On Jun 23, 3:46*pm, "Michael Kuettner" >
wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:11:11 +0200, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>
> >> blake murphy wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:02:10 -0400, Bob Muncie wrote:
>
> >>>> But Michael & Jill make valid points. If you are posting a recipe, you
> >>>> should not use brand specific references, or a custom type blend of
> >>>> things unless you can also describe them so everyone can enjoy. Sort
> >>>> of like your breakdown of the blends which you can get from the
> >>>> ingredient list on the spice blend itself. I think that is likely
> >>>> where you got your breakdown/description.
>
> >>> i don't think i would ask people to go that extra mile. *most are
> >>> familiar with these types of spice blends, and if brand names are used,
> >>> google can usually unearth specific ingredients.
>
> >> Nope. Most USAns might be. The rest of the world isn't.
> >> What you sell as "Italian herb-mix" an Italian wouldn't recognize, eg.
>
> >> If a recipe for a mix has only one natural ingredient (flour) in
> >> it, but 2 spice mixes and "garlic powder", I'm really not motivated
> >> to look any further. A visit to McDonalds would take less time
> >> and couldn't be worse (and I hate McD).
>
> > well, sure - i skip (or think of a substitute) when i see garlic powder,
> > too. *but still, if a mix is what you use when you cook it, i think
> > that's what you should say. *otherwise (as i said in another post) how
> > could you vouch for the results?
>
> Very well. So there seems to be a standard definition for "steak mix"
> in the USA ? Please point me to it.
> Outside your country, every manufacturer offers his own mix.
> And those mixes vary so vastly that I have not the foggiest idea
> what the results of that recipe should be.
>
> Re McCormicks in another post :
> "McCormick Char Broil and Grill Seasoning Ingredients: salt, sugar,
> garlic,onion, caramel color, maltodextrin, molasses, spices, xanthan gum,
> natural grill flavor (from partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean
> oil),
> silicon dioxide (added to make free flowing), and sulfiting agents.
> "
> That seems to be their version of steak mix, which is so unlike everything
> I've ever seen that I'm starting to believe in Area 51.
> Would you really like to eat _that_ ?

Maybe. Here's the ingredient list from the barbecue potato chips I
just ate:

Potatoes, vegetable oil (cottonseed or palm oil), salt
Seasoning: dextrose, sugar, salt, color (turmeric extract, annatto
extract, paprika extract)
powdered onion, citric acid, powdered garlic, canola oil, spice
extract, maltodextrin,
natural smoke flavor, and silicon dioxide and tricalcium phosphate as
anti-caking agents.
Contains sulfites.

Cindy Hamilton