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Default Umami: real or bogus?



"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 5:14:41 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I always had the i pression that umami was an idea or a pleasant
>> > impression,
>> > or a feeling, not an actual physical product. I don't know where that
>> > idea came
>> > from.

>>
>> Same here. I guess we learn something every day

>
> It's marketing hyperbole. "Umami paste" is a combination of foods
> that are high in the amino acids that produce the umami taste (for
> which scientists have found receptors on the tongue).


Ahh that answers that one Thanks

> Like "bed in a bag". You don't get an actual bed in a bag.


LOL not something I've ever bought but I will keep it in mind <g>

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