On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 9:24:38 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 4:03:44 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:56:15 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 11:17:42 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > >> On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:14:50 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > >> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >I got some Korean made soy sauce from the Korean mart. I got the middle price sauce of a certain brand. I've never tasted Korean soy sauce. It tasted great i.e., it tasted like Aloha shoyu.
> > >>
> > >> Aloha shoyu is one of the bad soy sauces. It's not naturally brewed.
> > >> It's a chemical concoction and contains sodium benzoate. Avoid.
> > >
> > >What makes a hydrolyzed soy sauce bad? Nothing except that people
> > >think that it is. Some people that never tasted Aloha said it was a
> > >bad thing and other people who never tasted it believed them. If it
> > >was a bad shoyu, I wouldn't use the stuff.
> >
> > Yes, you would. You'll eat anything, because you never know when the
> > Big Hawaiian Famine comes! During a famine, I'd use Aloha shoyu too.
> > Fortunately though, we have a choice in the US and Australia.
> >
> > >My guess is that soy sauce is an unimportant condiment in your life. We're experts on soy sauce. I see no reason to put my faith on clueless amateurs.
> >
> > Don't take it from me. Google is your oyster
>
> In other words, you don't know why Aloha shoyu is "bad." It's probably a good idea to ignore people that don't know enough about a table condiment to render an informed decision.

I've tasted both hydrolyzed and brewed soy sauce. Hydrolyzed tasted "bad".

Cindy Hamilton