JGDean
Sous Chef
I got some Tahini for Hummas. Should it have a bitter taste to it?
I see you got your answer. I do agree, tahini is crazy bitter. I can say I'm not a fan of the taste on its own. Mixed into chickpeas it works, but needs salt for sure.
This outburst was uncalled for. Unless three cans from two different stores were ALL rancid, and I doubt that's statistically possible, YES, Tahini is bitter. Bitterness factor can be determined by the individual. Just because you don't think it's bitter, doesn't mean I don't. Some people can suck lemons, others cannot. Some people can bite into a habanero pepper and not blink while others will have to down a gallon of milk and hope to survive the experience.For crying out loud will you stop with the silly notion that tahini is bitter. Unspoiled tahina has a clean, fresh, aromatic scent and doesn't begin to taste bitter. You're eating a badly decomposed product if you describe it as bitter.
What does that have to do with anything?I can't help wondering if an ice cream soda burns your tongue.
One could argue that that would depend on the flavor. Burn by definition can be the effect caused by certain flavors or could be based on heat. Same word, different definitions and sensations. I find ice cream extremely painful but others love it and it soothes them. Everyone's different, as GB said. It's one thing to say, "I don't find it bitter" it's another to say "definitive, it is not."Okay, I withdraw my testy remark — but all the same I can't help wondering if an ice cream soda burns your tongue.