Re: 7 tastes (Re: Morphological evidence of marine adaptations in human kidneys

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news:43778319.72FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx by pete <pfiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Marc Verhaegen wrote:
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>> "pete" <pfiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > ... and those are the four tastes of the tongue.
>>
>> They already descirbe 7 tastes today: salt, sour, bitter,
>> sweet, unami (glutamate), astringent
>> (C.Burr 2002 "Emperor of scent" Random House) & fat
>> (in mice & probably in humans).
>
> Four of them are much more obvious than the other three.
> I use MSG when I make spiedie sauce
> http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/spiedie.htm
> and I've tasted it pure.
> Pure MSG on the tongue, really doesn't taste like very much.

MSG has a salty sweet taste, it is used in the restuarant industry to
curb the use of salt and sugar in a dish. Its not a pure taste.
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