Do you know what "Umami" is?

The correct answer is "the taste of MSG". It has recently been added to the four classic "fundamental tastes" (Sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), because it's been discovered that there are specialized taste buds for it concentrated on part of the tongue. The Japanese have considered it a fundamental taste for years, which is why we use their word for it.

Ok.. I guessed ;)

Is there a word for the taste of cyanide?

Are you insulting my mother? ;)

I in fact was talking with someone about umami yesterday, we were discussing if taste buds changed with age. It turns out that babies have taste buds all over their mouths, not just the tongue. The baby's buds have trouble with 'salty'. Taste buds die and grow back every week or so. As we age, the other taste buds (other than on the tongue) stop growing back ... we end up with very few buds left on the soft palate of the mouth. Most are now just on the tongue. On the 'up' side, we can now taste salty. It isn't until around age 75 or so that the buds start not-growing-back and we begin to lose taste ability.

no.

um..they told me..so i cheated....

damn, no one jumped on nyssa's punctuation usage, or lack thereof....geeez...you guys are gettin slack...

I know, but only because I overheard some other Survey Central users discussing this survey.