Elder wrote on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:28:31 -0000:

> Yes, seen on the BBC breakfast news this morning, from next
> week, people in the UK will be able to buy tubes of Umami
> paste like you can with tomato paste and garlic/ginger paste.
> --
Is this for real? Umami is the fifth sense of taste and is usually
increased with MSG. However, I have heard that there is paste made from
special mushrooms that is supposed to impart umami. Probably the
mushrooms are high on glutamate.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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