Nancy2 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.
>
> N.

Actually, you have the right of the word as it is. There are food
products that create that. The Japanese coined a word for that umami.

If I were to put it in my own words, it's that thing that makes you
smile.

Carol

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