texture

Taka, going to MS Word and looking up the thesaurus for grainy I get: gritty, coarse, rough, granular.

gritty seems to be what you are looking for

Perhaps not entirely gritty, because the grains of salt would dissolve very quickly.

I think you'd say: "it's got bits in it – no, it hasn't! they've gone..."

Time for us all to experiment, I feel.

MrP

MrPedanticPerhaps not entirely gritty, because the grains of salt would dissolve very quickly.

I think you'd say: "it's got bits in it – no, it hasn't! they've gone..."

Yes. But it's gritty until they dissolve, isn't it?

Well...I wonder whether "gritty" suggests more resistance to the teeth.

We don't find our food gritty, when we sprinkle salt over it.

MrP

OK, so how do you say it in one word?

Disgusting?

Well, in the interests of science:

The salt didn't dissolve as quickly as I had expected. The texture was "rough". When chewed, the mixture was "crunchy".

Overall, the experience was "disgusting", as Nona says.

(I hope no one asks about dried black beetles sprinkled with fish flakes.)

MrP

MrPedanticWell, in the interests of science:

The salt didn't dissolve as quickly as I had expected. The texture was "rough". When chewed, the mixture was "crunchy".

Overall, the experience was "disgusting", as Nona says.

Man! You tried it by yourself?

Oh, thank you, MrP!

Taka

MrPedantic(I hope no one asks about dried black beetles sprinkled with fish flakes.)

Allow me to ask. What's that???

Slightly squidgy; but with a distinctive tang.

Not bad at all, in fact.

MrP