It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Swallow

Re:It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Sw... by Camillo on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:23PM (#6704324)

I still think "umami" looks out of place next to the other basic taste words. All the others come in adjective/noun pairs: sweet/sweetness, salty/saltiness, etc. Where's the adjective for "umami"? "Umami" again? "Umami-tasting"? It doesn't work well (and importing the Japanese adjective "umai" would make things worse, not better).

Instead, I highly prefer the adjective sapid with its corresponding noun sapidity. Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, sapid. Sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, sapidity. Much better.

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Re:It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Sw... by Peeda on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:39PM (#6704388)

It'd be savory/savoryness

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Re:It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Sw... by 21echoes on Saturday November 09, 2013 @08:02PM (#6704505)

probably because it's a japanese word and the rest are english?

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Re:It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Sw... by downer99 on Sunday November 10, 2013 @04:33AM (#6705865)

It seems strange that there wouldn't be an English word to describe what MSG tastes like.

In general, I think MSG simply tastes salty, even though I understand and agree that it doesn't precisely taste like a salt.

MSG doesn't have a flavor unfamiliar to western cuisine. Chicken soup has flavors that fall within the realm of MSG (even without the MSG found in canned soups). Gravies too.

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Re:It's the Umami – Why the Truth About MSG is So Easy to Sw... by 21echoes on Monday November 11, 2013 @12:18AM (#6710085)

"savory" i think is the english term normally used

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