Genuinely, I don’t know how else to get the word out, but I feel like if your home-cooked dinners don’t taste right, you’re missing either paprika, sugar, butter, or chicken bouillon.
Still not right? It might be missing one of these: Mustard powder, soy sauce, fish sauce, vinegar. MSG. Ketchup. Mushroom powder. Maple syrup. Honey.
Hey everyone, MSG is a valid culinary ingredient. It’s literally salt. Stop sending me racist messages.
The way demonization of MSG is still so normalized drives me up the fucking wall. Even among people who don’t think it’s literal poison or believe racist conspiracy theories about it, you often see people talking about how it’s lazy bc it’s a shortcut to make mediocre food taste better and like… That’s literally just how seasoning food works. “Oh MSG just tricks your brain into thinking the food tastes better by artificially stimulating your umami tastebuds” THAT’S HOW SUGAR AND SALT WORK TOO.
I love MSG. If you don’t like MSG go fuck yourself