Thanks, Tom...just arrived on the west coast. Had a chance to taste it and IMHO it is somewhat hotter than the original. That is not all that bad, but it may prove a shock to some of our milder folk:-))! You there SandyO? I do have a big pot of chicken veggie soup on the burner at the moment and I threw some into that. The powder, mushrooms, green leek ends will sit there, burner off until supper time. Should be well mixed in by that time:-) so will post again later. Cheers, Doug in BC