July 21, 2008
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Umami, that tastes really good!
I was reading through some recipe sites for some new ideas. While I was doing that, I discovered information on our proposed fifth taste. We all know that we have four taste sensations: sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, and sourness. Now we have a fifth sense called Umami. Umami is sensed by special receptor cells which detected as savory and is Japanese for the word 'deliciousness.' Glutamate food stuffs such as soy sauce, parmesan cheese, and in the United Kingdom: marmite, are picked up by this sense of taste. If you would like to read more about Umami, click here. I should've known about that already, but I live under a culinary rock.
