On 2010-02-10, James Silverton wrote:

> 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.

You can sometimes buy MSG itself retail. (Well, I've seen it in
Chinese groceries.)


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