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How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by rubyn00bie »

FWIW I've always called MSG "Makes Stuff Good," because it does just that... I realized it wasn't bad mostly because there was no seeming regularity to if I felt bad after eating foods with it.

Eventually it dawned on me that perhaps overeating an abundance of oil in foods with it probably makes me feel like shit, and... yep, it was the oil (maybe others will have similar anecdotes).

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by ttul »

I routinely sprinkle MSG onto my roast potatoes and into salads. Just a tiny bit and everyone is wondering how I make such amazingly tasty food.

MSG won me over after I read about Nathan Myhrvold using it in his science kitchen.

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by p1necone »

Sliced tomatoes sprinkled with salt, pepper and msg on toast are very good.

Although I imagine if you can get decent vine ripened heirloom tomatoes where you are the msg would probably be unnecessary.

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by TACIXAT »

I've isolated MSG as a cause of sinus headaches for me, along with a handful of other foods. It is in some flavored chips, and the first few times when going back and trying to figure out what caused my headache I was surprised to see it in the ingredient list since it has such a stigma. I also run into it at kbbq places mixed in with the salt.

Not saying it is bad for everyone, but it is a consistent issue for me.

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by darkpuma »

TACIXAT wrote: post #7

I've isolated MSG as a cause of sinus headaches for me, along with a handful of other foods. It is in some flavored chips, and the first few times when going back and trying to figure out what caused my headache I was surprised to see it in the ingredient list since it has such a stigma. I also run into it at kbbq places mixed in with the salt. Not saying it is bad for everyone, but it is a consistent issue for me.

MSG is frequently used despite it's bad rap because the people who dislike it are a vocal minority. Most people say that food prepared with MSG tastes great, unaware that MSG is in it or that some people think they should object to that.

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by icelancer »

ttul wrote: post #4

I routinely sprinkle MSG onto my roast potatoes and into salads. Just a tiny bit and everyone is wondering how I make such amazingly tasty food. MSG won me over after I read about Nathan Myhrvold using it in his science kitchen.

I ate MSG (Accent bottle) growing up in the 1980's but didn't think much of it. One day it went away and I also didn't notice since I was a kid.

At 33 years of age, a Dominican was sprinkling the same damn style of Accent bottle on his tacos. I asked him if that was MSG, and he said yes. I borrowed it, put some on my pasta with sausage, ate it, and I have great hatred towards the last two decades of taste augmentation stolen from me as a result of the MSG myth.

Re: How MSG Got a Bad Rap (2016)

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Post by icelancer »

rubyn00bie wrote: post #3

FWIW I've always called MSG "Makes Stuff Good," because it does just that... I realized it wasn't bad mostly because there was no seeming regularity to if I felt bad after eating foods with it. Eventually it dawned on me that perhaps overeating an abundance of oil in foods with it probably makes me feel like shit, and... yep, it was the oil (maybe others will have similar anecdotes).

It's carbs for me, but yeah, it's never the actual MSG obviously.
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