Food Contests and A Plethora of Taste

June 27, 2008 – 11:38 pm

Passing by the grocery and buying just a few things means having enough free time and hands to fill out contest coupons. Somehow food companies always target moms for food promotions. I guess these marketing people know their stuff eh?

null Raffles and contests are so difficult to win in, but it takes just a few minutes of our time so it’s worth a shot. The thing is, I for one love winning food stuff, particularly delicious food stuff. Think about it, food is what we spend the bulk of our resources on. Taking the model of a recent contest on ristorante.ca, Ristorante Contest, I really think food business owners should put out more contests for promotions; particularly of the prize is 100% yummy and not the usual thing I can churn out at home.

Growing up in the food business has a lot of perks. For one, I can tell just by tasting what the ingredients are. Example, a dish that used fish sauce tastes differently from that with salt as the main
taste inducer. The balance of vinegar and soy sauce is achieved if a food tastes sweet, with minimum saltiness and sourness. Sugar is the tricky ingredient as anything with extreme taste tastes better with some sugar. It’s like a food stabilizer. So, considering that, I now conclude that most dishes that are worth tasting have sugar in it.

Ah.. sugar. So sweet yet so deadly.