Freshness

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Freshness (developed from Indo-European * preska , unsalted, unleavened, bland; or from Latin priscus close to the origin) describes the originally perceived state of a certain thing intended for consumption , which is subject to a process of change ( aging , spoilage ).

The opposite of fresh is “aged”, “stale”, “brought here”.

Food

“Special fish train traffic”: Fast traffic connections as a prerequisite for fresh fish (map from 1930).

For nutrition , freshly raw products with a short storage time are considered: a distinction is made between freshly harvested foods such as fresh fruit , vegetables , fresh fish or freshly slaughtered meat , processed products (such as oven-fresh bread ), or products that have been organically matured ( cream cheese or fresh beer, i.e. "fresh." on tap "). However, z. B. apples which have been stored in a CA warehouse for over 1 year and fumigated with 1-methylcyclopropene are still touted as fresh .

Fresh foods are perceived as particularly positive in terms of appearance, taste and health. Therefore, efforts are made to extend the freshness over time. To maintain freshness, different freshness-retaining agents , fresh-keeping boxes , cling films , cooling , fumigation , etc.

Flowers and other plants that have not yet wilted also show freshness .

Culturally, fresh is often associated with the color green . For the food industry and floristry , freshness is a very popular advertising argument .

Other meanings

In a broader sense, one ascribes “freshness” to certain things that have just appeared (something freshly opened, fresh traces , fresh wound) or whose expected final state has not yet been reached ( fresh concrete ). This also applies to refreshing substances such as fresh air or fresh water .

In a figurative sense, one praises the “freshness” of someone or something that is new , fresh or youthful. In addition, “Freshness” outlines a cheerful or even impetuous being. Redensartlich is spoken in these contexts of "fresh wind".

Individual determinations are also attached to this connotation of "freshness":

  • in animal breeding (also generally metaphorical) "fresh blood"
  • for books "hot off the press" (= directly from the publisher)
  • for stamps "mint never hinged" (= unstamped)
  • a previously unrecorded tape in the recording studio ( fresh tape )

In soil science, on the other hand, “fresh” is a gradation of soil moisture between the levels “dry” and “moist”. A “fresh soil” means a slight permanent moisture in the soil.

Web links

Wiktionary: Freshness  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yves Demuth: “Marktfrische” Swiss apples: “Fresh” from last year. In: observer.ch . August 19, 2019, accessed August 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Christiane Wanzeck: On the etymology of lexicalized color word combinations. Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York 2003, p. 102.
  3. ↑ What is “fresh ground”? Weekly newspaper for agriculture & rural life , August 4, 2010.

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