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Default Lest there be any further confusion (WAS: Hurricanes andflank steak)

Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 9/6/2016 12:03 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> On 2016-09-06, cshenk > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It became popular to blame MSG in the late 90's.....
>>>
>>> ?????
>>>
>>> The "Chinese restaurant syndrome" was around and common way back in
>>> the 60s. By the 90s, MSG had been declared "generally recognized as
>>> safe" (GRAS), much like GMOs are, today. (as if.....) 8|
>>>
>>> nb

>>
>> .That Won-Ton Soup Headache.: The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, MSG and
>> the Making of American Food, 1968.1980
>>
>> Ian Mosby*
>>
>> *Department of History, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. E-mail:
>>
>>
>> Soc Hist Med first published online February 2, 2009 doi:10.1093/shm/hkn098
>>
>> [Reprinted without permission (sue me!)]
>>

>
> I stopped reading after it was stated it was the result of racism. Is
> there a summary beyond that from this article? Maybe that MSG has
> caused a world full of gluten intolerance?


It sounds like you don't like the racism theory. Why not?