Charles Gifford wrote:
> "jake" > wrote
>
>>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?
>
>
> Angles and Saxons are both Germanic peoples as are the Nederlanders.

Yet, the term AnglsoSaxon is not typcally used for the Netherlands.

The
> reaction to MSG is an individual thing and not a cultural or racial thing.
>
The only peopel I have ever heard talk about the supposed dangers of MSG
were North American or Australian. In Holland, it isn't talked about.
That's what I meant by cultural. Doe that clarify things?