On Food and Cooking

Onion-like,
mustard-like

Onion

family

Sulfur

compounds

Floral Edible
flowers

Alcohols,   terpenes,

esters

Aroma Origin Characteristics

“Green
leaf”:
fresh-cut
leaves,
grass

Cutting or

crushing;   enzyme

action  on

unsaturated cell

membrane    lipids

Delicate,

reduced by

cooking (stops

enzymes,    alters

chemicals)

Cucumber

Cutting or

crushing;

enzyme  action

on  unsaturated

cell    membranes

Delicate,

reduced by

cooking (stops

enzymes,    alters

chemicals)

“Green
vegetable”

Preformed Strong,

persistent

Earthy Preformed Strong, persistent

Cutting or Delicate,

reduced by