Re: Change One Thing

"rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx" <rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>David Loewe, Jr. wrote:

>> 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.

Maybe the salt perception outlasts the sweetness perception?



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


And tomatoes are a good source of glutamate, which provides
the flavor of "umami".
.

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