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What's an ingredient you love to use to amp up your cooking? (lemmy.world)
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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.

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[–] tallwookie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the tempoyak was sort of stinky (like some cheeses are) - I've done a lot of lacto-fermenting so I could tell it hadnt gone bad but it sure didnt smell very good during the ferment and the texture was somewhere between a slime mold and natto. taste was very unique though, savory and salty. if you enjoy really moldy blue cheese and if you can get fresh durian I'd recommend trying to make it.

mead is super easy - boil water & honey, let it cool down to skin temperature and add in yeast (champagne yeast works well). add an airlock and forget about it for a month, then clarify it and draw the cleared mead off before drinking (or aging). the most important thing is to sterilize everything before you start. a melomel is a mead with fruit added - this can cause a secondary fermentation and the results can be... explosive. brew somewhere thats easy to clean up.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tallwookie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that sounds tasty! crabs are kind of sour though?

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They are. I like sour, lol. I'll probably shoot for a sweet or semi-sweet.