When I first dabbled in the world of cooking, I used to rely heavily on pre-made stir fry sauces from the supermarkets. It makes cooking less intimidating as all I had to do was to cut up some fresh meat and vegetables, tossed them in the pan  with the pre-made sauce. No sweat.  Although each time the cooking process was almost identical, the results,on the other hand, were hit and miss depending on the sauces I used.  Actually when I think about it, I had more misses and hits.  One of my bad experiences is the extreme thirstiness  I felt after trying out a X#@X sauce which was an indication of too much MSG.

Nowadays, I might give in to pre-made sauces on some rare ocassions given that old habits die hard,  I began to concoct my own stir fry sauces as often as possible.