Umami?

Still confused what taste is “umami”. Explanation at Wiki not much help. Glutamate? MSG? I dunno.

List includes fermented and aged products.

Possible umami candidates.

Package

The Cat’s friend left a package of Chinese preserved vegetables behind. She brought it over as “plan B” (if nothing else to eat, bowl of rice and preserved vegetables). Didn’t have to resort to “plan B”.

Chinese Preserved Vegetables

Think Chinese version  of mild kimchi or pickles. Chopped a few up and added to stir-fried Napa cabbage with pork.

Napa Cabbage, Pork, and Chinese Preserved Vegetable

Green Beans with Chinese Salted Black Beans over Rice

From Jun Bo restaurant (hole-in-the-wall), downtown, Honolulu.

Napa Cabbage with XO Sauce

Tofu, Eggs, Tomato, XO Sauce

According to Wiki, besides the preserved and fermented stuff, tomatoes are supposed to have umami too. Who would’ve thunk.

Thanks to Y, E, V, & T for the jar of XO sauce, finally learning how to use it. Broadening my culinary horizon. 🙂

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse

 

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