Describing Food

full of flavours such as cinnamon cloves and nutmeg and ginger

• salty

• spicy

• sour

• sharp

with an unpleasantly sharp pungent taste or smell

• bitter

• hot

• crispy

• ripe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

food easy to digest

• moist

• stale

• stodgy

• mild

food cooked in the oven

• roasted

• poached

• steamed

• grilled

food of strong flavour, usually sweet but not always; food contains a lot of fat or oil

• coated

• steamed

• mushy

• rich

food that has beed fried in oil

• greasy

• clammy

• brittle

• tender

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

food that is ready to eat

• juicy

• crunchy

• browned

• ripe

food cut into small squares

• coated

• diced

• stale

• succulent

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

easy to chew

• chewy

• tough

• tender

• moist

creamy

• food that is very soft

• dense foods that takes a while to digest

• tangy, acid

• food a little wet