Thursday, July 03, 2008

the super flavor enhancer

so yesterday in the supermarket i found what i had previously searched for, then forgot i was looking for, then remembered to look for but never when i was in the store, the magical asian spice that adds that mysterious sixth flavor, what you eat in every chinese restaurant even if they tell you you're not: weijing AKA monosodium glutamate AKA MSG. i just added it into the sausage-tomato-eggplant-chive egg scramble that is my go to meal when i cook for myself. it was delicious. i'm never going back.

3 comments:

Ann said...

agreed. MSG is the stuff.

Anonymous said...

Try using a little bit with baby bok choi (qing cai) sauteed in canola oil. You'll think you've died and gone to vegetable heaven.

Ben said...

suggestion taken into consideration