>>21388737
Yes it's real, it's the Japanese word for what in English would be called meaty or nutty or rich but encompasses that sensation into one word.

>>21388753
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>>21388775

Savory is completely different from what umami is used to refer to. Salty, sweet, bitter and sour are referred to as primary tastes because they broadly categorize things. Something can be salty and sweet or salty and sour, or bitter or bitter and sweet etc. Umami got adopted along with those because the meaty, nutty, protien sensation fits into that and descibes a base taste that the others don't. An unseasoned steak or an almond aren't really either salty, sweet, bitter or sour. So similarly, something can be just umami or sour and umami, sweet and umami etc.

Savory is a word used to describe something where the primary flavour is not sweet. Almost always it referrs to foods flavored with herbs and spices such as the herb savory. Obviously something can be umami and savory. If you take a piece of fried chicken and sprinkle garlic powder and oregano on it you now have a piece of chicken which is savory as well as umami. If you took that same piece of chicken and dipped it in honey, it is not savory it is then sweet an umami. Same with pecan pie. No one would ever call pecan pie savory, but it's definitely umami. Savory isn't a primary taste the way the others are, it's a much more specific description of how something is flavored.