Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!orca!hammer!seifert From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Re: Vegatable Dip (really MSG) Message-ID: <1262@hammer.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-May-85 22:39:13 EDT Article-I.D.: hammer.1262 Posted: Tue May 14 22:39:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 17-May-85 03:39:58 EDT References: <357@ttidcb.UUCP> <5319@tekecs.UUCP> Reply-To: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 18 Cc: tektronix!ihnp4!hound!llfe In article <5319@tekecs.UUCP> jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) writes: >> >1 tsp Accent* (monosodium glutamate) >> >> A good way to insure headaches, dizzyness and cancer. If your recipe >> needs this then there is something wrong with it. >> >I eat Chinese food all the time, and I understand it generally has a fair >amount of MSG in it. I suffer neither from headaches or dizziness. Therefore >I can only assume your statement, as made, is a crock. "Insure" is probably too strong a word. However, you shouldn't assume that all Chinese food is loaded with MSG. It is most likely the Americanised stuff that is full of MSG, and sugar, and all that crap that "improves" the flavor. I doubt that you will find much in *authentic* Chinese food. Snoopy