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Mishashule t1_jdhjwlb wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

Too bad for them, Chinese food fuckin rules catch me outside any Chinese place

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[deleted] t1_jdhk88w wrote

The irony that things like tomatoes are full of MSG....along with so many other foods.

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[deleted] t1_jdhpnjh wrote

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[deleted] t1_jdhqotm wrote

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.

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NoFriends182 t1_jdlt9fk wrote

Well tomatoes don't technically have msg they have standard glutamates and when you salt them it converts to msg.

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[deleted] t1_jdhulxb wrote

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