Outline for a Compendium of Non-Musical Sounds

Part I – Tagine

• Chopping and Cutting
  
  
  Squishes
  
  
  • Knife through onion
    
  • Preserved lemon between thumb and forefinger.
    
  • Barely audible swish of knife through chicken skin.
    
  • Fork fluffing couscous.
    
  • Crushing garlic with side of blade.
    
  • Chicken pieces landing on softened onions
    
  • Chicken, lemon, olives, couscous, teeth.
    
  
  
  Clacks
  
  
  • Knife on keyboard.
    
  • Wooden spoon on cast iron pan (flattening more garlic).
    
  
  
  Grinding
  
  
  • Joint where thigh meets breast.
    
  • Coffee (cross-reference: electric sounds).
    
  
  
• Splashing
  
  
  Water
  
  
  • Overflowing from glass into sink.
    
  • Tap running.
    
  Sound in mouth. (Note: do others make the same sound? Can they hear me?)
  
  
  Wine
  
  
  • Slurping.
    
  • Disguised slurping following dirty look from wife.
    
  • Pour into glass.
    
  • Waves within glass.
    
  
  
  
• More Grinding
  
  
  
  
  • Teeth
    
  • Mixing couscous and sauce. Fork makes muted grinding sound. (Investigate further.)
    
  
  
• Chewing
  
  
• Swallowing
  
  (perhaps this last item is too musical for list)