Article: Soy sauce a lot more than stuff in those little packets.(Food Plus)

Byline: Don Mauer

Soy sauce: a simple yet elegant seasoning. It's as old as the ages - at least 2,500 years - but is newly discovered every day. It's difficult to describe soy sauce's intricate and sophisticated flavors, but there's nothing complex about its ingredients: soybeans, water and salt.

When I write "soy sauce," I'm not referring to the stuff found in those clear plastic packets tossed freely into take-out bags. No. That soy stuff never saw a fermentation tank and is really a mixture of hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrochloric acid with caramel (for color), corn syrup and preservatives.

"Real" soy sauce ferments for up to four ...

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