"Steve Wertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:12:12 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> "Steve Wertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
>> news:1omz9zwqjkvly.dlg@sqwertz.com...
>>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:03:55 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Steve Wertz" <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
>>>> news:72mmgkew5iye.dlg@sqwertz.com...
>>>>
>>>> How do you explain the fact that good cooks can make fabulous food
>>>> without
>>>> adding MSG?
>>>
>>> How do you explain that good cooks can make food even better by
>>> using MSG? (Matter of fact - they probably *are* already using
>>> MSG in some form or another). How do you explain that MSG is
>>> present in the majority of foods you buy at the supermarket, yet
>>> people don't seem to get sick from them?
>>
>> Present in the majority of foods. Do you mean it was added as an
>> ingredient,
>> or are we returning to the naturally occurring theme again?
>
> Both. Does it matter?
>
> I sense you're running out of steam so lets just call it quits
> since nobody will "win" this argument. Just consider how
> widely-used MSG and all it's subordinates are being used these
> days.
>
> -sw

No. You said it's in most foods I buy. You are obviously familiar with my
shopping list.

There's nothing I can do about naturally occurring substances. I *can*
choose not to buy food with additives which don't interest me. MSG is added
to some foods, therefore it is an additive.