Timeline for Why is using MSG to enhance the flavour of coffee so frowned upon?
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| Oct 7 at 0:13 | answer | added | Darrel P. | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Jul 24, 2022 at 13:15 | vote | accept | Ray Butterworth | ||
| Jul 24, 2022 at 13:00 | comment | added | technical_difficulty♦ | "many people seem to react very badly to the thought of anyone using MSG", "What are the serious reasons for this negative attitude?". You establish that using MSG is frowned upon without any proof of this assertion. I don't think any scientist or health professional worth his money would advise against using small amounts of MSG. | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 20:51 | answer | added | fixer1234 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 20:04 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @fixer1234, as a matter of fact, I do put peanut butter on liver (or sliced beef or chicken). But if I call it "satay" instead, people think it's delicious. | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | fixer1234 | You may be misinterpreting the "dog droppings" reaction; Kopi Luwak drinkers like cat droppings, so maybe it's more a matter of curiosity. :-) Articles like the ones you linked to were all wild speculation that was disproved in lab tests (coffee doesn't need additives like MSG to be addicting). The "No MSG" heading on the coffee sale page is like "Gluten Free" on products that never contained gluten--just marketing BS. People cringing when they hear you do it is probably just a matter of it sounding unusual. They would probably also cringe if you told them you put peanut butter on bologna. | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 19:35 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @fixer1234, I myself sometimes add it to the last cup when I drink several in a row (decaf) for variety. It must be a small amount, otherwise it tastes like MSG. ¶ When other people hear of this, they generally cringe, as if I'd added dog droppings or coffee-mate, hence this question. ¶ Does Starbucks Coffee contain MSG? —Is There … MSG in Tim Hortons Coffee? —No MSG Coffee for sale | eBay | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 19:07 | comment | added | fixer1234 | I've never heard of anyone adding MSG to their own coffee, let alone it being widespread enough that anyone thinks to discourage the idea of doing it. Years ago, there were some articles claiming some big coffee packagers were adding it to the coffee or packaging to make their coffee more addicting, but I never saw any evidence that it was actually happening. Can you link to something for context about who is doing or promoting it, or warning not to do it? | |
| Jul 18, 2022 at 14:23 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @JJJ, I'm specifically asking about coffee. | |
| Jul 18, 2022 at 13:55 | comment | added | JJJ♦ | Hmm are you asking specifically about coffee? Isn't this more of a cooking question as MSG is used as an addition in many dishes (so it has a broader audience there) while reasons for disapproving probably hold regardless of whether it's added to coffee or other dishes? | |
| Jul 18, 2022 at 13:36 | history | asked | Ray Butterworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |