[Magdalen] Supertasters and random quiz

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Some Asian dishes cannot be made without fish sauce. 

Jim Handsfield 
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> On 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
>>