Submitted by jdward01 t3_120j0ln in todayilearned
Reply to comment by Mishashule in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
The irony that things like tomatoes are full of MSG....along with so many other foods.
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So tomatoes have MSG?
Back in the day the companies that were trying to denigrate Chinese food tried to claim all their food was full of MSG.
They tried very hard to make sure that Chinese food was the only food that used MSG.
THEY ALSO TRIED NOT TO EXPLAIN IT IS IN A LOT OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS USED IN MOST OF THEIR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.
IT WAS LITERALLY COMMERCIAL RACISM.
Well tomatoes don't technically have msg they have standard glutamates and when you salt them it converts to msg.
"However, MSG occurs naturally in ingredients such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, and protein isolate, as well as in tomatoes and cheeses."
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I'll just drop this here for you champ... https://glutamate.org/safety/myths-versus-facts-about-msg-side-effects/
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