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The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of MSG
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1731" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-again-of-msg" target="_blank"><strong>The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of MSG - Mel Magazine</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>You probably know monosodium glutamate from its link to so-called ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome’ — and that’s precisely the problem </strong></p><p></p><p>I’m a casualty of the MSG subterfuge. I was fooled more than a decade ago — when <a href="https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/i-was-part-of-a-high-school-cheating-mafia" target="_blank">I was still an impressionable high school</a> student in the suburbs of L.A. In “the valley,” the main street — Ventura Boulevard — was beset by sushi spots, weed dispensaries, and of course, a bevy of Chinese restaurants. </p><p></p><p>Some of these were hiding in strip malls behind beige signs and tinted windows, while others stood alone, clear, beneath the glow of a neon-lit sign, one of its letters sometimes burned out — an easy tell that the food was worth the wait. My favorite, The Plum Tree Inn, boasted an aquatic experience in the form of a tank that housed lobsters that could be delivered to your table — all you had to do was order the special. I loved it there. </p><p></p><p>Until, that is, the anti-monosodium glutamate lobby told me that if I loved myself, I shouldn’t love <em>those</em> places anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1731, member: 1"] [URL='https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-again-of-msg'][B]The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of MSG - Mel Magazine[/B][/URL] [B]You probably know monosodium glutamate from its link to so-called ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome’ — and that’s precisely the problem [/B] I’m a casualty of the MSG subterfuge. I was fooled more than a decade ago — when [URL='https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/i-was-part-of-a-high-school-cheating-mafia']I was still an impressionable high school[/URL] student in the suburbs of L.A. In “the valley,” the main street — Ventura Boulevard — was beset by sushi spots, weed dispensaries, and of course, a bevy of Chinese restaurants. Some of these were hiding in strip malls behind beige signs and tinted windows, while others stood alone, clear, beneath the glow of a neon-lit sign, one of its letters sometimes burned out — an easy tell that the food was worth the wait. My favorite, The Plum Tree Inn, boasted an aquatic experience in the form of a tank that housed lobsters that could be delivered to your table — all you had to do was order the special. I loved it there. Until, that is, the anti-monosodium glutamate lobby told me that if I loved myself, I shouldn’t love [I]those[/I] places anymore. [/QUOTE]
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