A parody of

Brief sensory
words,
Long
Muse
evaluation
8

Copyrighted © Dante Newton 2010

 Preface

Every Brief Words, Long Muse issue will cogitate on whatever that comes to the
mind and express them in words, which in turn is promulgated to the world
wide world.

Every seed that evolves from brackish water in which we are dwelling in can
invariably become fresh novel thoughts. They could be sweet, sour, salty or
bitter in flavour, but they will always take a different path from the
orthodoxy.

If you want to see how random thoughts look like, the Brief Words, Long Muse
issues will suit your curiosity.
‘’What is sensory evaluation?’’ asked Mr Armageddon in his crisp and somnolent voice as
he duly darted his eyes from one end of the classroom to another.

Tobias, being awakened from the hackneyed questions Mr Armageddon would ask to see if
his students were paying attention, immediately rattled off, ‘’Sensory evaluation is the
process of using the five senses to analyze and evaluate a food product. In sensory
evaluation, the following characteristics of a food product are assessed – appearance,
smell, taste, texture and even sound.’’

Reputedly pleased by his envisaged answer, Mr Armageddon mused for a moment before
asking again,’’ What are the reasons in carrying out sensory evaluation?’’

The intellectual boy spoke again, in the guise of a doctor doing an expound or dissection,’’
Firstly, this is to find out if two products are seen to be same or different. Secondly, this is to
find out why consumers prefer one food product to another similar food product. Thirdly,
this is to find out why a particular food product is liked by consumers. Fourthly, emm… this
is to provide a description of the sensory properties of a food product. And lastly, to find
out what needs to be changed in a recipe to improve the food product.’’

With that, many other students felt envied as their eyebrows sunk and their eyes piercing.
Whereas Tobias himself felt gratified that he had eaten two energy bars at breakfast to
purvey him with sudden energy.
Sensory evaluation includes too tests which are the Paired Comparison Test and Triangle
Test.

The paired comparison test can be used to find out if a food sample is preferred over
another.

The triangle test can be used to find out if there is any difference in taste in the food
samples.

These are the salient points, and the points of memory fodder. If any students would have
forgotten those, undoubtedly they would be in big trouble.

But in my view, in philosophy, sensory evaluation seems to be ponderous, as deep as an

abyss, impenetrable and inscrutable.

It doesn’t apply whether one is obese and is having chronic diseases like cancer, high
blood pressure, diabetes (Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes) and coronary heart
disease. And it doesn’t apply to whether you have a dearth of Vitamin A (in the form of
Retinol and Beta-carotene), Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid), Vitamin D (Calciferol), Iron, Calcium
and Sodium; or suffering from prolonged and interminable kwashiorkor, constipation,
dehydration and osteoporosis.

Let all those technical words dispel forthwith, actually, I contemplate sensory evaluation
as a soul in working.
A soul in working? We requisite the soul in order to
carry out sensory evaluation. If we do it lackadaisically, there is
absolutely no efficacious outcomes to it.

Soul is water. The soul replenishes you after tasting the

first food sample so that the taste of the first food sample will not
linger in the mouth and affect the taste of the other food samples.

Soul is operation. If we have a benign tumour or

malignant tumour we need to have operation to live. In malignant
tumour in cancer, it invades healthy tissue. It spreads throughout
the body by releasing cancerous cells. Soul is medication, that
gives sanguinity in operation, so that you feel assured that the
operation can and will be successful.
The End