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thoughts on MSG?

do you use this in your cooking?

why do so many people treat this like poison?

>> No.11287832

>>11287826
Because momscientists gave it a bad name. I never really use it unless it's for Chinese American food but it's got a bad reputation from idiots.

>> No.11287839

>>11285963

>> No.11287844

It’s just an amino acid

>> No.11287883

>>11287826
Use garum instead

>> No.11287887

>>11287826
Great meat tenderizer as part of a dry rub. Just use it, and don't tell anyone, and let them compliment your cooking. Glutamate isn't "just an amino acid", though. You must use it sparingly, because too much tastes awful and will make your stomach feel raw.

>> No.11287892

>>11287826
literally nothing wrong with it. It was memed to be bad by some faggot who bitched that he gets headaches after eating chinese food.

>> No.11287896

>>11287887
>Just use it, and don't tell anyone
You're so trashy you think poisoning someone would be fine.

>> No.11287903

>>11287896

>t. gastronomist that's "allergic" to MSG

>> No.11287909

>>11287903
>t.burgerflipper who needs msg to "tenderize meat"
Kek, this is /ck/ after all. People like you still learning to cook from people like me.

>> No.11287912

What stuff is good to add in ramen

>> No.11287913

>>11287844
close, it's the salt of an amino acid (glutamine)

>> No.11288040

>>11287826
I use the smallest pinch occasionally in my dishes and it makes a good difference to the taste without overpowering.
If you're going to use it use it with great moderation.
I get headaches and a hungover feeling with a numbish tongue after eating chinese takeout because of how much they put.

>> No.11288049

>>11287826
just like diet soda, in the 80s some canadian lab rats got sick after ingesting 40x the amount a human would, so they called it dangerous.

>> No.11288273

Used to make crisps taste lovely in the uk. Then they removed it. That or my tastes changed

>> No.11288405

>>11287826
I don't use it, but I use things that are rich in it.

>> No.11288409

because it's got a chemical name it must be a chemical poison man!!!!

>> No.11288572

>>11287826
I got a big bag of it recently.
Also looking for good uses for it. So far I've only chucked a teaspoon of it in a vegetable stirfry.
I want to add it to the breadcrumbs for fried chicken maybe but not sure what else.

>> No.11288593

>>11287826
>thoughts on MSG?
It's not dangerous or toxic or anything like that, but it is usually a shortcut that doesn't taste as good as various alternatives.

>do you use this in your cooking?
Yes, but not often. I prefer to use natural sources of glutamates like parm reg, doubanjiang, soy sauce, worcestershire, fish sauce, ferments, etc.

>why do so many people treat this like poison?
It's an old wives tale that MSG causes headaches, and as I mentioned above it's the sign of a corner-cutting cook.

>> No.11288689

>>11287826
>eating foods with chemicals

>> No.11288708

>>11288689
*adds sodium chloride and acetic acid to his food*

everything is a chemical you dumb hippy

>> No.11288725

>>11288040
You don’t get any of that stuff. Reactions to MSG have been proven to be false/placebo countless times.

>> No.11288914

>>11287832
I love the whole oh its bad for you or im alergic to it like nigga its in fucking doritos u alergic to doritos as well or u a lyin ass bitch