/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Why do people say it's bad?

You know how if you used a summon you didn't really beat Elden Ring? Well if you use MSG you really don't cook anything. MSG is cheating like summoning. It doesn't require skill or make you good. It's a crutch you lean on because you are weak and have no imagination when cooking. I have a normie friend who won't shut up about how amazing his eggs are and I watched him and all he did was scramble eggs and put msg and nothing else and everyone though he made something amazing. The next day I made Ramsay style eggs for our group and they were amazed and one of them asked if there was MSG in it and I laughed.

It tastes bad. I genuinely do not understand the appeal.

Is the real history behind the stigma of MSG being bad because white people hate the Asians? Or is it because it was a reasonable take that they didn't like MSG?

So many people claim MSG is so great, but whenever I use it, it doesn't do anything and it doesnt taste like anything. I dont get it.

>instantly improves nearly any savory dish
You're welcome

I'll take the unpopular position here. MSG is fucking poison, and a lot more of the population is sensitive to the nature of this artificially derived ingredient than chefs make it out to be because they do not have a sound foundation of biochemistry. Blanket argument that it is a GRAS ingredient is procured through elementary inference and not deeper, remove refined peer reviewed studies.

>gives you brain damage (proven by science)
imagine poisoning yourself instead of just using salt lol
>b-but tomatoes have it too
learn biology, that's not how it works

Sad that people got tricked into thinking this is bad for you.

just bought half a kilo MSG.
how the fuck do i use it? any ideas?