Crispiness
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Crispiness or crispness (OE. crisp, cyrps, ad. L. crispus curled. Cf. OF. crespe curled, mod.F. crêpe.)[1] is the gustatory sensation of brittleness in the mouth, such that the food item shatters immediately upon mastication. Crispiness differs from crunchiness in that a crunchy food continues to provide its material sensation after a few chews. On the other hand, a crispy food quickly loses the 'taut' equilibrium of its material, such as a tightly wrapped sausage.
A delicately wrapped item is usually crisp, unlike such food items as loosely or unwrapped unfresh fruit or a wax-coated cheese.
Crisp and crunch can be concomitant or mutually exclusive.
[edit] History[1]
- c900 Bæda's Hist. V. ii, Se unga wæs eworden hale lichoman..and hæfde crispe loccas fægre.
- c1000 in Thorpe Hom. I. 456 (Bosw.) He is blæcfexede and cyrps.
- c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 319/687 Blac with cripse here.
- 1530 PALSGRAVE, John 501/1, I crasshe, as a thynge dothe that is cryspe or britell bytwene ones tethe.
- 1611 COTGR., Bressaudes, the crispie mammocks that remaine of tried hogs grese.
- 1766 GOLDSMITH, Vic. W. xvi, If the cakes at tea eat short and crisp, they were made by Olivia.
- 1841 Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 314 The crispy coolness of fair Eve.
[edit] Crispy foods
Crispy foods include:
- Potato chips
- Toast
- The first bite of an apple
- A tightly wrapped sausage
- Baklava