Oyster sauce salt, should be added to the sauce, since the oysters should provide all the savoury flavour. However, this method is prohibitively expensive. Many modern oyster sauces are thickened with cornstarch, flavoured with oyster essence or extract and darkened with caramel. Vegetarian oyster sauce prepared from mushrooms, often oyster mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms, is also popular and generally lower in price. It may contain more taste enhancers if less mushroom extract is used to reduce costs. Most of the oyster sauces available on the market contain added monosodium glutamate (MSG). In recent years MSG-free varieties can also be found. The taste
Portobello Pier Portobello Pier Portobello Pier was a pleasure pier opened in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1871. It was long. It was designed by Thomas Bouch and had a tea room and a concert hall. It was damaged by storms and corrosion of its iron supports and was demolished in 1917. It cost one penny to visit the pier. When it opened on 23 May 1871 over 2500 visited in a day. There were pleasure boat excursions to the Isle of May and Fife. The fact that it was open on a Sunday caused some controversy. Day-trippers came by train from all