AdunniIwo:


God bless you! But, do u or do u not like seasoning?

Locust bean, Onions, salt, ginger and galic are better and medicinal than Seasoning.

agarawu23:
if after all your seasoning and your food is still tasteless without salt, what's the 'job' of the seasonings then? If salt can give u the perfect taste after adding 10 different seasonings, why cant u come into conclusion that salt is the only key to make your food taste great?

I even hear say all this seasoning dey cause cancer and different types of diseases. Why do villagers live longer than we in the cities? No be because of our chop chop?

mr oga,I've been cooking since 13years of age,and I'm now above 30,there's no way a non seasoned food would taste great like a seasoned one,and wetin dey remain for this world wey all those doctors never get side effect for,abeg na the grace of God,who go die go die.

There was a time my wife cooked soup with maggi,it was tasteless. After swallowing the first "okele" the second one became an abomination

dfrost:


Irú is natural, isn't it? The point agarawu23 is trying to achieve (correct me if I'm wrong) is can women cook tasty foods without seasoning?

you get it bro

This thread made FP
Too much mention oooooooooooo

lifenajeje:
Op point of correction its called seasoning not maggi as maggi is a brand name....am a Knorr fan..forget Knorr chicken...beef etc..nothing like the ordinary Knorr...

To the topic...what is appealing to you is not to others...

Food taste better when seasoned or spiced.

I cook with and without seasing depending on what am eating and how I want the food to taste.

There is no need for argument......

Carry out a blind man's test.. It implies cook same food using same heat..same ingredients...same time ...one with salt and the other with salt and seasoning....serve it in two separate labelled bowls A&B ...blindfold fifty persons and ask them to taste...you can interchange the bowl to serve from first repeatedly... Let them tell u which is tastier....

I made a sugarless ice cream for a friend once he keeps coming back for more...y...cos what is appealing to you is not to others

Further point of correction . It is not "called seasoning". Seasoning is a generic term which could mean salt ,Maggi Knorr,curry etc so seasoning does not identify it. If you say "bring some seasoning" ,No way does that mean Maggi or Knorr exclusively it could mean thyme or garlic or ginger


The proper generic name is "STOCK CUBE" or "BOUILLON CUBE" and yes you are correct Maggi is a brand name .

A good alternative is "MEAT WATER"
Maggi stock cubes were introduced in 1908 and as is the case with many branded products the First brand(or Leading brand) is often used in place of the CLASS

e.g

Xerox
Coke
Google
Guinness
etc

Just be sure if you are going around correcting people you have all the facts.

Back to subject. The issue is PALATABILITY and a key ingredient in many stock cubes is MonoSodium Glutamate which actually tastes like salt and COULD be mildly addictive so much that some people will show a very strong preference for MSG foods.

This is an important factor for those who mix feeds for poultry and Fish. Adding salt or Maggi can enhance animal feeding and weight gain

With or without seasoning maggi or knorr if everyone stops using it don't u know it wld add more problems to our society too. By cursing more unemployment nd also affect d economy Cus all dis seasoning are all produced here in Nigeria. So my people cocoyam and yam all na the same no one dey grow on top tree. Use common sense.

I am a woman that cooks without Maggi. Curry, thyme, ginger, garlic and salt are enough. Then crayfish and Iru for traditional meals. I find that cooking is about chemistry. It depends on when you add the seasoning that matters. If you add seasoning when food is at high temperature it absorbs the seasoning more. In fact you will be scared, cause little salt can't spoil the food. Each food has its own flavor, don't kill it with maggi

How does this affect you now? If you do not like maggi, cook your food yourself!

My mother in law detest "maggi". Her cooking is super, no sentiments.

baby124:
I am a woman that cooks without Maggi. Curry, thyme, ginger, garlic and salt are enough. Then crayfish and Iru for traditional meals. I find that cooking is about chemistry. It depends on when you add the seasoning that matters. If you add seasoning when food is at high temperature it absorbs the seasoning more. In fact you will be scared, cause little salt can't spoil the food. Each food has its own flavor, don't kill it with maggi

I have tried it before but you need to have a basket of spices. It is easier to buy the stock cubes.

ebyoma:
This is interesting.. will definitely try it one day to know how it's gonna taste.

BTW agarawu23, what if you cook the meat/fish do you add maggi or just salt

just little salt and onion

daretodiffer:


I have tried it before but you need to have a basket of spices. It is easier to buy the stock cubes.

No you don't. Just those spices above. How can you tell someone who cooks without maggi what you think, when you cook with maggi

Abbycuttie:








I've cooked without maggi times without no n d food do taste great

good u know

huntax:

But they use Iru or ewuro.

yh
Iru is cool

bee444:


You want to die early? I thought you use natural flavors, but salt only? Too bad for your health.

hmmm...

Maggi is nedded wen u'r broke, & do no have sufficient ingredients,,, but not for soup

baby124:

No you don't. Just those spices above. How can you tell someone who cooks without maggi what you think, when you cook with maggi

My taste bud is no longer sensitive to garlic and ginger. So I need a combination of other spices.

Have you tried fresh tumeric? It si the best thing for rice stew

Allwility:
@OP I will try explaining why. First there are five basic tastes namely:

1. Sweetness

2. Sourness

3. Bitterness

4. Saltiness

5. Umami

You might be familiar with the first four so I will talk more on Umami. Umami is responsible for the savory tastes in foods. The Umami receptors in the taste buds are usually stimulated by glutamates eg MSG. Your maggi and noodles seasoning contains this MSG. However tomatoes, soy sauce, veggies and mushrooms are rich in Umami but not to the extent of your seasonings.

On a second thought I believe Ogiri also stimulate the Umami taste bud. Besides, you can't get the savory/ umami feel if you use salt. You will only get a more salty food.

thanks for this

solidman59:
You are certainly not a good cook. Ewwwwww, how do you even swallow such tasteless meals? . I smell you are a yoruba guy.

what has my tribe gat to do with the topic of discussion? Smh..

MrCork:




.....ARE THEY YOUR SERVANT??.... BUSH MAN!!!

lol

Pekam man

My girlfriend doesn't use maggi too. I told a friend yesterday and she was surprised

daretodiffer:


My taste bud is no longer sensitive to garlic and ginger. So I need a combination of other spices.

Have you tried fresh tumeric? It si the best thing for rice stew

That is why you say it does not taste the same. Because you have killed your buds with maggi. You don't even taste the food again, just maggi maggi. I have never tried tumeric. Just ordinarily sautéing garlic, onion, tomato and ginger with salt can bring out a heavenly flavor. It's all about when you add your seasoning with cooking. Adding these spices at high temperatures will greatly reduce your salt use. After cooking without maggi for some time, when you taste good that has maggi you can tell immediately. In fact I get headaches from maggi food. If you try my jollof and fried rice without maggi, you will bow.

ikorodureporta:
Maggi is nedded wen u'r broke, & do no have sufficient ingredients,,, but not for soup

Exactly. She uses it when there is insufficient ingredients.

Gaddafithe2nd:

Locust bean, Onions, salt, ginger and galic are better and medicinal than Seasoning.

Ehn ehn? Okay, thanks.

loomer:
I no kuku sabi cook, with or without Maggi I no dey see difference

bros we be d-same.lol

To be frank it's possible to cook without adding Maggi, I've been married for 6years now and my husband preferred my food without Maggi than adding different seasoning to food.

baby124:

That is why you say it does not taste the same. Because you have killed your buds with maggi. You don't even taste the food again, just maggi maggi. I have never tried tumeric. Just ordinarily sautéing garlic, onion, tomato and ginger with salt can bring out a heavenly flavor. It's all about when you add your seasoning with cooking. Adding these spices at high temperatures will greatly reduce your salt use. After cooking without maggi for some time, when you taste good that has maggi you can tell immediately. In fact I get headaches from maggi food. If you try my jollof and fried rice without maggi, you will bow.

Do you know how long I/we have been using ginger and garlic?

I know a lot about spices and I know that my taste bud is less sensitive to garlic and ginger.

possibilita:
bros we be d-same.lol

I dey tell you. The most important thing na make we chop belleful

Red onion is more flavoful than white onions
Locust beans
Garam masala
peanut powder
Cameroon pepper
Black peppercorn
Tumeric
Ginger
Garlic
Fish/Meat Stock
Cumin
Peanut powder
Citrus juice(great for seafoods)
Bitter leaf
Thyme and curry

agarawu23:
Good evening all

I have been wondering why ladies can't cook good food without adding Maggi

What is the 'job' of Maggi in your cooking?

There was a day I told my gf that I don't put Maggi in my cooking and she was like " how will the food taste"?

Honestly speaking, I am a good cook and I don't use maggi for the past 3years now and I still get good taste.

Must u use Maggi?

Mom schooled me on that way back, my brother it works wonder. People in the village don't use seasoning(Maggi) and they lived longer.. iru ati alubosa old time secret...

kachi19:
Husband Material :/ ur right, u must not use maagi cos maggi isn't the only food enhancing seasoning; we have knorr, onga, master chef. Abeg which one u de use??

i believe Royco should be there somewhere.....