Translations of「しっとり」for describing food


On the television the other day, there were some people talking about how the
word 「しっとり」 applied to food can't be translated exactly into other languages.
It seems that 「しっとり」 could be translated into "moist" when talking about a
cake for example, we say a cake is "moist". Are the TV people right that
「しっとり」 is untranslatable?




According to the search on
[cookpad](https://cookpad.com/search/%E3%81%97%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A?order=date&recipe_hit=51369),
at the moment「しっとり」has the hit of 51,369 menus.

For instance, _"Gateau chocolate"_ :「しっとり濃厚★ガトーショコラ」, _"Chocolate cookie"_ :「
バレンタイン♡しっとり生チョコクッキー 」, _"Chicken Ham"_ :「しっとり鳥胸ハム」, _"Banana Cake"_
:「しっとりバナナケーキ」, _"Tofu Donuts"_ :「しっとり簡単豆腐ドーナツ」, _"Rice flour crepe"_
:「もちもち&しっとり米粉クレープ」, etc.

If the texture of food is "moist", you can safely use it to any kinds of food.

I am not sure why they said that the word is untranslatable. Unless the food
is the thing which you can not eat outside Japan or hard to find, it should be
translatable.




According to the search on
[cookpad](https://cookpad.com/search/%E3%81%97%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A?order=date&recipe_hit=51369),
at the moment「しっとり」has the hit of 51,369 menus.

For instance, _"Gateau chocolate"_ :「しっとり濃厚★ガトーショコラ」, _"Chocolate cookie"_ :「
バレンタイン♡しっとり生チョコクッキー 」, _"Chicken Ham"_ :「しっとり鳥胸ハム」, _"Banana Cake"_
:「しっとりバナナケーキ」, _"Tofu Donuts"_ :「しっとり簡単豆腐ドーナツ」, _"Rice flour crepe"_
:「もちもち&しっとり米粉クレープ」, etc.

If the texture of food is "moist", you can safely use it to any kinds of food.

I am not sure why they said that the word is untranslatable. Unless the food
is the thing which you can not eat outside Japan or hard to find, it should be
translatable.

