Harriet Neal wrote:

> "jake" > wrote in message
> . nl...
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>>iarwain wrote:
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>>>I recently wanted to try a recipe containing MSG, but I was unable to
>>>find it in any local grocery store. I then looked online and was
>>>unable to find a source either. Have they stopped making it? I know
>>>some people have reported harmful reactions to it, although I remember
>>>my mother using it on occasion and we never had any trouble with it.
>>>Is there an online source for it anywhere or has the FDA banned it
>>>entirely?
>>>
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>>Sometimes you can find it as Ve Tsin and I believe there are other names,
>>too. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. So maybe reading labels will
>>help. It is a white powder.
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>>It is NOT unhealthy, glutamtes are natural. you can find them in stocks,
>>for instance. I believe that whole thing about Chinese restaurants and
>>feeling sick turned out to have been caused by something other than MSG.
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> yeah, look out for the "B" or "C" rating card in the window..
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> Harriet & critters
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I am sorry, I don't know what that means?

Does it help to add that MSG has never had a bad name in The
Netherlands- it seems to be an Anglosaxon scare (to me0?