In the “Add a pinch of sugar” thread, many of you mentioned other things you like to add to boost the flavor in your dishes - MSG, tomato powder, soy sauce, etc. What’s an ingredient you find that you love to add to dishes to improve the flavor (or aroma, texture, or maybe even the way it looks)?

I am a big fan of mushroom powder. It adds a nice boost of umami with some additional flavor that comes along for the ride. Just throw some dried mushrooms into a spice grinder and grind until powder.

    • The Giant KoreanOPMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Please post if you end up making the hooch! Banana hooch sounds great. I’ve been meaning to try making fruit wine or mead forever. I’ve never heard of tempoyak before but it actually sounds like it would be pretty good.

        • The Giant KoreanOPMEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Hmm OK. I might give the tempoyak a try sometime!

          I have a few books on brewing mead, I just need to pull the trigger and make some. I’ve got some old brewing equipment from when I brewed beer a few times. We have a crabapple tree, so I eat thinking of brewing a crabapple cyser, but will probably do a straight up mead first.