On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:46:04 -0800, Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:

> 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.
>
> I thought Unami was the Japanese combo of equal parts soy sauce, sesame
> oil and sake?
>
> From the recommended web site describing the ingredients of the "Unami"
> sauce:
>
> "Taste No. 5 combines umami-rich Italian ingredients such as tomato,
> Parmesan cheese and porcini mushrooms into a single paste that can be
> rubbed, squeezed or spread."
>
> I have spiced up the soy sauce, sake & sesame oil with various other
> herbs and spices such as ginger, garlic, chinese 5 spices, & etc. but
> the basic sauce is very good and very versatile.

in the case of your mixture, the soy sauce would contain the umami (and
other flavors). the additional ingredients would add to that.

your pal,
blake