Comment on Is Chicken Salt Australia's MSG?
Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
As far as I know, MSG is generally cooked into food whereas chicken salt is a seasoning you add on top at the end. The single exception I’m aware of is sometimes MSG is added as a side to certain Korean dishes (you dip whatever you’re eating in the MSG). In general I don’t think it’s something you would eat in the same way you eat chicken salt, though. MSG doesn’t have the same use, it’s more about feel than taste which is why it’s usually mixed in with other things as opposed to being the main seasoning. It enhances other flavours whereas chicken salt is the main flavour.
Personally this is why I never have chicken salt if I’m eating chips with fish, because it is too strong and dominates the fish flavour. I would say the way vinegar is used in the UK, particularly on similar foods like fish and chips, is a more accurate comparison (I wouldn’t have this combination either for a similar reason).
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah, i suppose i was mainly thinking of some fried chicken with MSG to dip that was just awesome as the comparison, but you’re right its mainly used in cooking, whereas chicken salt is on top.
Hadn’t clocked this. Don’t eat fish often, but when i do i’ll make sure to remember this, i instantly imagined that overpowering sensation of the chicken salt as you describe.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I had one really bad experience when I was a kid where we got fish and chips from a new place because our usual was unexpectedly closed. They put chicken salt on everything and it became like this running joke in our family about the worst fish and chips ever because it didn’t even qualify as fish - it tasted like chicken lol
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Ha, the experience scarred the whole family! I mean thats an achievement of sorts!