Abhorrent means repugnant and extreme disgust, which is what one would use to describe the smell of rotten food in Pencader. The idea of rotting can be seen in the steps of the transformation of the word “Abhorrent”. When food rots it decomposes and looses its original form. It shrivels, becomes warped and turns black, due to nature’s course. The text is displaying the process of how food rots and decomposes.