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Yes, the article correctly points out that Sichuan pepper is native to Sichuan and that the people have been using it as spice well before the arrival of the ch

by desdiv 10y ago

Yes, the article correctly points out that Sichuan pepper is native to Sichuan and that the people have been using it as spice well before the arrival of the chili pepper: >To counteract the soggy weather, the Sichuanese have historically spiked their diet with warming foods like garlic, ginger, and Sichuan pepper (a spice unrelated to the hot pepper that creates a numbing sensation on the tongue). When the chili pepper arrived, the Sichuanese plugged it seamlessly into their preexisting palate.

rincewind 10y ago
I can't tell if palate is a typo/autocorrect or a clever wordplay. Not a native speaker here.
- elthran 10y ago
  Native speaker here - it's just the word we use for people's tastes. I don;t see any possible wordplay here, but I might have missed it
  - hodwik 10y ago
    Palette would be the word usually used in this case. As in, an artist's palette. Palate would be wordplay or typo as parent suggested.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      >>Native speaker here - it's just the word we use for people's tastes. >Palette would be the word usually used in this case. As in, an artist's palette. No, it wouldn't. From the Google built-in dictionary, palate (with 1 "t"): "2. a person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours." And from Webster: 2. the sense of taste http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palate http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palate Also: https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/palate-palette-pallet/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/palate-p...
      - hodwik 10y ago
        From Merriam Webster: "(2) : a comparable range, quality, or use of available elements <a rich palette of tones and timbres> <a palette of flavors>" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette - A "palate" means a gourmand's ability to distinguish complex flavors. A "palette", when used in culinary writing, is a common analogy between a chef's selection of spices and an artist's choice of color. In this case they are talking about the available selection of spices used in Sichuanese cooking. Not the Sichuanese people's ability to taste spicy food. - Examples: New York Times - "In a single block you can find a dozen different chilies in a Mexican grocery, an artist's palette of spices in an Indian market, and restaurants, endless restaurants." Huffington Post - "These can include smoked or unsmoked bacon, juniper berries, mustard, beef stock, brown sugar, white sugar, flour for thickening, bread for thickening, pain d’épices (a sort of gingerbread but with a more colorful palette of spices), thyme, and, very occasionally, garlic." New York Times - "It takes a starring role in prahok ktis, with ground chicken and the national spice palette of galangal, ginger and lemon grass, served with vegetables to dip ($17.95). " Business Insider - "Thankfully, wine stoppers exist, and can help you save your Pinot for later without ruining its flavor palette." Scientific American - "Due to heat processing, the flavor palette now includes a malty, burnt note from 2-methyl-butanal, along with much more pyridine odor and furfural, a sugar decomposition product smelling of grain and sawdust." Forbes - "That translates well to the Italian-contemporary flavor palette at Culina. The very lengthy new menu ranges from delicate crudo and vegetarian ..."
        coldtea 10y ago
        >In this case they are talking about the available selection of spices used in Sichuanese cooking. Not the Sichuanese people's ability to taste spicy food. I read it as being about adding this particular flavor to their accepted tastes, i.e. embracing the new taste -- not about merely adding the spice to the variety/assortment of spices they use (which was a given as the parent was already talking about that).
        rincewind 10y ago

by desdiv 10y ago

rincewind 10y ago

I can't tell if palate is a typo/autocorrect or a clever wordplay. Not a native speaker here.

elthran 10y ago
Native speaker here - it's just the word we use for people's tastes. I don;t see any possible wordplay here, but I might have missed it
- hodwik 10y ago
  Palette would be the word usually used in this case. As in, an artist's palette. Palate would be wordplay or typo as parent suggested.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >>Native speaker here - it's just the word we use for people's tastes. >Palette would be the word usually used in this case. As in, an artist's palette. No, it wouldn't. From the Google built-in dictionary, palate (with 1 "t"): "2. a person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours." And from Webster: 2. the sense of taste http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palate http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palate Also: https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/palate-palette-pallet/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/palate-p...
    - hodwik 10y ago
      From Merriam Webster: "(2) : a comparable range, quality, or use of available elements <a rich palette of tones and timbres> <a palette of flavors>" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette - A "palate" means a gourmand's ability to distinguish complex flavors. A "palette", when used in culinary writing, is a common analogy between a chef's selection of spices and an artist's choice of color. In this case they are talking about the available selection of spices used in Sichuanese cooking. Not the Sichuanese people's ability to taste spicy food. - Examples: New York Times - "In a single block you can find a dozen different chilies in a Mexican grocery, an artist's palette of spices in an Indian market, and restaurants, endless restaurants." Huffington Post - "These can include smoked or unsmoked bacon, juniper berries, mustard, beef stock, brown sugar, white sugar, flour for thickening, bread for thickening, pain d’épices (a sort of gingerbread but with a more colorful palette of spices), thyme, and, very occasionally, garlic." New York Times - "It takes a starring role in prahok ktis, with ground chicken and the national spice palette of galangal, ginger and lemon grass, served with vegetables to dip ($17.95). " Business Insider - "Thankfully, wine stoppers exist, and can help you save your Pinot for later without ruining its flavor palette." Scientific American - "Due to heat processing, the flavor palette now includes a malty, burnt note from 2-methyl-butanal, along with much more pyridine odor and furfural, a sugar decomposition product smelling of grain and sawdust." Forbes - "That translates well to the Italian-contemporary flavor palette at Culina. The very lengthy new menu ranges from delicate crudo and vegetarian ..."
      - coldtea 10y ago
        >In this case they are talking about the available selection of spices used in Sichuanese cooking. Not the Sichuanese people's ability to taste spicy food. I read it as being about adding this particular flavor to their accepted tastes, i.e. embracing the new taste -- not about merely adding the spice to the variety/assortment of spices they use (which was a given as the parent was already talking about that).
        rincewind 10y ago