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Lol, I've yet figure out what umami actually tastes like. I know salty, sweet, sour,... but wtf is umami? Every example/description of it sounds completely different. Can I go buy an umami-spice somewhere? Can it even be isolated? Does "umami" actually exist, or was it made up to trigger the shit out of people whenever someone mentions it online??
K, I'll see myself out.
MSG
Can you describe what saltiness is without using the word salt?
Tastes like sweat.
"Hmmm... I tasted the food, I think it would be better if it tasted a little more like human sweat."
Either way, that's not really a description so much as comparative example, that's like describing umami as soy sauce.