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Ep 204: A Scientist in the Kitchen

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Lingering Mystery of Umami

Mami accentuates the flavor of anything else, but it lingers for a longer time. There is no chemical difference between glutomates in cabbage, mushrooms and tomato and the half teaspoon of agino moto that you sprinkle on fried rice, a stropgoat. It's a set of sensors, ear taste burds, that detect a very specific amino acid in food,. Not all or mino asid, only ond er mino acid, which is why it's all right.

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