Crunchiness is the gustatory sensation of muffled grinding of a foodstuff. Crunchiness differs from crispiness in that a crispy item is quickly atomized, while a crunchy one offers sustained, granular resistance to jaw action. While crispiness is difficult to maintain, crunchiness is difficult to overcome. Vickers (1981) and Christensen and Vickers (1981) aver that crispiness and crunchiness can each be "assessed on the basis of sound alone, on the basis of oral-tactile clues alone, or on the ba… (More on Crunchiness)