http://guiltycarnivore.com/2010/03/16/holy-fucking-shit/ Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over Wed, 09 May 2012 06:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://guiltycarnivore.com/2010/03/16/holy-fucking-shit/comment-page-1/#comment-103635 andy ricker Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:13:27 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/?p=2353#comment-103635 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor)

]]> http://guiltycarnivore.com/2010/03/16/holy-fucking-shit/comment-page-1/#comment-103634 andy ricker Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:11:15 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/?p=2353#comment-103634 A subject dear to my heart. We do not use MSG at any of the restaurants, but only because of the mass hysteria surrounding it. If I could, I would use it, as certain dishes require it to have the true flavor, most notably noodle dishes. If we could use MSG, less of other forms of sodium would be necessary to properly flavor the food. Interestingly enough, in Thailand there is starting to be an anti-MSG movement amongst the educated, though it is driven by the same misinformation we have been getting in the west for the past 3-4 decades. Luckily, almost everything we use to season the food (fish sauce, soy sauce, fermented soy beans, fermented fish) is packed with free glutamates already! Here is a decent article with plenty of references: http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Glutamic_acid_%28flavor%29 A subject dear to my heart. We do not use MSG at any of the restaurants, but only because of the mass hysteria surrounding it. If I could, I would use it, as certain dishes require it to have the true flavor, most notably noodle dishes. If we could use MSG, less of other forms of sodium would be necessary to properly flavor the food.
Interestingly enough, in Thailand there is starting to be an anti-MSG movement amongst the educated, though it is driven by the same misinformation we have been getting in the west for the past 3-4 decades. Luckily, almost everything we use to season the food (fish sauce, soy sauce, fermented soy beans, fermented fish) is packed with free glutamates already!
Here is a decent article with plenty of references:
http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Glutamic_acid_%28flavor%29

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