Re: Change One Thing


David Loewe, Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:45:06 GMT, Sea Wasp
> <seawaspobvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >There are also some things in which one simply
> >does not even CONTEMPLATE getting anything other than the Real Deal.
> >Mayonnaise, for instance is Hellman's ("Best Foods" west of the
> >Rockies, I think). That's it. There is no substitute, there is no
> >vaguely acceptable other brand.
>
> "Bring out the Hellman's and bring out the Best..."
>
> >Ketchup is another; Heinz. Others are
> >basically metallic-tasting tomato sauce.
>
> I read somewhere online (and my Google-fu is not up to finding it)
> that Heinz ketchup is unique (or near unique) amongst foods as it
> stimulates ALL of the different kinds of taste buds in your mouth.

Huh. Wikipedia says that we don't have different taste regions on the
tongue. One of the cited sources says "we perceive all taste qualities
all over our tongue, although there may be increased sensitivity to
certain qualities in certain areas." I had a theory that saccharin has
an unpleasant aftertaste because it's actually a salt, which it is, and
it lingered more on the salt regions of the tongue, which is now
contradicted.

I got to
http://www.echojournal.org/cgi-bin/MT/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=293 by
way of http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=heinz+umami&meta=

True? I dunno, but if you mix vinegar, salt, sugar(!), etc... it does
seem most of the bases are covered!

.

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