Taste No. 5 Umami Paste

[mworld]

Has anyone found this in the Twin Cities? I know I can order online but the shipping is almost as much as the tiny tube itself.

[Enso]

An ignorant question perhaps, but Is this different stuff than MSG?

[SmartCookie]

Umami Paste™ does not contain any MSG or have any added MSG. The ingredients are: TOMATO PUREE, GARLIC, ANCHOVY PASTE (ANCHOVIES, SALT, SUNFLOWER OIL), BLACK OLIVE, BALSAMIC VINEGAR, PORCINI MUSHROOMS, PARMESAN CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT.

[mworld]

Ingredients: tomato paste, garlic, anchovy paste, black olives, balsamic vinegar, dehydrated Porcini mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, citric acid, olive oil, wine vinegar, sugar, salt.

[Enso]

Thanks.

It appears that many of those ingredients are high in glutamic acid (aka a glutamate), a "natural" version of MSG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic... -- and the rest are probably there as taste enhancers.

For those who have tried it, how are you using it in food prep?

[mworld]

Thanks, folks. Surdyks still had it.

[BEM]

Coastal Seafood on Snelling has it.

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Coastal Seafoods
74 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105

[AnneInMpls]

I bought some umami paste - I *think* it was Taste No. 5 - at Surdyk's deli in December, right before Christmas. (Haven't tried it yet...) But their stock changes a lot - give 'em a call to see if they still have it.

Anne