On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 9:38:40 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-09-07 3:34 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 18:20:04 +1000, Bruce >
>
> >> Have you not heard of Chinese restaurant syndrome in a UK context? In
> >> the Netherlands, it's been discussed a lot over the years, with the same
> >> outcome that's MSG is harmless for most people.
> >
> > Shellfish is harmless to most people too, but....
> >
>
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> What can I say? When I was working we often went for Chinese food,
> especially when we were working afternoon shifts. Most of the time we
> had no problems, but there was a place we tried that had a terrific
> Thursday night special. It was a race back to the office and the one
> washroom, a effect we all attributed to MSG.

Many people like to blame MSG when there is a problem with Chinese food. They depend of feelings instead of any kind of real data. I always say that one can eat Chinese food but never go into the kitchen. You don't want to see what goes on back there. Getting sick at a Chinese restaurant is not surprising but I seriously doubt that it's the GRAS MSG. Mostly, it's due to any number of poor food handling practices.