Sweet and Sour Sauce?!
Sweet and Sour Sauce?
I've been wondering...
If sweet is the opposite of sour and vice versa, how is sweet and sour sauce possible. Wouldn't the two flavours neutralise each other to form a neutral sauce with a plain flavour like water?
I can prove that sweet is the opposite of sour and vice versa by talking about fruits - if the fruit isn't sweet, it has to be sour and vice vera. Therefore, sweet is definitely the opposite of sour and vice versa.
Can you prove me wrong by giving me some sorta scientific explanation or something? If not, just tell me whether you agree with my theory or not.
I hope I'm making sense here...
Answers: It's not true. Sweet flavors come from sugars, while sour flavors come from acids, like citric acid in citrus fruits and candies.
I think you are confusing sweet vs. sour fruits, with ripe vs. unripe fruits. A fruit can either be ripe or unripe, but not both. However, lots of fruits are both sweet and sour, for instance pineapples. When fruits ripen, starch turns into sugar. Acids in fruit do not turn into sugar, or vice versa. That's pretty deep dude. I wouldn't mess with the forces of sweet and sour, rather, bask in their deliciousness with deep fried pieces of chicken! Your not, but it's just good eats.