Who Else Can't Stand MSG?

Wesman61 · Dec 23, 2012

My Mom used MSG all the time when I was in my teens (70's) I made some ribs a week ago and used some store bought rub without checking. It had MSG listed second. I was really disappointed with the outcome mostly because of the metallic taste the MSG imparts.

yakdung · Dec 23, 2012

One of the very few things I'm allergic to. It will cause tightening of my chest.
:shock:

Bluebird · Dec 23, 2012

Sometimes it will give me a terrible headache.

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · Dec 23, 2012

Never has bothered me but I never knowingly use or eat it.

buccaneer · Dec 23, 2012

Me.
Anything that dehydrates me and gives me sensations after consuming is not to be consumed.
Common sense rule.:icon_shy

Edit after reading excited raves on how to discuss MSG;
This is from observing effects on my own body.
I stated it knowing full well the FDA findings and conclusions, but since I observed these effects despite believing all I had read,I would need to suffer insanity to deny reality and follow a belief.
YMMV

Bluesman · Dec 23, 2012

Read this

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82903&highlight=msg

:grin:

Boshizzle · Dec 23, 2012

After dealing with digestion issues for over 25 years, only by the grace of God did the true cause of my problems ever get diagnosed. Nowadays, I can eat anything without a problem. There was a time when I was on 40mg Nexium twice a day and still had issues even when watching my diet. My doctor told me I'd have to be on that stuff for the rest of my life. He was wrong! I haven't had Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, Axid, Pepcid, or any other acid reducer/blocker for over seven years. It was like a miracle when I was properly diagnosed and treated.

Bring on the MSG! It doesn't bother me.

mallorjc · Dec 23, 2012

I've never noticed a metallic taste (maybe it was those4 years in Shanghai), or any particular benefit. Won't try to avoid, and will not add.

J-Rod · Dec 23, 2012

I avoid anything that's not a necessary ingredient in food. So unless I'm eating Doritos, which is a rare occasion, I don't eat anyhing with MSG.

Pappy Q · Dec 23, 2012

Boshizzle said:
After dealing with digestion issues for over 25 years, only by the grace of God did the true cause of my problems ever get diagnosed. Nowadays, I can eat anything without a problem. There was a time when I was on 40mg Nexium twice a day and still had issues even when watching my diet. My doctor told me I'd have to be on that stuff for the rest of my life. He was wrong! I haven't had Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, Axid, Pepcid, or any other acid reducer/blocker for over seven years. It was like a miracle when I was properly diagnosed and treated.

Bring on the MSG! It doesn't bother me.

If you don't mind me asking, what was diagnosed? I ask because I have the same issues.

Boshizzle · Dec 23, 2012

Pappy Q said:
If you don't mind me asking, what was diagnosed? I ask because I have the same issues.

Check your PM.

SmokinAussie · Dec 23, 2012

I never use it, and have never used it in asian food at all. In the restraurant I worked in through college, they put it in everything. It was in the stock, the fried rice, the batter, the marinaded meats... everything. When I cook similar foods at home, I never use it and the food is way better anyway as you taste the natural ingredients. The food is not masked with that all intruding MSG flavour.

In particular, the thing that concerns me is the use of MSG in injections for Brisket and pulled pork. If you have to use that ingredient to make a winning competition brisket... you shouldn't be winning.

Cheers!

Bill

caliking · Dec 23, 2012

Gluten is the new MSG (unless you have medically diagnosed celiac disease).

Pass it on.

Boshizzle · Dec 23, 2012

My wife has celiac sprue. It's become a very prevalent problem nowadays for a lot of people, unfortunately.

Soybomb · Dec 23, 2012

I don't believe in the msg boogey man, I think its a useful tool in my spice rack.

JazzyBadger · Dec 23, 2012

I use it for certain things, don't use it in others. It doesn't offend me, really. I use it in my burger seasoning whenever my wife has a hankering for "fast food." I loathe buying that garbage, but she was raised on Mickey D's, I was raised on Burger King but working fast food in my teens and early adult life, it's just... no. So I add the msg to the burger and fries, and BLAMMO! Fast food craving gone.

Boshizzle · Dec 23, 2012

I hear the Mayans warned us of MSG. They claimed it would end the world with mass headaches, paper cuts, diaper rash, and stuffy noses on 12/21/12 or something like that.

Gore · Dec 23, 2012

Can't imagine giving up beer, soy sauce and fish sauce, especially. I really feel bad for those of you who can't eat any of these things.

Slamdunkpro · Dec 23, 2012

Gore said:
Can't imagine giving up beer, soy sauce and fish sauce, especially....

Or beef.

JazzyBadger · Dec 23, 2012

Exactly, it's GOOD stuff man. You can't make fried rice without fish sauce. Soy sauce... don't even get me started. I don't go running around adding it to everything I make, but that stuff definitely has its uses, just like any other ingredient.

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