/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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>>17296204
Yeah. Should prolly stop using this too from time to time. Yer right, tho. Should stick to real food. If I'm not cooking out of boxes, why am I sticking food powders into shit? Well, it's cheating to win. That's what that is. Ty anon.

MSG, or monosodium glutamate was invented by a Jap scientist in the early 20th century as he was trying to figure out what made a vegetarian soup taste meaty. You can buy that Jap's salt today made by the company he founded today Ajinomoto. If you're a mutt or leaf, you can buy Accent which is the same thing. MSG on its own tastes exactly like beef ramen.
> I hAvE cHiNnEsE fOoD sYnDrOmE/AlLeRgIc To MSG!
Fake and gay. Chinese food syndrome is literally a textbook case of eating too much salt and being dehydrated. Glutamate is found in meat, cheese, and some plants. Monosodium IE one molecule of sodium is half of what goes into table salt (sodium chloride). People who say they're allergic to MSG aren't because they would also be allergic to meat and table salt. Boomers stick to this because of the chinese food scare back in the 60s.
>I am not a midwit, how do I use MSG correctly?
MSG is suitable in all dishes EXCEPT sweet ones. You can use MSG to reduce how much salt you put in a dish by half. Simply spice first with MSG, taste, and then add a little extra salt to even out the flavor.
> i Am A mIdWiT rEtArD
That's ok, you can substitute MSG for fish sauce, Parmesan, vegimite, and other umami packed foods.

>filters tastelets and redditors
Is there a more based condiment in existence?

>>16242883
>why didnt you use the heckin MSG-arino?!

>>13681653
I go through a pound of it every 2-3 months. Once you learn it and love it, there is no going back.

FYI....

If you don't use MSG in your food...you are a racist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/18/asia/chinese-restaurant-syndrome-msg-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

>Starting cooking with MSG for a school project
>It makes everything taste amazing

Why the fuck don't more people use this. It's fucking great.t

Why didn't someone tell me that MSG was so good any sooner?

Theres literally no reason not to add a sprinkle of MSG into every savoury dish you are cooking.

Can /ck/ please redpill me on MSG?

When I was younger I kept hearing about how it was bad for you and my dad wouldn't let us eat anything that contained it. These days I hear anons say that it's not bad for you and that it's great to use. Then I look it up and find some articles praising it and some condemning. I hear as well that it's the secret to really savory food and that it sets some restaurant food apart from home cooked food just because of MSG.

I just am always looking to take my food to the next level and want to know if it's safe to incorporate MSG on a regular basis and what would be the appropriate foods to use it on.

Help?