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Japhy Ryder

On 8/8/2015 12:09 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 1:29:44 AM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, August 7, 2015 at 4:40:59 PM UTC-10, Japhy Ryder wrote:
>>> On 8/7/2015 2:35 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 8/7/2015 10:22 AM, 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I was growing up, calling shoyu "soy sauce" was considered to be
>>>> putting on airs and talking like a haole. These days, the young folks
>>>> have no problem with "soy sauce." Mostly, old Hawaiians and the Japanese
>>>> call soy sauce "shoyu."
>>>
>>>
>>> The favorite here is Ponzu sauce, hard to beat citrus with soy.
>>
>> I like it too. It's great for folks that find regular shoyu to be too salty. It's what "lite" shoyu should be but isn't.
>
> Sounds like just another "Ponzu scheme" to me.
>
HA!