[Sca-cooks] 5th Taste?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Carol Eskesen Smith:
>Allso tannic acid?  The "dry" effect along with acid?

Yeah, tannins do have a sort of astringent effect (why I tend to 
prefer Chinese to Indian teas).

However, a look at the Web seems to push for the 5th taste being a 
sort of Glutamate flavor, that grilled steak/soy-sauce flavor.

I don't know that I buy the theory as expressed, but it's out there...

>Regards,
>Brekke
>(very happy gramma, of a kid with EXCELLENT lungs - which he 
>exercised fully ALL last night!)

I prefer people with strong opinions. Especially when they're shorter 
than me... ;-) May whichever powers that have blessed Logan with good 
lungs bless his heart as well.

Adamantius
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