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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
by Camillo 13y ago
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.
- Peeda 13y agoIt'd be savory/savoryness
- 21echoes 13y agoprobably because it's a japanese word and the rest are english?
- downer99 13y agoIt 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.
- 21echoes 13y ago"savory" i think is the english term normally used