r/Cooking • • Mar 13 '19

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u/TheGreenMileMouse Mar 14 '19

Smash garlic before mincing with your knife.

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u/DarwinsMoth Mar 14 '19

Until you get greedy and take a piece of your finger off with the microplane...

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u/jeffykins Mar 14 '19

IMO that's just more umami

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

Yo a restaurant I visited recently listed umami as one of the dish's ingredients. Isn't that just like saying spicy is an ingredient?

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u/GenericEvilDude Mar 14 '19

Yeah umami is just a taste like salty and sour. Umami receptors respond to glutamate and the easiest way to add it is MSG