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)