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15248167 No.15248167 [Reply] [Original]

What are your thoughts on MSG? I've always heard of it, but I wouldn't be able to tell you if I've ever had it.

What is it commonly used for? What are its applications? What do you commonly use it with? Is it as bad as people make it out to be?

>> No.15248173

>>15248167
it's a naturally occurring substance that makes things taste better
as with anything, too much can cause problems

>> No.15248186

>>15248173
How does it differ from salt?

>> No.15248216

>>15248167
>I wouldn't be able to tell you if I've ever had it
You have. It's added to probably 98% of instant ramen, seasoning salts, bouillons/stocks, soup mixes, and any kind of seasoned processed food. Plus it naturally occurs in a bunch of foods.

>>15248186
If you add salt to water, it tastes like salt water. If you add MSG to water, it tastes like a weak broth.

>> No.15248233

It’s meant to jazz up shitty food so you don’t notice how drab and tasteless it is. I can understand why it’s popular though - most people have blown out their taste buds.

>> No.15248249

>>15248186
MSG has a different flavor. It doesn't taste like very much on its own, vaguely off-sweet with a lingering aftertaste. It's not intended to replace salt, rather be an adjunct to it. Maybe I'm just not sensitive enough, but adding MSG to a well-prepared dish does very little. If there's already glutamate-heavy ingredients in the food, adding more MSG is going to have diminishing returns. However, if you make something that tastes bland or flat, a bit of MSG will make it taste richer and more interesting. Add too much and you'll get that odd MSG aftertaste. MSG is just one ingredient among many. It's not meant to be in everything. It's not going to make bad food taste good. When used properly you shouldn't tell it's there at all.

>> No.15248277

only use it if you want a headache

>> No.15248294

>>15248277
Retard who only believes mom blog posts detected

>> No.15248327

>>15248167
It'd probably be much more widely used if it had a more friendly name, like salt = sodium chloride

>> No.15249771

>>15248186
MSG is a salt of Glutamic Acid. As such, it doesn't have a salty flavor but a savory, meaty flavor. It is commonly used to enhance dishes in east Asian cuisines.

>> No.15249784

Should I unironically be adding this shit to every savory dish I make?

>> No.15249817

>>15248167
Its good. Im chinese and cook chinese food a lot. Only need a small amount. Oh and fuck the CCP.

>> No.15249847

We have this thread every day

>> No.15250117

>>15249784
You can try, I tried experimenting with it a lot when I bought a shaker of it. I personally found it to not help most of the time. It also rarely ever hurt either. I did find that if you went overboard with it, it usually just made whatever high quality dish you made just taste like cheap prepackaged shit though.

>> No.15250221

Accidentally put some in my tea one time, the container I put the sugar in looked identical :-(
It's good for dishes without a lot of ~umami~ in them, I sprinkle a bit in Annie's shells and cheese, since there's none in there otherwise, among other things

>> No.15250418

>>15248294
Based.

It's not bad as people say it is. There's not even real scientific documentation that implies it does all this bad shit. It's literally a boomer myth that's been going around for years. It's literally salt on steroids and makes food more delicious. I've never had a headache before with this stuff nor have I had hair falling out.

t. a run down Japanese cook who uses LOTS of MSG.

>> No.15250456

>>15248186
doesn't taste like salt, tastes meat-adjacent

>> No.15250746

>>15250221
bet you had a hell of a headache after that