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150 Words To Describe the Taste of Food (to Children and Adults Alike)

Friday, January 6, 2012 16:22

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This tastes good! Mmmmmm yummy! What a delicious dish! What a nice chicken! The peas are wonderful!

BLECH! What horrible ways to describe the taste of food, especially to children who are figuring out their own preferences as well as learning language.

Photo Credit: Always Foodie

As an adult, it bothers me when someone tells me something tastes good. Good to one person may be horrific to another person. I always feel obligated to agree that yes, this food does indeed taste “good” even if I do not particularly care for it. I hate to rain on someone’s taste parade. I much prefer it when someone says something like “this dish is pretty spicy which I love.” This language does not corner me into agreeing, dishonestly, that I like something or admitting that I do not like something then feeling bad about it.

Describing food to children is something parents need to try to be more mindful of. “Good” and “bad” and similar phrasing do not tell children much about the food, only that they are supposed to like it or not like it. Good and bad stifle a child’s ability to form their own opinion about their taste preferences. It also does nothing to expand their vocabulary.

During this holiday season where copious amounts of new foods might be at the ready, experiment with the way you describe food to your children. Here are 120 suggestions to get your started.

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