I know that some restaurants add MSG to supposedly enhance the flavor of the food. Has this become a standard practice in most places, or do fine dining establishments still just rely on regular salt, herbs, and spices? I have been reading about the health concerns over MSG.
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The chefs I know would hang you by your toes if you dared ask them such a question! They won’t even use butter that has salt in it, let alone something as unnatural as MSG!
It is usually low-end fast-food type restaurants that are accused of adding things to food. Think McDonalds, some chinese places, etc.
No.
I’ve worked in commercial kitchens for 12 years and never used MSG.
I don’t, and never would, but in the asian supermarkets in my area I have seen MSG for sale in kg bags next to the salt, which worries me. A quality restaurant would not use MSG, we have enough fantastic produce to work with.
i have never used MSG in any kitchen or bakeshop I have worked in. MSG is mainly used in Asian cuisine.