[Sca-cooks] 5th Taste?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach <kingstaste at mindspring.com>:
>I recall hearing recently that researchers had identified a 5th separate
>taste - and I believe it was acrid.  (This in addition to sweet - tip of the
>tongue, salty - middle tongue, sour - sides of the tongue, and bitter - back
>of the tongue).
>Does anyone else remember this?  When I brought this up in training, I was
>then asked for examples of acrid tastes, and couldn't come up with any.
>What say all of you?
>Christianna
>(Mad Scientist in Training - this is for a class about Taste)

Could that be something like astringent? In which case I'd think of 
raw rhubarb, unripe persimmons, etc.

Adamantius

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