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The 5 Basic Tastes - Salt, Sweet, Sour, Bitter & Umami

submitted by deputydog

1 decade 7 years 9 months ago

Food

I for one had never heard of the last taste (Umami). It basically means 'Savouriness' and is a Japanese term - the literal translation of Unami is 'Delicious Flavour'.

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Wiki article on the Basic Tastes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_taste

Wiki article on Heston Blumenthal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal

The guy in the video gets painfully annoying, but this is about GLUTAMATES!

The fifth taste category is provided by glutamate like mushrooms. It is like a volume control on the other taste receptors, so we don't have a unique taste bud for it like sweet, but it definately adds "flavor". It's really funny what a bad reputation MSG got (some people are allergic).. When MSG is essentially adding in this 'extra' flavor to food.

What is funny is that if you think of most of the table sauces, ketchup, soy sauce, etc. they are mostly just glutamates or else concerntrated spices (mustard, hot sauce)

1st, I have absolutely no clue what they're talking about here with all their heavy British accent

2nd, If umami is a taste, then why can't creamy be a taste? or musky be a taste? Bullcraps I tells ya.

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