Crispiness

Crispiness or crispness is the gustatory sensation of brittleness in the mouth, such that the food item shatters immediately upon mastication. Crispiness differs from crunchiness in that a crunchy food continues to provide its material sensation after a few chews. On the other hand, a crispy food quickly loses the 'taut' equilibrium of its material, such as a tightly wrapped sausage.

A delicately wrapped item is usually crisp, unlike such food items as loosely or unwrapped unfresh fruit or a wax-coated cheese.

Crisp and crunch can be concomitant or mutually exclusive.

Crispy foods

Crispy foods include:

• Potato chips
• Toast
• The first bite of an apple
• A tightly wrapped sausage
• Baklava
• Taquitos when properly prepared

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