On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 08:19:43 -0400, Gary wrote:

> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> Asian cooks have an advantage over Western cooks because they
>> make most of their dishes with the idea of maximizing umami. I
>> don't know how much Western cooks are able to utilize this basic
>> taste. It might be that umami is an abstract concept to most
>> cooks.

That one of the biggest loads of pseudo-bullshit I've heard come out
of his keyboard. He definitely has sort of mental condition that
mimics Tourettes Syndrome. The sudden need to blurt out something
inappropriate or meaningless, just a more profound-sounding than
your classic Tourettes. And often prefaced with "I guess..." or "I
predict...". Or maybe he spent 6 years at the same schools as Kuthe
learning the Art of Bullshiting.

-sw