Art Pierce wrote: > > (I would also include another basic "taste": pain/heat/pungent.) > > >From the Wine Brats: > > "We, as humans, only have 5 basic tastes: > sweet, umami (protein), sour, salt and bitter. > > All you need to know are three general rules about > how these tastes react with food and wine. > > "Pairing Rule Number One: > Sweet and umami flavors make wine taste stronger and harsher. > > "Pairing Rule Number Two: > Sour and salt flavors make wine taste milder and fruitier. > > "Pairing Rule Number Three: > If, in any food, you balance sweet/umami and sour/salt, the dish will have > little effect on wine flavors and you can drink anything you want." > > [Always have and will.] > > (They left out bitter.) Err, no they didn't - its up there. As for the rest of it, I drink what I feel like drinking, whether it's supposed to "go" together or not. I get to decide what tastes right. -- Holly ;-D Contrary Peasant sojournr@missouri.org If you see the Bhudda by the side of the road . . . give the poor slob a lift, his car probably broke down.