Soap, the big fork, sweet, salty, bitter and sour. Those were the ideas that went back thousands of years. Garry's interested in how each taste helped our ancestors answer the question, what should i put in my mouth? The gol is to make hor netwalk with scientists who are interested in mami research.
For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But thanks to Kumiko Ninomiya (a.k.a. the Umami Mama), scientists finally accepted a fifth. So could there be even more?
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