[Sca-cooks] 5th Taste?

[Carol Eskesen Smith]

Not astringent, then?  MSG is a different order of flavor.

Regards,
Brekke


>From: "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] 5th Taste?
>Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:28:43 -0400
>
>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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