MSG

[Ariel Badger]

Monosodium glutamate, do you use it?
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[Redoko]

When the feeling takes me.
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[Ariel Badger]

When I was a kid some twonk of a hippy told me it was a short cut to an early grave but a little research says it is a cool additive to food in moderation. Observations and opinions welcomed.
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[Redoko]

Been used in recipes for over a 100 years so can't imagine it's doing that much harm. Still legal in Europe and the US if that's anything to go by.
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[angryjonny]

I add flavour, not flavour enhancer. I've no objection to it though. They just don't sell the stuff in Tescos - I'd have to go to the chinese supermarket in town. I'm happy to eat takeaways full of it.

[Werny]

I like to use it now and then. It does seem to add a special something that's not quite describable, it doesn't mask bad taste but does make good food taste even better.

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[Shaft]

My only knowing experience of it is in Chinese takeaways, where they chuck it about like there's no tomorrow.

After reading a bit about it (some years ago) I now ask my local Chinky to go a bit steady with it and, as a result, I don't wake up the next morning feeling like I've gone ten rounds with Frank Bruno.

Oh, and the food doesn't taste any different.
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[Rob]

It's one of KFC's 'secret herbs and spices'!
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[stigger]

In almost all blind testing done on MSG the subjects that complained of exposure to MSG were not...

It's just non sense of the highest order.

[Suntan Sid]

I used to use it when cooking Chinese food, haven't used it for years now, can't say I noticed the difference.
If you use good fresh ingredients you don't need it.

I find most Chinese food, in restaurants, is rubbish, sauces out of a bottle, loads of food colouring and stacks of MSG.
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[Rogerborg]

I use it with absolutely no (short term) ill effects what-so-ever apart from memory loss with absolutely no (short term) ill effects what-so-ever apart from memory loss.

I'd have to assume that the nay-sayers are just showing some good old fashioned lacial plejudice.

In the long term, oxygen is toxic, so meh.
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[daemonoid]

My only complaint about it is that it increases appetite. Not as badly as sugar though so probably not worth worrying about too much.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I bought some from a chinese supermarket years ago, can't honestly say I could tell the difference with and without.

It's all gone now and I wont bother buying more - I mainly used to use it in my beef jerky, seemed to help it dry a bit quicker without tasting salty.

[Bubbs]

I personally try my best to avoid it. Looking at the symptoms:

Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness

Just sounds to me like a hangover.
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[Wave2k]

Im not sure what it is, but it only happens when i eat chinese or Papa Johns Pizza.

I wake up in the middle of the night with cotton mouth gasping for a drink, i can drink 2-3 pints of water and wont feel quenched.

Also you know when you gotta pee so bad you dream about going ? , after a Papa Johns Pizza i dream about drinking water.
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[Visitor Q]

Hmm, can't say I mind either way. The complaint about it is that it doesn't burn off like normal fat, I believe.

Either way, 2 years in Asia where use is rife, and I'm the fittest I've ever been.

I'd worry more about what's in the traditional British diet, as the amount of Aus/SA/Kiwi's who bitch about the 'Heathrow Injection' (gaining 10kg) suggests we're doing something wrong...
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[stinkwheel]

Flying goose brand chilli sauce is full of it. So yes, I do.
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