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Let's face it MSG makes everything taste better. If you disregard everything that is
said about msg and you just try it, I'll tell you one thing the conclusion will always be the same;
it makes food taste better. But since there's so many controversy with msg I decided to
make something 100% natural and the best part you have all of the ingredients to make this
at home. I mean take a look at the end result it just looks like any other regular seasoning. But
combining these special ingredients in the exact amount makes everything taste better
especially steaks. And here's how I made it. I started first by doing a big research on msg.
Then I wrote down everything that has msg naturally and to my surprise most of the things
we use it at home already. I mean i'm talking about tomatoes, yes tomato has msg inside. The same thing
goes with anchovies, that is why many people add anchovies to different things. And when you do so
it does not taste fishy it just makes it better that's because of the monosodium glutamate aka
msg. Another ingredient that we use every single day is onion and yes you guessed it it does have
msg as well. This one you might already be aware of it is mushroom and believe it or not any
type of mushroom has msg on it that's one of the reason we use it all the time. And i don't know if
you know about this one but what about parmesan cheese? Yes the little crystals that you see in
parmigiano-reggiano is actually msg. But mainly the most important ingredient might be this one it's
called dashi kombu aka dried seaweed. This thing is magical! I've even dry aged some steaks with it and
it turned out amazing, but most importantly this is the ingredient that msg is made out of. It has
one of the highest concentrated of monosodium glutamate. It goes to an insane process to be
able to extract everything out but today we're gonna extract it the easy way and here's how. The
first thing I needed to do is to put everything inside of my dehydrator. Removing the moisture
is extremely important, this will concentrate the monosodium glutamate and flavor. And even though
I did not talk about it those little things that you see right there is garlic. And after
putting it on my dehydrated for 20 hours this is what I was left with. Take a look at the tomatoes
it is as dry as the sahara desert. How about the anchovies? Take a look at this. You can clearly see
every single bone now and the oil that it was marinated on is completely gone. The garlic became
garlic chips, notice that they did not get burned that is very crucial. Since mushrooms is mainly
water check it out it dehydrated beautifully and the same thing happened with the onions. I know it
looks weird but the concentrate of msg on the skin is amazing, so i highly recommend you doing the
same. The combo on the other hand was mainly dry already but hey it never hurts to try to remove
a little bit more moisture. Before transforming them into seasoning the first thing we need to
do is to pulverize all of them and that is super easy you just gotta throw it into a spice grinder
and grind everything up. After running it through the spice grinder this is what i was left with
perfect mushroom powder. Now the only thing left to do is to go ahead and do the same exact thing with
all of the other ingredients because once I have done so take a look at this. That is how you can
make your own spices at home and this one is fire. But now that I have all of my spices grind up and
ready to go the only thing left to do is to put it together. And the ratio is very simple you want to
put one part of each and if there's one thing you gotta remember is this make sure you make plenty
of it. There's a very high chance of this being the best seasoning you ever had, especially if you're
gonna combine it with steaks. Talking about that that is exactly what I'm gonna do. And for today
I'm gonna be using these three beautiful steaks. As you can see they are all prime grade new york
strips. Whenever you're shopping for steaks this is exactly what you're looking for. It is steak
perfection. I first started by seasoning all of the steak with a little bit of salt, followed by
freshly ground black pepper and garlic powder. That is what I normally do with every single
steak and as always make sure you season both sides and the edges. Now the very first steak is
going to stay exactly just like that nothing else. The one in the middle on the other hand I'm adding
msg, yes the one that you can buy it from the store. But the third one we're going to be using the one
we just made putting it head to head like this on a taste test is definitely the way to go. It's
the only way we can determine the true winner. But as you can see I made sure to season them
perfectly because the only thing left to do now is to cook them, and for that I'm going to be first
putting a beautiful sear. Once that's done I'll be cooking them in indirect heat until I reach an
internal temperature of 135 degrees fahrenheit and for that I'll be using my wireless thermometers. So
now I say it is enough talking and it is time for us to cook these beautiful steaks. So let's do it!
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All right everybody here we have our beautiful steaks Maumau. -It's been a while since I had steaks the Guga. -But today it looks like
we have steak every day Maumau explain to them. -We don't have it every day we have it every day guys.
-We wish, we wish, but we don't everybody. All right so here's the deal Maumau, obviously we have three
beautiful perfectly cooked steak to perfection medium rare just the way we like. -Smells so good! -it i know right?
Okay we have an experiment obviously. -Of course. -Yeah we have three steaks I know
So here's the deal I want to know which one is better, that's all I want to know. You tell
me which one is better sounds good? We'll start with this one right here. -Let's do it.
-So juicy everybody. If you don't like juicy steak there's something wrong with you huh.
Juicy to the max. -Super tender too. -Exactly that's because it was cooked in medium rare.
Go cook your steak well done you see what happens it'll be a shoe leather. Not judging if you like
that that that's okay. -It's up to you. -You ready for this? -Let's go. -All right cheers everybody.
Juicy, tender, flavorful, nice little char in the middle. -That's the little pinky up. -That's
the pinky up whenever you fine dining. That is incredible. Super good. -There's not much to say
when a steak is just right everybody. It is just right! -I'm hoping that this is the control because
it's really good but there's nothing like wow. -It's a Guga steak that's all we can say yeah. -Okay. -Very
good highly recommend. I'm excited for the second one. You ready Maumau? Oh I see you went for the whole
bite. -Oh yeah. -Maumau did not wait everybody and there's nothing wrong with that. -No time to waste
here. -All right we're gonna go for the second one hmm. You ready Maumau? -Smells the same.
-Smells the same, exactly. All right we're going to find out there's a difference cheers everybody.
-Oh there's something different here. -There is something different there.
Is it better? -Wow! -You okay? -I don't know if it's juicier or if it's just my
my cheeks going more. -Oh your cheeks are doing something Maumau?
-Very juicy, very tasty there's a little something little extra layer of flavor over there I cannot
tell what it is. I agree with you 100%. -But it's really good. -It is amazing, there's a
slight difference just like you say you can't put your fingers around it Maumau. -No, I can tell that
it's there but I cannot say what it is. Okay I can tell you what it is. It is better Maumau.
I'm excited to find out the last one. You ready? -Let's go. -All right let's go for it.
-Wow. -Oh you were gonna take double. -Wow. -What happened Maumau? -I didn't get double. -Tender, tender,
tender to the max. Okay this one all of them cut like butter let's be honest all right. -All of them.
-These are all prime steak everybody you can't go wrong, whenever you're getting prime
I'm super excited to try this one. -The smell of char. -I know right? Isn't it amazing? -It's
amazing. -Okay enough talking Maumau I'm excited. You ready? Cheers everybody.
Yes! You like that one better?
-Hi baby. I've been missing you my whole life.
-Yes, yes, give me five Maumau. You don't even know what's going on. -What are you doing?
-I am super pumped for that boy!
-I'm guessing this is the, your experiment. -Yes! -Wow whatever that is better everybody whatever it
is that is amazing. -Wow to say that I'm excited is an understatement everybody. I apologize for going
a little bit nuts over here Maumau. -What did you put here? This is my third piece already. -Oh Maumau
it's not playing around. -Wow! -I am so excited how wonderful and well this works. Yes it is a little
bit of work, yes it takes a little bit of time. Is it worth it Maumau? -Yes whatever you did, that's
worth it. So here's the deal, our very first steak you are absolutely right our regular control steak.
-Okay. -Now this one here of course because your cheek was squeezing. Remember that Uncle Roger?
-Yeah. -We put a little bit of msg in there Maumau. Yes correct. -And what the hell did you do here? -This
one I made my homemade msg. -That's msg on crack. -Guys this works wonders. It does not change the
flavor of the steak, it just makes the steak better. -Everybody knows you have the the savory the sweet
and the bitter on your mouth, right? And then the fourth one is the umami. Umami is the fifth one
but okay. -You have all those flavors and then you have the umami on your mouth and then the msg
is like the umami combined with something else. And this one it's like an extra layer on top of the umami.
-So did I create the six taste? -Sixth taste baby. -Guys I've just created the six I don't know how to
say that right but you guys got the point. Number six taste everybody. It is phenomenal. -Incredible.
-I highly recommend. I don't know how well it will taste on vegetables and other things, that
we normally put msg on. -You have any left? -Oh yeah I have a bunch. -We gotta try it. -We're
gonna try it on other things such as vegetables. Here are the results I don't know if it's saying
if it's saying yes it's because it actually work on other things as well. Anyway guys these are the
results I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you do enjoy it make sure to give it a thumbs
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watching and we'll see you guys on the next one. Because Maumau's cheek is really squeezing him.
-You know when you laugh too much and your cheeks get sore, yeah but now it's the inside of my cheeks.