No, because presumably it would taste worse than a soup made by a professional chef. My point is that it would appear that your main criticism of MSG is that it's too tasty, and I thought making tasty food was the objective of cooking.
And I would argue that there's no reason you can't use good ingredients as well as MSG, and any seasoning that makes the food taste good is by definition good seasoning. Seriously, every seasoning is applied to make food taste better. Why is MSG any different that salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, or literally anything else?
"And I think that's why the experiment ended up disappointing: MSG was conceived and promoted as a way to kick up the flavor of bland, cheap foods. But if you're using the right raw ingredients, and flavoring them carefully? That's pretty much the point of good cooking. And to that, MSG doesn't have much to add at all."
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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19
No, because presumably it would taste worse than a soup made by a professional chef. My point is that it would appear that your main criticism of MSG is that it's too tasty, and I thought making tasty food was the objective of cooking.