Do you put MSG in your pasta sauces?

[yosh@toot.yosh.is]

Do you put MSG in your pasta sauces?

[neauoire@merveilles.town]

@yosh No, but I cut nori sheets as thin strips on sprinkle it on top.

[thomasjwebb@mastodon.social]

@yosh not in my pasta sauce. No sugar either. But sometimes in the roasted veggies or some other sides. I don't think it's the right flavor for pasta sauce.

[yosh@toot.yosh.is]

@neauoire that's just unprocessed MSG, so I think that counts hehe

FWIW I might just try that today ^^

[paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno]

@yosh
What is msg?

[yosh@toot.yosh.is]

@paoloredaelli umami extract, typically made from seaweed. It's a white powder with coarse crystals.

Think of it as the umami equivalent of salt, sugar, and vinegar.

[paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno]

@yosh
Oh! Here in Italy we often use Dado da cucina https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_%28cucina%29 aka Bouillon cube - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillon_cube which contains 10-15% msg.
So yes it is a quick trick to flavour foods.