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Umami: You never say its name, yet you taste it every day (bigthink.com)

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The Fifth Taste....

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spicy can be several things. I associate it mostly with chili heat (capsaicin fucking with your vanillin receptors for heat and pain) but people also call black pepper, onion and garlic spicy. They all have different "mechanisms of action". I have no idea why e.g. chili heat isn't considered a "taste", but apparently it's not.

[–] Feathercrown 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasabi is its own type of spicy too (apparently the same type as radishes!)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes sense given that Wasabi is an extra-spicy green type of horseradish. (Mustard and radishes are similar too btw.)

[–] Feathercrown 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here