On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:02:53 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:

> What is umami? Is it a real deal or jes some Asians trying to foist
> their cooking methods/terms off as some sorta scientific fact? If
> tomatoes and other MSG heavy foods are particularly savory, is that a
> whole new element for one's palate to discern? Why is sweet, sour,
> bitter, and salty not enough? In short, is "umami" a real distinction
> or jes another trendy term being ferociously flogged through the
> food-o-sphere?

Here are a couple of references.

Umami Taste Receptor Identified:
<http://www.nature.com/neuro/press_release/nn0200.html>

Functional neuroimaging of umami taste: what makes umami pleasant?
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19571217>


Cindy Hamilton