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From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Re: Vegatable Dip (really MSG)
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 23:07:57 EDT
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> It's not true.  MSG is heavilly used is "authentic" chinese cooking.
> It is probably only in the US that MSG-free chinese food is trendy - I
> suspect that CRS is rather like not being able to digest milk - if
> you've been fed MSG in your food since you were little, it won't bother
> you at all.  A paragraph in a chinese cook book (by a chinese person)
> said something to the effect of "None of the recipes in this book call
> for MSG,since so many americans seem to react badly to it, and when
> using only the freshest ingredients it is not really necessary.
> However, in China, you would not be thought trendy or healthy if you
> did not use MSG in your cooking, you would merely be thought strange."
> 
> BillW

Offhand, I'd like to hear from some of the Chinese people who read this
list (where are you?????).  My guess is that the use of MSG is as regional
within China as the different types of US cuisine are, just based on what
I've heard and seen from people.  The Chinese people I've discussed the
subject with say they don't use MSG, but often put it on dishes for
Americans.

--Lynn