"Miso" is Japanese fermented soybean paste. That may not sound too tempting, but diluted and used as a base for soups or sauces, miso has a rich, warm salty taste quite unlike most of the spices in western cooking. Miso soup is the classic dish for miso, where it is mixed with a fish soup stock and tofu, seaweed or other vegetables and served at pretty much every meal in a Japanese household.
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