“ The tongue can detect only five tastes, salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and a taste whose receptors have only begun to be identified: umami—the savory, brothy sensation that is amply present in Parmesan, seaweed, and ripe tomatoes.
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- from here
- for more on umami, see this
- the first linked-to article is more about smelling than about tasting
- it ends with this quotation from Tania Sanchez, co-author of “Perfumes: The Guide”:
The question that women casually shopping for perfume ask more than any other is this: “What scent drives men wild?”After years of intense research, we know the definitive answer. It is bacon.
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