> Dang! I spend too much time running an A&P lab at a community college in here in Queens! Why do I know this! What's worse, is that now WE all know it... On that note... aside from MSG... what else are Glutamic acids? Does this explain the metallic aftertaste in certain foods??? T CH# Unassigned, Mata Habi of the Moderate Corps Tina Brooks VP Marketing, Peppermaster(TM) Hot Sauces http://www.peppermaster.com Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. http://www.pepperfire.ca Phone: (514) 393-3430 26 St. Jean Baptiste, East Rigaud, Quebec, Canada J0P 1P0 Network with me on http://www.gourmetbusinessforum.com/ "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller"