Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Salty
Is "savoury" a separate taste or not? I think some people think it is, but others don't. :huh:
I learned four.
Have you dissected this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste
There is a fifth tase sense too, umami. Umami is the taste of glutamate. Savory has nothing do do with taste, he was not even a good general.
Quote from: PDH on April 07, 2009, 12:41:13 PM
There is a fifth tase sense too, umami. Umami is the taste of glutamate. Savory has nothing do do with taste, he was not even a good general.
Isn't is called the "meaty" aka "savoury" taste, actually? It's like the soy sauce, no?
I think we all agree that marti has no taste.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 07, 2009, 12:53:50 PM
I think we all agree that marti has no taste.
He is the zero-taste.
Quote from: PDH on April 07, 2009, 12:41:13 PM
There is a fifth tase sense too, umami. Umami is the taste of glutamate.
Correct, hence the need for MSG.
Quote from: Martinus on April 07, 2009, 12:44:13 PM
Quote from: PDH on April 07, 2009, 12:41:13 PM
There is a fifth tase sense too, umami. Umami is the taste of glutamate. Savory has nothing do do with taste, he was not even a good general.
Isn't is called the "meaty" aka "savoury" taste, actually? It's like the soy sauce, no?
Yup, it's just "savory" with a retarded Japanese name.
There is indeed five.
Zero calories, same great taste.
I learned that the tongue can differentiate 4 tastes, all others are actually smells. Or rather stimuli to the nose nerve.
How many tastes are there? Two. Good and none.
Signed: Georges Brummell and Petronius Arbiter.
Quote from: vinraith on April 07, 2009, 05:10:46 PM
Yup, it's just "savory" with a retarded Japanese name.
A Japanese researcher discovers it, he gets to name it.