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LESS IS MORE (first time msg users look here)
It’s a good product, good shipping and all BUT
Less is more!!
I can’t give the product a bad review because it totally does what it’s supposed to do.
However,
I had never used MSG before so when I sprinkled a bit on some roast veg I was hopefully my fam would eat it worked SO well. I was freaking over the moon.
I keep a jar of dry spice rub for cooking meat, veg, chicken, you know, whatever. I thought “wow, this improved my family’s interest in healthy-ish food so much that I might as well put some in my “everything rub.”
I put 1 tbs in.
I’m hear now to tell you how horrible an idea that was.
I want to state again, before I tell you about the horror that followed,it is NOT the products fault! I’m just a dummy!
It’s kinda hard to describe msg’s flavor on its own. It instantly makes your mouth water but is just, chemical-y?
My spice rub tasted WAY too weird so I made a second batch to add to the original to dilute that weird flavor. Not enough. Made batch over batch to add (I was wishing at this point that I was wishing that I had just tossed it to begin with). I swear, I’m at maybe 25ppm and I can STILL taste that chemically flavor. Also, the fam wouldn’t eat things I used the rub on but that wasn’t a tragedy because half the time the kids won’t eat anything but chicken nuggets shaped in blobs that they swear are dinosaurs. 🙄
Don’t let what happened to me happen to you. Start with 1 grain. If that’s not enough maybe try 5 grains. DO NOT exceed a tsp unless A. You know what your doing or B. You are preparing a feast for a med-large village.
Good luck kitchen warriors.
February 2021 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase