Comment on thx for the diabeetus

• Duranie@leminal.space ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It even started in the late 60’s early 70’s, originally referred to at “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” Rooted in anti Asian racism, supposedly we were slowly being poisoned… by tasty tasty Asian food with added msg.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Chinese food* as we** know

  *only applicable to western chinese food

  **the American

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• Dadifer@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So… it’s not poison? Propaganda is a bitch

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  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s psychosomatic. MSG is also in tomatoes, mushrooms, and tons of salted snacks such as Doritos. None of those tend to trigger the symptoms people claim to have after eating Chinese food.

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    • Supervisor194@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Ranch” flavor comes basically 100% from salt and MSG. There is a microscopic amount of herbs that make next to no difference. Ask anyone who thinks MSG is bad for you if they have cut out Ranch dressing for some hilarity. (May not apply to non-Americans).

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      • F_State@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Ranch is basically garlic and onion flavor.

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      • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I have a feeling there’s a huge overlap between the people who complain about Chinese food and the people who raved about the Mississippi pot roast (which has two packets of MSG-loaded seasonings in it).

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What do people claim about MSG?

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    • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What isn’t psychosomatic when the target is the average fucking moron?

      … I mean, besides all the things that turn out to be real… but morons will believe anything up to and including their mumbling jibberish is a connection to God with glossolalia…

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• F_State@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not true, apparently Chinese immigrants in Ireland created something called a “Spice Bag” which is wholly unrelated to Americanized Chinese food.

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s no longer accurate, as there are plenty of authentic Chinese restaurants in areas with Chinese communities that aren’t just trying to get western locals to visit. The dim sum place I’ve been to didn’t even have much English on their menu and it really helped to have some colleagues present who knew Chinese (both the language and the food).

  Easily one of the best meals I’ve ever had, and I’m not usually a fan of the western chinese style.

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    dim sum is called dim sum though, you wouldn’t expect to get dim sum except at brunch/lunch time and if someone says they are going to get Chinese food it’d be a surprise to get dim sum. Even traditional Chinese restaurants that cater to Chinese people serve Americanized Chinese food. In the Seattle Chinatown there’s restaurants that have Chinese only menus that don’t have any of the same stuff as the English menu. I’ve been to them with Chinese speakers and it’s a totally different experience then going there with just my wife.

    my original point is that “Chinese food” to most of the western world is the stuff that American Chinese immigrants invented. Real Chinese food isn’t called Chinese food because China is massive and they have so many food cultures that those cultures are what that style of food is called

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• mmmm@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I get it. Kinda like with scotch whisky

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