gwern comments on Religion, Mystery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 15 May 2009 02:50:36PM 0 points [-]

To further sate people's curiosity: the 5th is umami.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 15 May 2009 03:11:13PM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, I probably should have mentioned that. Also note that it basically means "tastiness" which is not false advertising. Umami is the flavor of glutamic acid (better known in its salt form as monosodium glutamate), found commonly in protein-heavy and aged or fermented foods, such as meat, cheese, yeast extract, fermented soybeans, and so on.