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> The five flavors which we can detect are sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (savory). This is nonsense. Your tongue is far more sensitive than that. How
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> The five flavors which we can detect are sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (savory).
This is nonsense. Your tongue is far more sensitive than that.
How would you characterize the flavor of butter?
- Lammy 2y agoGOOD point https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-basic-tastes-have-sixth-sibling-oleogustus https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-basic-tastes-have-s...
- prmph 2y agoExactly, couldn't agree more. See my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42433881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42433881