Umami

[Rach*]

Has anyone heard of it? Tasted it? Used it?

Sounds intruiging!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100210/tod-mmm-umami-...

[Shaolin]

Well I presume we all taste it all the time. Apparently it has been accepted as one of the basic tastes in Japan and far east for a long time, the real news is that we in the west have just started to acknowledge it.

The saucy stuff is just a marketing gimmick.

[Wadeski]

its basically a mushroomy stock cube. wow.

[whitechief]

Blooming Hesthantal is always going on about it.

[Mobile Chicane]

Nothing new under the sun: anchovies, soy sauce, Parmesan cheese, seaweed and mushrooms (among other things) all have this flavour characteristic.

[HereBeMonsters]

Miso soup. Mmmmm....

[escargot]

Mobile Chicane said:

Nothing new under the sun: anchovies, soy sauce, Parmesan cheese, seaweed and mushrooms (among other things) all have this flavour characteristic.

As does tomato ketchup and brown sauce according to Blumenthal.

[Don]

Umami.



You want Umami: buy some MSG from your Chinese supermarket.

[Don]

Mobile Chicane said:

Nothing new under the sun: anchovies, soy sauce, Parmesan cheese, seaweed and mushrooms (among other things) all have this flavour characteristic.

They extract MSG from seaweed commercially in Japan apparently.

[Wadeski]

yes, its called MSG!

[Rach*]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... Umami - got some, going to try it. Tips?

So I reposted, durrr, it's MSG then!


I always fall for thing's that are marketed to stupid people


Still sounds nice

[Don]

Rach* said:

Still sounds nice

MSG doesn't actually taste of anything.

It just make savoury things "taste" more.