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> which gives it its distinct flavor: bitter, salty, and a little bit sour. Doesn't describing it in terms of the other basic tastes undermine the main point s
by truculent 3y ago
> which gives it its distinct flavor: bitter, salty, and a little bit sour.
Doesn't describing it in terms of the other basic tastes undermine the main point somewhat?
Is this a limitation of using language to describe a new sensory channel? Or is it somehow different to the other basic tastes (it seems like the mechanism is slightly different)?
- graypegg 3y agoYeah it does to me at least. When people try to describe umami without being self-referential, they’ll say “meaty” which in my mind, really does stand separately from the rest of the other tastes. I don’t really have a good sense of a unique taste from salty liquorice in the same way I do something “meaty”.