6 of the most satisfying food and drink sensations
Ever wondered why we need to be told not to press a burger patty down with the BBQ scraper? Because it's so tempting to do
I realise this is one of my weirder posts, but let’s be honest. Cooking, and eating for that matter, is like playing an instrument. It’s generally satisfying, but there’s some moments that are more bizarrely satisfying than others. On the piano, it’s often a trill, or a sudden leap with the right hand over the left hand – a moment you were looking forward to, and now you want to repeat.
In the world of food? I find it’s these 4:
1) OPENING A PISTACHIO
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We all know pistachios are the best of the nuts, but what we haven’t necessarily realised it’s not just the salty, green nuttiness we adore. It’s getting to it. There’s something terribly relaxing about that pull and snap, set as it is to varying levels of difficulty. There’s also that coming of age significance when you are able to open all the pistachio nuts by yourself.
I find the therapy of cracking pistachios more addictive than the nuts themselves, and that’s saying something.
2) USING A WHIPPED CREAM CANISTER
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If you’ve never drowned scones in cream, it’s because you were using homemade whipped cream and as is always the case with homemade whipped cream, it was rationed.
There’s liberality and deep satisfaction to be found in pressing a canister of whipped cream and hearing that TFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSH of cream rushing the scone.
Slightly related to this is the satisfaction of icing a cake with an icing pipe.
3) OPENING A STOCK CUBE (OR THREE)
They’re like tiny little gifts, individually wrapped. Consequently anything I make is bound to have too much stock.
4) USING A SUGAR SACHET AT A café
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I never have sugar in coffee, except when I’m at a café. This is simply because it's irrestible to take one of the little sachets, tear it, and pour the sugar with a psssssssssssssssssssssh into the froth.
5) PUTTING THE STRAW IN A JUICE BOX
I had assumed that unwrapping the straw on a juicebox and pushing it through the little foil seal was one of those favourite simple moments from your childhood you grow out of. I've discovered from being an adult in hospital, you just don't.
6) PRICKING THE EGG YOKE
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Plenty of people don’t appreciate runny yokes, but I’m sorry, there’s few sensations more consummate than touching a perfectly cooked egg with your knife and seeing the yoke flood the bacon and Turkish bread, and plate, and table.
Honourable mention: Opening a bottle of fizzy drink. Except when you know it’s been shaken badly by the car trip.
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Also poking a chicken Kiev so the garlic butter squirts out is up there 🤤🤤
Ah yes, if there's any butter left after it's been in the oven for 40 minutes doing nothing but spewing garlic butter all over the tray. This happened this week if you're wondering.
Oh I need not wonder - it’s happened many times with me. There’s nothing worse than the garlic butter dripping onto the tray
A nice yolk is just food porn in action!
Totally correct.
I enjoy the pop sound when opening a wine bottle 🍾
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See, I'm always afraid I'm going to send the cork somewhere fatal. 24 people die annually from corks. That's always heavily in mind when I'm uncorking anything.
But the pop, yep. It's good.
Separating the pods while peeling an orange...
Okay, well eating an orange is only ever disgusting, but separating the pods of a mandarin? I can't believe I forgot that one.
Disgusting? It's great!
Surely it’s got to be:
Drink: opening a can or bottle of - carbonated drink?
Food: knocking a Terry’s chocolate orange in the right way where every ‘orange’ spice is perfectly separated?
Drink: that got an honourable mention under the poll.
Food: I don't know this satisfaction, damnit
Been a long time since I had a chocolate orange I might have to change that here soon