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atommickbrane

peanut butter hotdogs

Jun 23, 2010 10:31

Poll peanut butter

I had marshmallow fluff once and it nearly killed me. I am glad that experience is over!!

( Distressing picture of peanut butter and marshmallow fluff on toast, may be triggering )

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hoshuteki June 23 2010, 09:46:33 UTC

I'm still not entirely sure what umami means, mind.

atommickbrane June 23 2010, 09:53:17 UTC

I think of it as soy sauce + bovril + lea & perrins flavour, that sort of thing. I think MSG is prime synthesis of like, umami taste (and thus hooray for Ajinomoto!)

hoshuteki June 23 2010, 10:00:19 UTC

Okay, then I clearly have no idea at all! I just ticked it because it sounds like a nice word...

atommickbrane June 23 2010, 10:04:54 UTC

It is a nice word, it just means "good taste/flavour" in the nihongo, but that's not very HELPFUL is it? I don't know how to say in Japanese "er I dunno a bit like soy sauce innit", but it's probably not as snappy and wouldn't get those research council grants (not that it ever did in the first place) (oh well).

hoshuteki June 23 2010, 10:06:01 UTC

All research council grants should be required to use the word "umami". I think it would only IMPROVE the quality of academic output as a whole.

atommickbrane June 23 2010, 10:12:15 UTC

The umami impact pathway in itself would negate the need for the economic and social impact question to be answered!

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