Erica (bewilderbeast) wrote, @ 2004-10-18 16:30:00

fun food facts
There are five known fundamental tastes in the human palate: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. Umami is the proteiny, full-bodied taste of chicken soup, or cured meat, or fish stock, or aged cheese, or mother's milk, or soy sauce, or mushrooms, or seaweed, or cooked tomato.

... from an in-depth and interesting article on ketchup.

Why some folks don't like broccoli.

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