underseasoning
Too little salt
Underseasoning is adding too little salt, spice, or other flavoring to food.
It's the more common kitchen error—most home cooks underseason rather than overseason.
The soup was bland from underseasoning.
Professional chefs often cite underseasoning as the main difference between restaurant and home cooking.
Having no taste
- insipidWithout flavor or interest
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- flatLacking vertical variation
dull · savorless · unseasoned · weak · watery · pallid · anemic · lackluster
Sodium chloride compound
- pepperPungent dried berry spice
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- herbsPlants for seasoning
- flavorCharacteristic taste quality
taste · balance · enhance · correct · remedy · fix · boost · intensify
Compare by sampling
- palateOral cavity ceiling
- savorinessAppetizing taste quality
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
sweetness · bitterness · sourness · mouthfeel · finish · depth · complexity · dimension
flavorless
Having no taste
flat · dull · savorless · unseasoned · weak · watery · pallid · anemic · lackluster · mild
salt
Sodium chloride compound
flavor · taste · balance · enhance · correct · remedy · fix · boost · intensify · amplify
taste-test
Compare by sampling
- palateOral cavity ceiling
- savorinessAppetizing taste quality
- umamiFifth taste sensation
acid · sweetness · bitterness · sourness · mouthfeel · finish · depth · complexity · dimension · flatness
marinade
Seasoned steeping liquid
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, burned food, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked
underseasoningoverseasoning
Excess of spices
oversalting · heavy-handedness · overspicing · overflavoring
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