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  1. What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

  2. "Zippy P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a relatively
    new cook?

    As far as "everything", read the labels.

  3. Zippy P said:

    What's up with that?

    <gag> Every time I hear this phrase I cringe. And I think of
    Kenny Bania (Seinfeld episode).

    -sw

  4. "Zippy P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    It's not in mine. I braised three pounds of sirloin for four hours. Mmmm.

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    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a


    relatively

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    new cook?

    I'm 30, and yes, relatively new.

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    As far as "everything", read the labels.

    Oh, and it was a rhetorical question

  7. "Zippy P" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:vOLGi.3118$Sd4.1042
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    As far as "everything", read the labels.

    Oh, and it was a rhetorical question

    not all beef broth has MSG... just like there are a few items
    that don't contain HFCS. it really is a matter of reading the
    labels, and then writing/calling companies to let them know
    you won't buy products containing MSG (or HFCS, in my case).
    the response from Coca-Cola was interesting. they said they
    left it up to the individual bottling plants whether to use
    sugar or HFCS...

    lee
    --
    "the Government of the United States is not, in any sense,
    founded on the Christian religion."
    John Adams, the Treaty of Tripoli, Clause 11

  8. Zippy P said:
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    As far as "everything", read the labels.

    Oh, and it was a rhetorical question

    If you had read the label to begin with, you might not have ended up
    with such broth. I only use MSG (in tiny quantities) in stir fry that
    is meatless. I understand using it in soups, broths and gravies, as
    kind of an extender, but I wouldn't personally do it, nor recommend
    it. For one thing, some people are sensitive to it.

    --Bryan

  9. Zippy P said:
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    As far as "everything", read the labels.

    Oh, and it was a rhetorical question

    Since that was the whole "content" of your post, then why did you
    post it?

    -sw

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    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a


    relatively

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    new cook?

    I'm 30, and yes, relatively new.

    Google will provide all sorts of info about MSG. What's important to
    remember is that it's often disguised with other names (below). Some people
    are sensitive to it. I'm not, but I avoid it because it's cheating. Scroll
    down at this link:
    http://www.rense.com/general35/hidd.htm

  11. Bobo Bonobo said:
    Zippy P said:
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    As far as "everything", read the labels.

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    Oh, and it was a rhetorical question

    If you had read the label to begin with, you might not have ended up
    with such broth. I only use MSG (in tiny quantities) in stir fry that
    is meatless. I understand using it in soups, broths and gravies, as
    kind of an extender, but I wouldn't personally do it, nor recommend
    it. For one thing, some people are sensitive to it.

    Bull [censored]!

    You contradict yourself, you don't use msg in dishes containing meat
    because you know that meat contains msg naturally.

    MSG occurs naturally in foods as glutimate, no dietary difference from
    msg... all the label can say is "*added* MSG, same as all food
    contains salt, the label can only indicate "*added* salt". Beef
    contains substantial msg naturally, even breast milk naturally
    contains msg. Very few people are actually allergic to msg, and they
    have a big problem. The sensitivity people report is from over
    indulging in *any* salts... eat too much bacon, ham, salami, and even
    tuna and many will experience some sort of physical distress, some
    even emotional distress, from the cure salts. Chinese restaurant
    syndrome is actually from ingesting too much ordinary table salt,
    Chinese cooks have a very heavy hand with salt... they really add very
    little msg, only enough to enhance flavor and at a point msg will not
    further enhance flavor (same as with vanilla and saffron), a pretty
    small threshhold... msg is relatively expensive compared with table
    salt and Chinese cooks are quite frugal, they don't add more msg than
    a small sprinkle, perhaps no more than 1/4 tsp per dish, but the dish
    will contain a lot more added table salt, probably six times as much
    and more... Chinese restaurants are quite pleased to omit the added
    msg, saves them money, instread they just add more cheap table salt so
    that folks won't think the dish is too bland. Many folks who eat the
    entire bag of chips in one sitting end of with Chinese restaurant
    syndrome too.

    http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/msgbroch.cfm

    Sheldon

  12. JoeSpareBedroom said:

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    > What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?
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    Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a


    relatively

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    new cook?

    I'm 30, and yes, relatively new.

    Google will provide all sorts of info about MSG. What's important to
    remember is that it's often disguised with other names (below). Some people
    are sensitive to it. I'm not, but I avoid it because it's cheating. Scroll
    down at this link:
    http://www.rense.com/general35/hidd.htm

    i use m.s.g. in some things. i think most commercial products use it
    to produce the 'umami' taste without using much meat. is that what
    you mean by cheating?

    wikipedia has the dope:

    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate>

    as for dr. blaylock in your cite above, something's been killing his
    brain cells, but i don't think it's m.s.g.

    your pal,
    blake

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    > > What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?
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    > Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a
    relatively
    > new cook?

    I'm 30, and yes, relatively new.

    Google will provide all sorts of info about MSG. What's important to
    remember is that it's often disguised with other names (below). Some
    people
    are sensitive to it. I'm not, but I avoid it because it's cheating. Scroll
    down at this link:
    http://www.rense.com/general35/hidd.htm

    i use m.s.g. in some things. i think most commercial products use it
    to produce the 'umami' taste without using much meat. is that what
    you mean by cheating?

    wikipedia has the dope:

    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate>

    as for dr. blaylock in your cite above, something's been killing his
    brain cells, but i don't think it's m.s.g.

    your pal,
    blake

    Whatever. The list of aliases does contain the ones most commonly seen. I
    don't have time to turn this into a major research project for an OP who
    should've done his homework first.

  14. Zippy P said:

    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    Sadly, pretty much so... stuff is so highly-processed that people are
    forgetting what the 'real thing' tastes like. Look for organic
    stocks/broths to get one without msg. Swanson's organic range (their
    reduced-sodium chicken stock is also msg-free and not bad, but they
    don't make a reduced-sodium beef stock), Wolfgang Puck etc.

  15. "Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Zippy P said:

    What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?

    Sadly, pretty much so... stuff is so highly-processed that people are
    forgetting what the 'real thing' tastes like. Look for organic
    stocks/broths to get one without msg. Swanson's organic range (their
    reduced-sodium chicken stock is also msg-free and not bad, but they
    don't make a reduced-sodium beef stock)....

    Yes they do. Your store has chosen not to carry it for some reason.
    http://www.swansonbroth.com/ourproducts.aspx

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