/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17484267
It's just MSG. It's no big deal. It's in 60% of spice combos as well as every spiced crisp.

>magic fairy dust for cooklets

>>17484274
doesn't matteer how you get your glutamates in your dish so long as they're there, based retard.

>>17484267
>Serve food to guests
>Put in MSG
>Don't tell them
>They fucking love it
>Serve same food to same guests a few months later
>Mention I put in MSG
>"Anon it tastes kind of weird, maybe it's the MSG"

>>17484502
people are slowly getting over this, I remember MSG hysteria being way worse in the 2000's/2010's
my mom is still retarded about it though

>>17484447
not true. its like sweetening a desert with fruit vs with caster sugar. theres no depth to pure msg.

>>17484787
>>17484447
>>17484267
I just use chicken bouillon or anchovy paste.

E621

Do 98% MSG 2% I+G. That is the real game changer.
>>17484530
In fairness those chinese restaurants were using a bunch of salt + a bunch of msg in the food. 1/2 teaspoon per pound of meat is what you want to do iirc

>>17484502
>>17484530
>son, I ate at the original Panda Express that opened, and after we ate there I had the most unquenchable thirst imaginable, I think there's something about MSG that does this
>maybe it was just super salty, as chinese food typically is
>oh yeah, that makes sense
that's how easy it was to convince my folks MSG was not evil, basically what >>17484930
said

>>17484930
>2% I+G
is this like the fentanyl of cooking? how am i supposed to measure out such a tiny amount?

>>17485009
I just equated the gram weight to salt so did like 3/8teaspoon for a 100g msg shaker I had. If youre autistic get an electric scale

>>17485009
Also that .3% is just them covering their ass. Ajimoto's blend is 2%

>>17484274
>you should do things the hard way and avoid shortcuts because uh... they just should okay!

>>17484875
Theres lots of great MSG-enhanced recipes on e621.net

>>17485084

>>17484267
I like to add it to my instant ramen to round the flavors out.

>>17484530
I could smell and taste MSG in any form, a buillon cube, Maggi, or jesusfuckingchrist like OP actually pouring in the pure shit into a meal.
It just fucking glows like an alphabet bot on /pol/
Anyone who prefers home-made dishes will instantly alert to shenanigans, stop using that shit.

>>17485118
This is the "man" against seed oils.

>>17484787
finally a correct take. msg is lazy and one-note and will inevitably be overused and make your entire meal taste like fucking doritos

>>17485118
Same, like tasting artificial sweetener in a drink.

>>17485293
follow-up: it is certainly possible to use well but it's way easier to just use foods that contain glutamate and 5'-ribonucleotides and there will be a lot more leeway and more depth of flavor as well.

>>17485118
maybe some people can't distinguish the taste, idk. there are people out there who don't think mcdonald's is bad, and drink sutter home wine. to me, foods with an overuse of glutamate are immediately apparent and taste like flavored chips or take-out chinese food

>>17485118
no

>>17485091
Is that supposed to be brown nosed pup in the middle?

>>17485544
That's a hyena.

>>17485091
>>17485558
I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena is not well served by its appearance. It is ugly beyond redemption. Its thick neck and high shoulders that slope to the hindquarters look as if they've come from a discarded prototype for the giraffe, and its shaggy, coarse coat seems to have been patched together from the leftovers of creation. The colour is a bungled mix of tan, black, yellow, grey, with the spots having none of the classy ostentation of a leopard's rosettes; they look rather like the symptoms of a skin disease, a virulent form of mange. The head is broad and too massive, with a high forehead, like that of a bear, but suffering from a receding hairline, and with ears that look ridiculously mouse-like, large and round, when they haven't been torn off in battle. The mouth is forever open and panting. The nostrils are too big. The tail is scraggly and unwagging. The gait is shambling. All the parts put together look doglike, but like no dog anyone would want as a pet.

>>17485603
Jay Naylor?

>>17485084

>>17485603
>Wordswordswords
>Hyena
>Pet

>>17484267
Use Marmite, you baka weeaboo.

Is MSG not evil anymore? What has Science!(tm) ruled this week

>>17485118
MSG is a Japanese invention so it's fine, they're honorary bro

>>17486328
hitler declared chinese honorary too

>>17486325
No it's still unhealthy, but people chimp out when you state that because they cantcook and need it for their food to be edible

>>17484267
So you're too retarded to buy Instant Dashi ?

>>17484267
I sprinkle it on my 110lb twink bf’s ass before I eat it

>>17485603
I'm so glad someone saved the copypasta I made.

>>17484267
Is there any reason NOT to add a small amount of this to literally every single dish I cook?

what if I sprinkle some on a pizza before baking it? I usually sprinkle salt on top and the veggies come out really nice.

>>17484797
>anchovy paste
This is the answer. Only reddit would unironically buy MSG powder

>go to local Chinese place
>On the menu it says "No MSG!"
>in the hallway behind the pickup counter you can clearly see a 10 Gallon barrel with MSG written on the side
>mfw

>>17486325
God you're annoying

>>17484930
Turns out the real devil in those Chinese restaurants was the cheapfuck seed oil and palm oil literally everything was soaked in. That stuff kills.

>>17489280
This is the board so famous for drinking sterilants they had to nuke the general from orbit.

>>17489236
They write it on the menu so boomer white women don't complain.

>>17489280
mmmm gutter oil

>>17489309
>false advertising is fine if white women suffer
Shalom rabbi

>>17485293
Yeah, adding mushrooms will add adeeper and richer effect, or using a well made broth. Adding msg like that is ok in a pinch but in the end isn't the same asgetting that umami flavor from ingredients

>>17485293
>>17484787
While I do agree it's better to get glutamates from actual ingredients as much as you can some recipes don't do well with anchovy paste/parmesan/kombu/tomato concentrate/etc. and a pinch of msg can elevate a dish. It's just a flavor enhancer like salt in the end.

>>17489151
man I hate reddit so I guess I'll just use the msg in one form instead of the another

>>17490633
They don't suffer from anything except their own stupidity.

>>17484267
For me, it's this stuff.

>>17491178