On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 5:05:52 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:

> White Castle was cooking up burgers using a method that maximized
> umami long before umami became well known. That was a lucky break
> for them. OTOH, umami is still not well known in the West.

Umami is well known in the West. We just didn't have a word for it,
except perhaps "savoriness".

We principally get umami from meat, since we have plenty of it,
rather than seaweed.

Cindy Hamilton