Lemme see if I can find that Gourmet article about sweet/savory from a few years back.
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Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 8:02:39 am PDT #2835 of 10001
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Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 8:08:09 am PDT #2836 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The savory is a little bite of something rich, salty, and piquant—a marrow toast, perhaps, or a stuffed egg, a talmouse (a kind of cheese tartlet), or a potted lobster. It was placed here and there in a meal that could run to as many as 12 different courses, but it eventually found its place at the very end. Very simply put, this allowed the gentlemen, if they wished, to eschew the sweet and round off the meal with something that was less cloying and led the palate more directly to the glass of brandy and the after-dinner cigar. Conversely, it was generally felt that the ladies ought to skip the savory and take the sweet. This naturally led to coffee in the drawing room, away from the fumes of alcohol and tobacco, where—as wine authority Darrell Corti recently pointed out to me—they could have first crack at the bathroom.
beth b - Apr 21, 2008 8:12:19 am PDT #2837 of 10001
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You are right with the exact definition Jessica - it is just ore the way I use the word. with a piece of cheese I have other words I'd use -nutty, earthy , etc. So I think I use savory when there are more different flavors to describe.
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2008 8:15:13 am PDT #2838 of 10001
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savory == umami
brenda m - Apr 21, 2008 8:31:51 am PDT #2839 of 10001
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Isn't there a difference between the definition of savory-the-flavor and savory-the-dinner-course, though? The former seems to me both more limited and harder to describe.
Nutty - Apr 21, 2008 8:33:10 am PDT #2840 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
umami
No, YOU mami.
Sue - Apr 21, 2008 8:35:36 am PDT #2841 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Isn't there a difference between the definition of savory-the-flavor and savory-the-dinner-course, though?
In my head (which means it must me true!), savory the flavour is used when it's something that could be either sweet or not, and usually involves flavouring with herbs.
Then we could get into the herb summer savoury, and totally confuse things. My mom buys Newfoundland savoury to put in her turkey stuffing.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 8:37:30 am PDT #2842 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Isn't there a difference between the definition of savory-the-flavor and savory-the-dinner-course, though?
Oh sure - the noun is just my personal jumping-off point. I still think savory-the-adjective is the opposite of "sweet" though.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 21, 2008 8:45:31 am PDT #2843 of 10001
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I think of savory as describing possibly-but-not-necessarily salty flavors, like bread, crackers, cheese, meat, and some unsweet soups. Basically, anything that makes me thirsty for a drink other than milk or water.
Allyson - Apr 21, 2008 8:46:42 am PDT #2844 of 10001
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