Where to buy MSG

"iarwain" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it?

Well, I bought some from Penzey's online, so it is available.
However, and I will be immediately and severely reprimanded if
I am wrong, but I thought Accent was MSG?

nancy

Nancy Young wrote on 19 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

"iarwain" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it?

Well, I bought some from Penzey's online, so it is available.
However, and I will be immediately and severely reprimanded if
I am wrong, but I thought Accent was MSG?

nancy

Close enough to make no nevermind.

--
-Alan

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Sometimes you can find it as Ve Tsin and I believe there are other
names, too. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. So maybe reading labels
will help. It is a white powder.

It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.

iarwain said:

Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Try google.. Monosodium Glutamate..I think it is similar.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DD92R/002-5325675-9149617?v=glance

iarwain said:

Have they stopped making it?

Ha! Not likely. Look for Accent brand.
It's widely available.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/8130sci3.html

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

If you're feeling flush you can buy Accent. For a lot less cabbage you
can purchase MSG on line from various venders, including Penzeys. Or
check your neighborhood ethnic markets, they typically carry no-name
MSG in one or two pound bulk plastic containers for even less cash and
no shipping... look in the bulk spice section.

Sheldon

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it?

Not to my knowledge. Last I heard they made more than 1 million tons
of it per year. Look for Ajinomoto or Accent in your grocery store.
It's usually shelved with or near the spices. Sometimes near the
baking supplies. Full name is monosodium glutamate.

Quoted message said:

I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

It's not only not banned but there is no maximum daily intake set for
it by the FDA or the major international health organizations. A small
percentage of people have a sort of allergic reaction (not really an
allergy, I think, but it behaves like that) to it. If you and your
family don't, then don't worry about it. If you were allergic you'd
also have to keep track of a couple dozen very commonly used foods and
additives that contain it. -aem

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Look for the product called "Accent". It's a round, red and white
cardboard type container.
http://www.bgfoods.com/accent/accent_products.asp

This is interesting...
http://www.msgtruth.org/avoid.htm
http://www.moscowfood.coop/archive/msg.html
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

"iarwain" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

I go to my local Asian food store and buy Ajinomoto MSG in a bag - far
cheaper than Accent. I keep a salt shaker filled with a ~70/30% mixture of
salt/MSG.

Info on Ajinomoto MSG
http://www.ajiusafood.com/_zCommon/FramePage.asp?P=MSG

"jake" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Sometimes you can find it as Ve Tsin and I believe there are other names,
too. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. So maybe reading labels will
help. It is a white powder.

It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.

yeah, look out for the "B" or "C" rating card in the window..

Harriet & critters

Harriet Neal said:

"jake" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Sometimes you can find it as Ve Tsin and I believe there are other names,
too. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. So maybe reading labels will
help. It is a white powder.

It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.

yeah, look out for the "B" or "C" rating card in the window..

Harriet & critters

I am sorry, I don't know what that means?

Does it help to add that MSG has never had a bad name in The
Netherlands- it seems to be an Anglosaxon scare (to me0?

And it's the sixth flavor:

http://www.glutamate.org/media/glutamate.htm

--Blair

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iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store.

Ac'cent is the brand name I'm familiar with. I haven't looked for it
recently though.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 2-11-2006, Sausage Roll Ups

alg said:

I go to my local Asian food store and buy Ajinomoto MSG in a bag - far
cheaper than Accent. I keep a salt shaker filled with a ~70/30% mixture of
salt/MSG.

Is this the same Al G. I think it is?

-sw

"jake" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Does it help to add that MSG has never had a bad name in The
Netherlands- it seems to be an Anglosaxon scare (to me0?

Angles and Saxons are both Germanic peoples as are the Nederlanders. The
reaction to MSG is an individual thing and not a cultural or racial thing.

Charlie

"Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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alg said:

I go to my local Asian food store and buy Ajinomoto MSG in a bag - far
cheaper than Accent. I keep a salt shaker filled with a ~70/30% mixture
of
salt/MSG.

Is this the same Al G. I think it is?

-sw

Yes, sir! How the heck are you, Mr. Steve? Well, I hope! Still onward
through the fog here in Austin. You?

jake said:

Harriet Neal said:

Quoted message said:

It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.

yeah, look out for the "B" or "C" rating card in the window..

Harriet & critters

I am sorry, I don't know what that means?

Sarcasm referring to getting sick from dirty kitchens. Many localities
in the U.S. have inspectors who check for cleanliness in restaurants.
They check kitchens and serving areas and storage areas, score them
against predetermined criteria and arrive at a rating. Here in L.A. an
A rating is best, B says they can remain open but need to fix some
things, and I think C causes at least a brief shutdown and cleanup.
Not sure about that.

Interestingly, there have been cultural clashes in this regard, as some
traditional Chinese practices don't meet local standards. Most
notably, hanging roasted ducks in the open at room temperature is
deemed to be unhealthful. Chinese restaurateurs and deli operators
countered that they'd been doing it that way for hundreds of years
without a lot of people keeling over. Politicians get involved.
Some folks on either side get outraged. Other folks find it
entertaining political theater. Compromises are reached. -aem

iarwain said:

I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
entirely?

Don't know about online but I always see it in the Asian markets I visit.

alg said:

"Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is this the same Al G. I think it is?

Yes, sir! How the heck are you, Mr. Steve? Well, I hope! Still onward
through the fog here in Austin. You?

I'm back in town again, as you've noticed. Never saw you in RFC
before (or any group, for that matter ;-) Pretty hostile group,
eh? You here to watch my back? Some of these people can get
downright physical, you know. And you know me, always winning
new friends.

(e.g. There's this "Jay" guy here who I think is the one who's
been scurrying around in my bushes and peeking in my windows at
night. Lemme know if you see him out there, neighbor).

-sw