What is "K. M S" as an ingredient to a recipe for Sweet & Sour Spareribs?!
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Sweet and Sour Spareribs
Spareribs are baked with a combination of pineapple, ketchup, vinegar, sugar, and other seasonings.
Prep Time: :
Cook Time: 2:
Ingredients:
* 3 pounds spareribs, cut into serving pieces
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* 1/4 cup vinegar
* 1/2 cup ketchup
* 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Preparation:
Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, vinegar, ketchup, pineapple, and soy sauce. Cook over medium heat until slightly thickened. Arrange a layer of spareribs in a roasting pan. Cover with half of the pineapple mixture; repeat layers. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 2 hours.
Serves 3 to 4.
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MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE. That's my suggestion. It was (and still is, to a lesser degree), a popular additive to Chinese/Asian foods/sauces. It's not exactly salt, it's not exactly soy sauce...it's intense stuff. I don't know if Kikkoman's made/packaged MSG (that's how it was usually shortened), but my guess is the K. stands for a brand name such as Kikkoman's, and the MS is for Monosodium glutamate. It was The Next Big Thing (after Jell-o salads) in the 50s.
I suggest avoiding the MSG...it does bad things to many people, right after eating -- dizziness, heart racing -- never mind the long-term possibility of cancer. You might have to tinker with the recipe, at least to cut back the MSG, perhaps to replace some of it with some honest salt and/or soy sauce.
The only thing I can think of is Kikomon Soy, which fits both the initials and the ingredient list.