Umami.com closes at $100K at GoDaddy auctions (1.Viewing)

Is more drama on the way?

At least 10 pending trademarks for the term worldwide. One was filed on December 2nd and is, of course, still pending.

I use Umami web stats and always thought it was a weird name and domain address.

That said it is a hundred times easier to use than Google Analytics.

Umami.is

Nice demo here:

Umami

Can be installed locally and on the cloud.

I use the cloud version but install the script locally.

Both Umami and Google Analytics have their scripts blocked by an occasional ad blocker or privacy script program. You can circumvent that by installing the script on your own server in your main directory. Something that was absolutely wonderful for me and never gets blocked.

Sure enough, someone is playing games

had never even heard of the word before!

That burger domain name was from the previous owner (via the Web Archive).

If you haven't heard of the word umami, you're probably not a foodie.

What are some good food examples that would represent umami that most people would know of?

Umami, which is also known as monosodium glutamate is one of the basic five tastes including sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Umami means “delicious savory taste” in Japanese, and its taste is often described as the meaty, savory deliciousness that deepens flavor.

Umami-rich foods deliver that savory, "fifth taste" from natural glutamates and nucleotides, found abundantly in aged cheeses (Parmesan), fermented products (soy sauce, miso, kimchi), cured meats, seafood (anchovies, oysters, kombu seaweed), mushrooms (shiitake), and certain vegetables like tomatoes, corn, and peas, with cooking, drying, and aging intensifying these flavors significantly.

MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) was discovered in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda, who isolated the savory taste (umami) from kombu seaweed used in Japanese dashi broth. He identified glutamic acid as the key compound, then created its sodium salt, MSG, which he patented and began commercializing with businessman Saburosuke Suzuki in 1909 as "Ajinomoto," meaning "essence of taste".