Do you differentiate creamy from juicy?

I don’t understand your question. Are you asking whether every single time I look at milk, I think “oooohhh this is creamy, as opposed to juicy!” ? If so, no, I don’t.

I am more prone to thinking “This orange juice and milk and cream have high water activity. So they should go in the refrigerator so they don’t spoil.”

I do not actively contemplate textures while dining.

Hm, I think I go more by taste, in general. Not the texture of the food.

”“oooohhh this is creamy” really now PnL ?

@uberbatman It’s always the serious ones…Always.

Sigh. I can never win.

Blueberry yogurt – creamy and juicy

What do you want to know? Why are you asking? This is quite possibly the most obscure question I have ever read on fluther.

Wow. @asmonet and @casheroo‘s answers made me make a O_O face. Texture is so much more important to me than taste. For example, I love the flavor of bananas, but I can’t eat more than half of one before the texture makes me gag.

Anyway, there’s a definite difference between creamy and juicy. Creamy oozes. Juicy runs.

I’m a texture girl, too. For instance, the taste of coconut might be ok, but the texture makes it inedible to me. I do think liquids have a different ‘mouth feel’, too.

creamy is yummy. Juicy is dirty!

@MacBean: I do, and it’s important, I just don’t dissect it the way Mtl_zack does. It’s a very alien approach to food. I appreciate and love texture and it can make or break the meal but I do not pick it apart while I eat as I have better things to do, like go:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Yum. NOM NOM NOM.

@asmonet lol4rl

:D

lol @asmonet.
I don’t know, sometimes I concentrate on the texture, depends on what I’m eating. It took a while for me to like sushi, just because of the texture. Things like a perfectly cooked strip steak, the way the meat practically melts in your mouth..yeah, I’ll notice. I love food. I could be a fantastic food critic. But, I don’t take notes on everything I eat.

I think the ‘juicy’ things are acidic to a small or large extent and react with your tongue differently. Juicy foods or beverages have a tendency to make your mouth water much more.

If I’m wine tasting I’ll differentiate the mouthfeel between various wines.

I prefer crunchy over soggy anything. That’s about as far as it goes with me.

and no…..... I don’t like crunchy coffee… i mean seriously… cmon

Close you eyes and open your mouth. We’ll do a little experiment.

I think of creamy as having a smooth texture in your mouth—yogurt, bananas, pudding, creme brulee, certain soups.
Juicy would denote an amount of moisture that cannot be contained, and therefore leaks out—juicy orange, juicy steak, juicy watermelon.

which also explains juicy gossip. Too good to be contained, it leaks out.

Maybe I should add that I need to see my food to eat it.

I generally define a “cream” to be non-transparent or cloudy, whereas a “juice” is transparent. There is also the viscosity, cream items are generally more viscous, juices are more similar to the viscosity of water.

Gravy, yogurt, melted ice cream = creamy
Apple juice, water, pan drippings = juice

The only time I truly contemplate the texture of a food is when I have ice cream. It has to be of a certain smoothness or I can’t enjoy it. I haven’t had cheap store-brand ice cream in ages due to this, and it makes me prefer Ben & Jerry’s over Haagen-Dazs and the ice cream at my local shop on Fulton Landing over anything from the store.