Topic: pleased with this one

[pete]

I'll take a closer look
I thought it was a yellow/brown  colour
I'll  probably buy some, next time I'm in the shop.

[pete]

I bought some all purpose seasoning
It's made by East End
The colour is a dull orange/brown
Here's the Ingredients:-

Salt
Monosodium glutimate
chilli powder
onion powder
pepper
paprika
vegetable oil
anti caking agant
garlic powder
nutmeg
celery
coriander
cummin
cardomons
cloves
colour E160b

I'll try it in my next curry

[vin daloo]

Aye, thats the one,  Dont think it makes that much of a difference to the taste though, i use it in anythin spicy i cook.

[pete]

I put some of the all purpose seasoning in a vindaloo.
I noticed the extra salty taste but nothing really else.
Being as it has msg in, I don't want to use it unless it makes a massive difference.
I'll try it in another one and see
I was expecting a "taste explosion" and it didn't happen
What exactly is a "flavour enhancer" if it doesn't do something pretty amazing?
Surely salt has to be the ultimate flavour enhancer

[blade1212]

I tried MSG in some homemade Chinese dishes recently and didn't notice any difference. I agree wityh you Pete, I think salt does the job.

[Curry King]

I agree with salt and lots of it espcially in the gravy, if theres not enough salt in my curry now I can taste it "missing" but go a little to far and it ruins it which ive done a few times.  I tend to stick loads in the gravy now and usualy don't have to add any at curry time but adjust if its not there.

[vin daloo]

No, i agree that seasoned salt doesnt make a noticeable difference, i just use it with anything spicy because of the spices in it.  As for msg i wouldnt worry about it, i mentioned before that i read its actually better for you than salt.  There was somethin about it causing cancer or something - but then again they recon eating red meat (and lots of other stuff) will give you cancer these days.

[Nessa]

There's a really interesting article in last month's Observer Food Monthly about msg here: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,9950,1522368,00.html, I was surprised to learn it naturally occurs in lots of food!? It may well be pertinent to the search for a good BIR clone.

[traveller]

I have to comment about MSG.  In the US, studies have found it to cause cancer in lab studies.  I mean - big studies - it is a confirmed fact!!!  The big push there is to privide food without it. I am very alarmed to see in the UK people dont care about that or just dont know about it.  I always read all the packages and make sure that nothing i buy has MSG in it!!  I ate at one chinese place here and after eating, had terrible symptoms - dizziness, giddiness and just felt terrible - symptoms from too much MSG!! I will not have any type of chinese food in the Uk anymore because none of them say their food is MSG free - in the US, all the restaurants advertise that they are 100% MSG free.

[Mark J]

Have you got links to those studies?