Food Flavor Mystery

We're all familiar with sweet, salty, bitter and sour tastes. But how many of us have heard of Umami? The so-called "fifth taste" is found in soups, meats, seafood and cheese. ScienCentral News reports on one company's discovery that could lead to new ways to make food even harder to resist. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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• umami
• food
• taste
• flavor
• sweet
• salty
• bitter
• sour
• glutamates
• MSG
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[BlueBajs]

That means your mom is ugly.

[Arebum]

I knew it!!!!!

I just never found a name.

[bammass]

beer + clamato = UMAMI.

[ojideagu]

@rajsanand Umami is recognised almost universally by scientists. MSG is a separate issue.

[AfflictiveNemesis]

japanesegourmetcooking*com -- great Japanese umami recipes.

[HisHinata]

umami is japanese for deliciousness, if anyone cares.

[Choosilicious]

I add oyster sauce to my mushroom flavoured instant noodles. Mmmmmmmm...

[fredaxtpor]

MSG could be really dangerous for health, but Glutamic acid is inocuous and have the same fx on food preparation. But glutamic acid is much more expensive...

[shahared1]

woops, my bad. I meant to say sweet sour salty and 'bitter'.

Here are some examples of foods that represent a single flavor that you could test your taste buds on:

Sweet: Sugar

Sour: Citric Acid, commonly found in citrus fruit such as lemons.

Salty: Table Salt

Bitter: Quinine, most commonly found in tonic water.

[spikebot51015]

sweet sour salty and sweet???

[MaiLouIsLegend]

finally something better than MSG!

[NightNinja9]

omg! Jet Li! =O