buddy, because I feel like a scientifically educational infographic is coming. Two ingredients go best when several of their aromas match. One aroma is a chemical compound that has a white chocolate smell and caviar are an excellent example of this because they both share the compound trimethylamine. Normal people would describe this aroma as decomposed, like the smell of something fermented or eggy. The first step for us, the normal ones, to see if two ingredients combine is to simply smell

them

, try to identify the two or three strongest aromas, if it is fruity, is it cheesy, is it toasted and see if any of them overlap, if You think they eat them and see.
taste testing weird flavour combos and the science behind them
If you work a disc of white chocolate with a little caviar, put it on your tongue and let it melt, don't try to chew it, just let it melt. Initial indications suggest he doesn't like this, oh, now he's backing a partner. Chef or tells Heston, three Michelin star, Bloomington, that he is wrong. Well, we should point out that Heston didn't set this up. I'm not sure I like that the chocolate, the chocolate disk, only acts as a vehicle for each egg to explode and dissipate. It hits every part of your mouth, but it doesn't mean it

taste

s good.
taste testing weird flavour combos and the science behind them
Did you get some dill? No, no, not even a bit of a deal. I'm not a big fan of caviar, but I've tried it in situations where it works so well. Don't think it's right, get ready because evers has a great tagline for this pear flavor or desperation flavor. Look, it's great, I really appreciate that it doesn't suit my flavor profile, but they match. I'll tell you that they go together because this is such a simple combination, it's white chocolate and caviar, you have to really think about the raw ingredients, like what caviar works specifically with what white chocolate, oh I'm getting a little desperate because I really wanted it to work and I'm still with the chocolate theme.
It's a pick-me-up my friend, yes, a chocolate truffle, this is a Paul Young Fine Chocolatier chocolate truffle, best day ever, this is chocolate and marmite. I hope they are together, so for those of you who don't know what marmite is, it's yeast extract, um, it's salty it's delicious or disgusting and it divides the country in half I love chocolate Do you like marmite? I love marmite. I don't like marmite and I love spicy. I love chocolate with marmite and nutella on toast. Delicious, that was the suggestion. Marmite and hot chocolate. which James made once disgusting There aren't many recipes I make that you guys don't enjoy, but I once made hot chocolate with marmite and everyone said it was disgusting and we hadn't known each other for so long that we couldn't warm to each other. the swelling, I'm looking forward to this so I think I'm going to like it mmm, it's so subtle I'd like a bit more weight to it, I don't think it tastes like marmite, I think it enhances the chocolate

flavour

. it's not salted caramel it's something like this just a base note that makes it more chocolate pear or desperation flavor i think it worked but it definitely divides opinion pear flavor we come from

science

sometimes it's hard to scientifically distill art and creativity This is an example perfect that this comes from our partner Dodie.
Okay, singer Dodie. Yes, this is her number one favorite snack on tour. Okay, she recommended this, as well as banana and pesto. Now, this is going to be difficult because you don't do it? like banana in the first place, I don't like banana b, damn love, pesto, damn festival of love, maybe we'll balance out, oh right, it's safe to say there's not enough bananas, right?, you can tell there's not Have you eaten a banana in a while there is science or theories behind why this works, if it does this is pure art so I asked if you are supposed to mix the banana with the pesto.
I wasn't entirely sure how it worked. was his response greetings thank you toads don't shut up by the way we haven't tried any of these so this is fascinating oh no sorry there's no way it's amazing not just amazing it masks the smell of the banana it makes make it taste creamier, that's all. Now I understand that it has a creamy texture and not a banana flavor. Okay, very good, very good, it's not too banana, so it's a good vehicle to get pesto into your mouth without feeling bad because you're eating it from a spoon, do you think it adds anything?
The sweetness of the banana works with the pesto. Now the only logic in this morning's workout because I haven't tried it either and was trying to understand why this might work. You might think that the banana is the fruit of a herb rather than a tree, yes, and if you think about what's in pesto, it's basil, garlic, pine nuts, they all work with it and I was wondering if there's something in the profile of flavor that works, shouldn't I bother? Everyone can try the banana and pesto, so I'm not going to say that I'm going to be undecided and you can decide that he didn't like it, it was under water, but I'm not sure I liked mate sauce flavored moly holy pear dodie you're a genius I'm eating a banana what are the takeaway cucumber sandwiches yes, these are lemon curd and cucumber sandwiches that some of our community said they loved When you were a kid, what an idea, nostalgia, what Is this nostalgic?
Did you use to eat a lot of cucumber sandwiches when you were a kid because I'm pretty sure I would have thrown this at you and I'm still tempted to in a while? some people hate this, it doesn't matter, I don't understand why, but I love a cucumber sandwich, especially on shitty white bread cut into triangles, that's childhood, I think the logic here is that you have lemon, which is obviously citrus , but Curly also has that richness, yeah, and a kind of sweetness, very sweet, sweet, citrus, but it's sour and spicy, and the cucumber has that kind of very refreshing botanical vibe, mmm, you like it, yeah, because It's crunchy, lemon code, yeah, again, it's another vehicle for something you want. to put in your mouth, but not in your mouth with a spoon from the jar, it's a subtle flavor and it definitely brings out the lemon curd, it brings out the cucumber flavor more, so growing up I ate a lot of cucumber sandwiches and I ate lemon. curd with my cream, growing up so British, um, quintessentially, so yeah, and the two that I never thought of weren't in, they were in the same tower, oh my god, they never got together.
Very different childhood, there is a bit of nostalgia. I like lemon. curd, but I never eat it because what do you eat with a slice of white bread or something? No, cucumber is much better than bread for lemon curd. Another pear flavor doesn't quite fit under the hood, but hey, that would have fit in the fabric you didn't need to put something that didn't fit under it stop what are you ashamed of everything about the presentation james lift it carefully still on the topic of the fruit all These are sweet tropical fruits combined with fermented elements all suggested by the community we have fresh pineapple with soy sauce, watermelon with fish sauce and mango with shrimp paste.
First of all, I think as three and assorted, we just need to commit to the fact that you are allergic to pineapple and you stop eating it because it makes your throat swell, so we don't want you to forget that you keep forgetting it, eating it, and then you almost die. , so don't eat the pineapple. I like it, I like it and I know it works. We definitely saw it. Well, there you have it. so we know you think that's going to work yeah, sweet and mild again the same combination over and over again in different ways and it's really good these two fish sauce and shrimp paste I can't believe I'm about to eat this. excited, did the taste on the tongue have a chance to activate or do you think it's reacting instantly to the aroma?
I think he probably takes it to his nose. He's already sensing it because he already made a face before. He likes the taste without the taste. Yes, I thought we could. You've gone stronger with the fish sauce, do you have more watermelon? Yes, you will definitely regret this, so now you have gone heavier on the fish sauce. Yes, normally you would use fish sauce to season something, so when you put it in your mouth, you will not feel a little bit of fish sauce true taste at the end of something, not at the beginning many people don't like the smell of the fish sauce, but I do and as soon as you put it in your mouth you taste very salty. but not fishy and then the watermelon just takes everything away.
Next up is mango shrimp paste, oh come on buddy, I really don't want to make this one, that's the aroma coming out of this fish food, isn't it? You're not going to enjoy this, you didn't even give it a chance. Same problem with that, but because the mango is even sweeter, it works a little better and is easier to make. It's really a couple of foods or a desperate food, yes, no, shrimp paste, no. I'm going to have to say it's food desperation that way, but tell us how this stacks up wherever you are in the world, if it's better, if it works, let us know, the last one was the most requested and we couldn't ignore it. even though we didn't understand it, peanut butter and pickles, yeah, totally agree with that, like greasy and sour, there's two things that, again, a little bit, it's a little bit like marmite, some people love, people it certainly pays them, some people love weed and peanut butter, they hate I'm completely neutral.
We had a lot of suggestions on how to combine this, but we just thought we'd get the basics down. Nothing masks anything. What are you waiting for? I'm not really looking forward to it. I can really imagine this actually working. I really can. too many people suggest it for it to be wrong, I'm just not sure I understand why or how it came to be the only thing that's really interesting with aromas is that when you roast things, of course, you get a completely different level of space, so that's the coffee. and cocoa beans are amazing and have so many flavor profiles and I think roasted peanuts help in the same way - it's not just a pickle or gherkin, but it's marinated in a brine that has mustard seeds, dill seeds and all those other spices.
There's damn love that really, really, yeah, peanut butter can be a little unpleasant in your mouth, like it sticks to your mouth and the pickle just takes all that away from you, yeah, so it's definitely like a flavor like fatty and creamy element with the crunchy pickle. Sour pickle the predominant flavor is exactly what you expect. I figure what you smell is in order of what you taste, so you smell it and get creamy peanut butter and then you start getting that vinegary pickle smell that comes out exactly how you expect. Excellent is the experience I enjoy more than the actual taste, I don't think I'd snack on it although I see why people would yeah but I think I'd rather use it in a recipe or something mate it's that pear flavor . or despair of flavor that my friend is a pear flavor is a pear to pair with possibilities is giving me recipe ideas and the good thing is that they are very easy to put together so you can also try them at home and let us know what you think, It seems like we all love this topic, so we need more feedback from you, so comment below.
Do you have a guilty pleasure food pairing like Dodie? If you could combine your two favorite ingredients in the ultimate combination. Would it be whiskey and bacon? Is there a combination of ingredients you've heard of but never got around to trying? We'll read every one of your comments and then we'll load them up and cook them up and see what we learn more. I was putting mustard on my sandwich the other day and I had a funny feeling I'd done it before Dijon boo, as we mentioned we don't just make high quality youtube videos, we've created a ranked club where we use the best stuff we have.
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