A question about *flavor* and *taste*...

Question

What is the difference between a food that tastes very "light", and a food that tastes very "bland"? Can you give some examples?

Answer 1

Light- doesnt have enough

bland- to plain or simple

Answer 2

bland food has no taste quality. like natural oatmeal, it only taste good if u add to it.  light food has little food quality, like salad with a pinch of salt and lemon. there is little flavor, but the taste of lemon is light but strong enough to taste traces of it.  

Answer 3

"light" is food that doesn't fill you up a lot like salad or such. Bland is tasteless food, something that is not seasoned enough.

Answer 4

Bland is no salt or flavor or anything, it's just food. Light is "basic tasty" n doesn't weigh you down. Doesn't sit heavy on your stomach.

Example of bland would be rice with no salt or sugar or butter or cinnamon, just plain(not appealing).

Or a scrambled egg poached in water with no salt or anything. I'rd rather not eat it.

Salt is meant to enhance flavors so u just use a little. Your not really suppose to detect salt, just the flavor of the food its in.