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Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable

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Kumiko's Mission Is to Let People Understand Mami

Kumiko's mission is to make ornetwak with scientists who are interested in mami research, or glutomat in e body and food. Glutomate is an amino acid, a building block for proteins. Kumiko thought that good communication could get these scientists excited about studying mami as a taste. The idea of whether umami was a taste had the potential to be the next cool thing to study. Like any other part of human culture, science has fads. There hadn't been one for thousands of years. We've had the basic for for millennia. So i think mami is an interesting example of a very conscious and careful an investment and the creation

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