[Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz

[Jay Weigel]

Love fish sauce. And anchovies. And sesame oil. And miso. And all manner of
things in that neighborhood.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:22 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are some ingredients that enhance umami. Soy sauce, of course.
> Worcestershire sauce (which IIRC has its basis in British India).
> And my personal favorite, fish sauce.
>
> I'm not particularly sensitive to bad-smelling stuff, but fish sauce (made
> from salted anchovies left in a barrel until they rot before the juice is
> pressed out) smells so bad I have to wash my hands after I touch the
> bottle.
>
> However: a couple of teaspoons added to a pot of soup just at the end of
> cooking takes the soup from yummy to WOW.
> -M
>
>
>
> On Friday, September 11, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think I must be a supertaster. I don't have any blue food coloring
> around
> > to do Sally's test though, because we've pretty much sworn off those
> kinds
> > of things. My one problem recently is that I used to love really spicy
> > foods
> >
>