[Muncle]

The talk on one of the other threads got me remembering Maggi seasoning and sauces. This is definitely an international brand available throughout the world, but with different products available. You can find Maggi here -- most supermarkets have 6 or 8 selections of bullion and maybe a soup mix. I've found internet sites with a bit wider selection, but I can't find exactly what I want.

I know a goodly number of you spent time in Germany. I was there '85-'94, and no, mein Deutsche est nicht gut. Anyway, the German markets had shelves packed with Maggi products. One item I purchased regularly was a cardboard tub about 4 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall, with replaceable plastic lid. Since my German sucked so badly, I never knew the proper name of the product and certainly not the instructions for proper usages. But I'd mix about a tbsp of the stuff with a bunch of water (a guy measurement) and add it to a pan where pork chops or sausage were almost done. You boil down the water a bit, keeping the stuff well mixed, and you ended up with a super simple, male-friendly sauce/gravy for which one could die.

Does any of this ring a bell to anyone? I've looked on 1,263 web sites, hoping to spot the familiar package. No luck. I've considered writing Maggi -- now owned by Nestles -- but I'm at a loss as to what to say: "Hey, you guys know that powder stuff that comes in the 4 X 4 reddish, I think, tube, that has a bunch of German writing on it and you add it to pork things for sauce? Where can I get it?"

Anybody else remember?



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