On 8/7/2015 4:22 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-08-07, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> You're the one that brings up the idea that umami is not real.
>
> Actually, I brought up the idea that the term "umami" may be
> unnecessary and was asking for opinions.
>
>> I think that for most Americans, umami is not real.
>
> I think it's only the term "umami" that is unreal for Americans,
> despite the fact we've been eating it for decades. Kinda like the
> term "shoyu", which I've never heard from anyone, but yerself, my
> entire life. I've heard of "umami" (though I spelled it wrong), but
> never "shoyu", depite enjoying my first soy sauce over 60 yrs ago.
>
> nb
>
Kilikini (RIP) called soy sauce "shoyu". She lived on Maui for a brief
while. It's soy sauce. No need to pretend you're Japanese or Hawaiian
in order to use it when cooking.

Jill