"Marie" > wrote in message
.. .
> Happy New Year all.
>
> We've been using the Dale's Seasoning for both grilled steaks and jerky
with
> great results. The biggest problem that we have is the sporadic
availability
> in the major local supermarket chains that dominate here in So.Fl. (Winn
> Dixie/Publix). Both can go months without the marinade on the shelves. The
> only other option that we have is the Moore's brand that is a very dismal
> second and also subject to the same availability problems. Trying to
> duplicate the marinade seems simple at first, as it appears to be similar
to
> soy sauce with powdered ginger,onion, and garlic added with a healthy dose
> of MSG (Shades of a Terryiaki minus the wine and sweetner). Beyond that,
> something seems to be missing from the brew. We've tried the only clone
> recipe that we could find that adds Wasabi powder,Chinese 5 spice,and
> suggests using ground Chipotle powder that we can't find anywhere locally.
> The Wasabi powder and 5 spice added to the above dramatically removes the
> taste from anything similar to Dale's and knowing the taste of Chipotle, I
> hardly think that it is a possible ingredient either.
> Has anyone either tried to duplicate the marinade or know of a similar
> copycat recipe? Years ago, when Dale's was sold in the little glass
> bottles, the company pitched a story that the "secret recipe" was brought
> back from Japan following WWII for use in their restaurant. This would
lead
> one to suspect that the marinade might very well be a derivative of a
> traditional Japanese recipe. FWIW, we once found a product sold in latin
> markets marketed under the name of Maggi (Nestle Latin Markets) simply
> labeled as "Sazon" or Seasoning, but imported from China. The taste was
> extremely close.
>
> Can anyone make any suggestions to what else might be in this marinade?
>
> TIA,
>
> Marie
>
>
Try buying a bottle of Lauriat dark soy sauce (Philippines). It's
remarkably similar to Dale's. Better IMO. There are many iterations of
dark soy sauce and the ones from Thailand are very sweet, so don't confuse
the two.

Jack Curry