notas pútridas

English translation: putrid notes

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Spanish term or phrase:notas pútridas
English translation:putrid notes
Entered by: Poughkeepsie

09:34 Oct 30, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cooking / Culinary / Cheese
Spanish term or phrase: notas pútridas
Hi,

Working on a cheese text.

The full sentence:

Son quesos que huelen un poco a vegetal fermentado, a lana y a veces aparecen notas pútridas, si bien eso es síntoma de una excesiva maduración.

What's the best way to say "notas pútridas?"

Thanks!
Poughkeepsie
Spain
Local time: 14:55
putrid notes
Explanation:
As discussed elsewhere, it's the exact term used in the trade. You can even close the question without awarding points, since the suggestion is not only mine. :-)

In this respect, monitoring amino acid degradation during cheese ripening may ... sweaty, and putrid notes that probably contribute to ripe cheese aroma; this is ...

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=OFzMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA285&l...

barnyard goat, fruit, tropical fruit (pineapple), lemon, sour milk (lactic acid), sour (acetic acid), sweat, cheese, bacon, spice, clove, and even putrid notes.
https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=2qZ_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lp...

Feb 16, 2018 - PDF | Six leading brands of mature/vintage full-fat Cheddar cheese ... C3 Sour, savoury, slight putrid notes, not balanced, slightly crumbly 4.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284813893_How_varia...
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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 10:55
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Summary of answers provided
4gamey overtones
neilmac
4rancid overtones or rancid notes
Margaret Ikawa
4putrid notes
Daniel Coria


Discussion entries: 7





  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gamey overtones


Explanation:
Or "a hint of gaminess". Game, such as venison, is hung up to "age" which really corresponds to the notion in the Spanish, which literally translates as "rotten"...
And the adjective "gamey" is the first euphemism that sprang to mind when I saw the query.

"It tasted a bit gamey in a bad way but I guess it depends partly on what you do with it. "

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Note added at 30 mins (2019-10-30 10:04:35 GMT)
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/gaminess

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Note added at 31 mins (2019-10-30 10:05:42 GMT)
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The term is also used to describe wines:
"It offers pepper and ginger spices, gamey overtones and intense fruit, with blackberry aromas bordering on the intensity of an aerosol room-freshner."

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Note added at 32 mins (2019-10-30 10:06:25 GMT)
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Practical Professional Cookery - Page 473 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.es › books
Harry Louis Cracknell, ‎R. J. Kaufmann - 1999 - ‎Cooking
The flavour is delicate with no gamey overtones...

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Note added at 33 mins (2019-10-30 10:08:01 GMT)
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"They/these are cheeses that smell a little like fermented vegetables, wool and sometimes rather gamey notes appear, although that is a symptom of excessive maturation/ripening."



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Note added at 43 mins (2019-10-30 10:17:06 GMT)
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Whether you agree with "overtones" as a translation of "notes" is moot. It's simply the first thing that I thought of...

Example sentence(s):
  • It tasted a bit gamey and I wasn't crazy about it
  • I'll bet those steaks tasted a bit gamey,

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gamey
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:55
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carol Gullidge: gamey overtones is nice, but generally too positive an attribute in this case, imo! This is about over-ripe cheese - one that has been subjected to "excesiva maduración"//I agree it wouldn't sell! However I don't believe this in fact a marketing question
23 mins
  -> Sorry, Carol, I'm not buying into it. I baulk at describing even strong blue cheeses like Cabrales as putrid/rancid if I'm trying to sell them.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rancid overtones or rancid notes


Explanation:
See cheese lexicon and glossary link.



    https://1sskha48hhbhl0oc61bhsagh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ACS_Lexicon_Glossary_20180817.pdf
Margaret Ikawa
Spain
Local time: 14:55
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carol Gullidge: again, the ST would probably have specified "rancio", which is another term applied to overripe cheeses but is not quite the same as putrid. Btw, for some reason I couldn't open your link!
33 mins

neutral  Robert Carter: Great link to that glossary, but I'm not sure about rancid, because it usually refers to a process in fats. I would assume "pútrido" relates to a bacterial process, but after looking at your glossary, I can't see anything that fits (other than putrid).
4 hrs

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: with others. "putrid" is best
4 hrs
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2 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
putrid notes


Explanation:
As discussed elsewhere, it's the exact term used in the trade. You can even close the question without awarding points, since the suggestion is not only mine. :-)

In this respect, monitoring amino acid degradation during cheese ripening may ... sweaty, and putrid notes that probably contribute to ripe cheese aroma; this is ...

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=OFzMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA285&l...

barnyard goat, fruit, tropical fruit (pineapple), lemon, sour milk (lactic acid), sour (acetic acid), sweat, cheese, bacon, spice, clove, and even putrid notes.
https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=2qZ_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lp...

Feb 16, 2018 - PDF | Six leading brands of mature/vintage full-fat Cheddar cheese ... C3 Sour, savoury, slight putrid notes, not balanced, slightly crumbly 4.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284813893_How_varia...

Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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