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Default MSG in beef broth???

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:07:33 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
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>>"Zippy P" > wrote in message
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>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Zippy P" > wrote in message
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>>>> > What's up with that? Does everything have MSG in it these days?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Nobody ever answers this question, but how old are you? Are you a
>>> relatively
>>>> new cook?
>>>
>>> I'm 30, and yes, relatively new.
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Google will provide all sorts of info about MSG. What's important to
>>remember is that it's often disguised with other names (below). Some
>>people
>>are sensitive to it. I'm not, but I avoid it because it's cheating. Scroll
>>down at this link:
>>http://www.rense.com/general35/hidd.htm
>>

>
> i use m.s.g. in some things. i think most commercial products use it
> to produce the 'umami' taste without using much meat. is that what
> you mean by cheating?
>
> wikipedia has the dope:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate>
>
> as for dr. blaylock in your cite above, something's been killing his
> brain cells, but i don't think it's m.s.g.
>
> your pal,
> blake


Whatever. The list of aliases does contain the ones most commonly seen. I
don't have time to turn this into a major research project for an OP who
should've done his homework first.