▲ 47 ▼ Umami: You never say its name, yet you taste it every day (bigthink.com) submitted 2 years ago by JohnJVaccaro@lemmy.sdf.org to c/internetisbeautiful@feddit.de 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Fifth Taste....
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) What tf happened to Spicy? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Capsaicin doesn't interact with your taste buds, it reacts with your pain receptors. Spicy isn't a taste it's a "feeling" permalink fedilink source parent [–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Spicy can be several things. I associate it mostly with chili heat (capsaicin fucking with your vanillin receptors for heat and pain) but people also call black pepper, onion and garlic spicy. They all have different "mechanisms of action". I have no idea why e.g. chili heat isn't considered a "taste", but apparently it's not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wasabi is its own type of spicy too (apparently the same type as radishes!) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes sense given that Wasabi is an extra-spicy green type of horseradish. (Mustard and radishes are similar too btw.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent [–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago I guess it ain't a taste... It is an experience? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Capsaicin doesn't interact with your taste buds, it reacts with your pain receptors. Spicy isn't a taste it's a "feeling" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Spicy can be several things. I associate it mostly with chili heat (capsaicin fucking with your vanillin receptors for heat and pain) but people also call black pepper, onion and garlic spicy. They all have different "mechanisms of action". I have no idea why e.g. chili heat isn't considered a "taste", but apparently it's not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wasabi is its own type of spicy too (apparently the same type as radishes!) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes sense given that Wasabi is an extra-spicy green type of horseradish. (Mustard and radishes are similar too btw.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wasabi is its own type of spicy too (apparently the same type as radishes!) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] federalreverse@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes sense given that Wasabi is an extra-spicy green type of horseradish. (Mustard and radishes are similar too btw.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes sense given that Wasabi is an extra-spicy green type of horseradish. (Mustard and radishes are similar too btw.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know, somehow I never connected the dots that horseradishes must be related to radishes... 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Good to see that I'm not the only braindead one in here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago I guess it ain't a taste... It is an experience? permalink fedilink source parent