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sweet
This is a piece of chocolate. Chocolate is sweet.
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salty
This is a bowl of potato chips. Potato chips are salty.
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sour
This is a lemon. Lemons are sour.
Limes are also sour. |
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bitter
This is a cup of coffee. Sometimes coffee is bitter.
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hot / spicy
This is a chili pepper. Chili peppers are hot. They make food spicy.
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juicy = moist
This chicken is really juicy.
(When meat is cooked properly and it’s not dry, we say that it’s juicy.)
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crunchy / crispy
Crackers are crispy or crunchy.
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Some fruit and vegetables are also crunchy or crispy. Celery, lettuce, carrots, and cucumbers are crisp.
A hard apple is crisp.
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fresh
When vegetables or fruit are new and taste good, we say they are "fresh."
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stale
When bread is old, it gets stale.
Stale food is usually hard, but sometimes it’s soft.
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mushy
When food is soft, it’s mushy.
Do you like mushy cereal?
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