There are five basic tastes, sour, sweet, bitter salty and umami. We all know the first four tastes but until recently the western world all but disregarded this fifth taste. Umami was discovered at the Imperial University of Tokyo by scientist, Kikunae Ikeda. in 1907. He called this fifth flavor umami ( that literally translates to mean “delicious taste”).
Glutamate (short for “monosodium glutamate”), is what triggers the umami taste and can be found is many foods that are on, a cheeseburger.
I can’t wait to try more foods to experiment with the umami flavor. Mark Wiens is a blogger for migrationology, who makes videos of his food experiences all over the world. He is how I discovered umami while watching his YouTube videos. Another YouTuber that videos his worldly food experiences is Mike Chen, he mentions umami frequently. Check out these two YouTubers for hours of cultural food experiences.
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