Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >, cshenk1
> @cox.net says...
> >
> > sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:35:12 -0500, "cshenk" >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Believe what you wish. BTW, if you think you are MSG
> > > > intolerant, remove all mushrooms from your diet.
> > >
> > > Mushrooms are a small player. Per 100 g = Rice cakes have 75 mg,
> > > Tomato (raw) has 203 mg, and Parmesan cheese has 840 mg.
> >
> > http://www.msgfacts.com/nutrition/wh...mate-rich.aspx
> >
> >
> >
> > Agreed that parm is quite high. The critical thing is many who
> > claim (because it's faddish to do so) that they have issues with
> > it, but they consume foods with high levels of it to no discomfort.
>
> I think it makes people feel special to have sensitivities. Look at
> all the gluten intolerants who've come out of the woodwork in the
> past 10 years.

Yes, exactly. While we all like to feel 'special' (and we all are in
various ways), having to be fed 'special' tends to either be a
validated medical issue (diabetes comes to mind) or a mental one (pay
attention to me, I'm special). I'm not talking normal stuff like some
don't like spicy, and some don't like a specific veggie. In fact,
can't stand liver myself.

Case in point and hopefully she won't mind. Ophelia, like all of us
has her likes and dislikes. I am thinking she doesn't like spicy (but
that might be Jill?). Either way, there are a few things she's not
fond of. There are a few things she's not interested in trying and a
few she asks about but doesnt get to find a source for (and sometimes
asks again later because of that). Ophelia is normal.

Contrasting, Julie (much as I like the silly lady) is not normal. She
rarely can open her mouth about food, without reinforcing to the rest
of us, how 'special' she is.

Then you get the other kind of 'special'. Kevin (long gone, OZ fellow)
with stomach cancer. No specific items he couldnt eat, but needed high
nutrition and was limited to 4oz per meal (frequent meals). He needed
stuff that could hold well to reheating.

Carol

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