Umami, ooh my! beef brisket - southern bbq sauce contest

Ingredients

• Two parts fresh pineapple juice
• One part soy sauce
• One part fresh-brewed green tea
• One-half teaspoon Southern BBQ Cajun Seasoning
• Dash of cayenne pepper

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Preparation

• Pineapple juice, despite being sweet, soy sauce, despite its saltiness, and green tea, despite its mild flavor, actually have high levels of umami flavor.
• The flavors combine well and aren't overpowering, so inject the mixture liberally throughout the brisket.
• The rub combines Southern BBQ's Louisiana Sweet Mesquite rub with another food high in umami: grated Parmesan cheese. About three parts rub to one Parmesan should work. After the whole brisket is liberally coated, smoke it for 1.5-2 hours per pound.
• Unlike the other four tastes, umami from different ingredients produces a synergistic effect; in other words, a fifty-fifty mixture of two umami flavors can produce as much as eight times the flavor of either ingredient alone!
• So grab a beer, play a game of flip cup, and enjoy this "Absolutely Cajun, Positively Delicious" umami experience!"