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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:34:58 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:55:25 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will never understand why people go on and on about
>>>> how good they are with they're as crappy tasting as any other bullion.
>>> Obviously you're in the minority.
>>>
>>> Even when making my home made chicken stock, some chicken base goes in
>>> there at the very end to brighten it up.

>> I'm with you. I always end up throwing in some chicken boullion to my
>> chicken vegetable soup starting from homemade stock. I'm assuming that
>> enhanced taste comes from the salt and the msg added?

>
> I would never use boullion. The main ingredient in the bases I buy is
> meat/poultry/fish.
>
> Here's the ingredients of a popular brand of cubes:
>
> Salt, Flavor (Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Salt), Sugar, Contains 2% or
> less of Silicon Dioxide (Anticaking Agent), Natural Flavor (Autolyzed
> Yeast Extract, Salt, Sugar, Whey Powder [from Milk], Lactic Acid),
> Chicken Fat, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate, Dehydrated
> Cooked Chicken (Contains Natural Flavor), Dehydrated Parsley,
> Turmeric, Onion Powder, Spice, Garlic Powder. No MSG Added (Contains
> Naturally Occurring Glutamates).
>
> Anybody comparing boullion to bases upthread are pretty ignorant, IMO.
>
> -sw


Bleah!

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