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⌈ Secret Post #5585 ⌋

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Comments

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Black pepper, cayenne pepper, oregano, thyme. Cumin, allspice. MSG. Bay leaves. Those are really my go-tos, and I stick pretty close to them most of the time.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Does MSG have a taste? What does it do?

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

It's a flavor intensifier, basically. It increases the savory-meaty-wowness of food.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh, thank you. :)

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT
It doesn't have a taste itself, to me anyway, but it enhances the taste of everything else in the dish. In particular it makes the meatier flavors stand out a lot more, what is called umami (I think), and it only takes a very small amount to bring out all the other flavors. It can be used as a salt replacement too, it still raises blood pressure but not as much as actual salt does.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Ah thank you! I'd only heard about it in the 'Oh noooo, MSG is baaaaad' way lol.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, the old Chinese food syndrome thing. Yeah, that is bullshit. It was racist bullshit.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/18/asia/chinese-restaurant-syndrome-msg-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

Turns out that if you stuff yourself til you are fit to burst with any food, then a bunch of people are gonna end up feeling ill. It was just plain over eating that got blamed on Chinese food. The worst you can say about msg is that too much of it in one dish can make you feel thirsty, something a glass of water can solve; and that MSG is a better alternative than a bunch of salt to bring out flavors, but not as good as no msg or salt.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh... why are people.

I mean, I'm not surprised, but ugh.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

What about the people that get headaches from Chinese food that contains MSG?

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Look up "anecdotal evidence". I'd also question why these same people don't get headaches from the foods that naturally contain MSG. My guess is that it's because they don't know that MSG is naturally occurring and they only associate it as a scary chemical that scary Chinese people put in scary Chinese cooking.