Misflavor

Through all of the three days ensuing – departures for New York were on Saturday evenings, to make the best use of working time – this pinch of bitterness misflavored his cup.

Instead of large, jointed pieces of chicken with bones, this is cut into Chinese-type dicings, and the sauce, slick with cornstarch, seems misflavored with something like thyme and suggests Manhattan clam chowder.

However, it has been said that thiamine preparations will misflavor the beverages or cause body odor, or that they will be precipitated by tannins or destroyed by traces of SO2 (0–6 mg/l in U.S. beers) during pasteurization or shelf storage.

The table illustrates how easily a chemical standard can be misflavored by impurities.

Food tastes misflavored by inopportune dining.