“Umami” Was Coined by the Inventor of MSG to Describe Its Taste
By Matt Novak from Paleofuture.com: In 1908, Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda created monosodium glutamate, more commonly known to English-speakers of the 21st century as the often-maligned MSG. Ikeda thought that his discovery was so special that the taste deserved to be described with a brand new word, a word that a century later has become quite […]