# Straight Dope: MSG **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914 "2012-07-31T02:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914/21 "2012-08-03T20:22:27Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m still mad about it. They never should have let them tear down the classic Penn Station just to put up a freaking sports arena. Umm… What? Also, try MSG on fried eggs. It’s fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914/22 "2012-08-03T20:29:26Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > It has the exact taste and mouth feel as snot. Don’t even pretend you’ve never tasted snot. Honestly, I don’t know what you mean here. Yes, I’ve tasted snot. I don’t know how MSG has the mouthfeel of snot. I will disagree about the taste, but I could somehow see very tangentially how one could make the comparison. The mouthfeel, though, makes absolutely no sense to me. I use Accent (commercial MSG taste enhancer) in some of my dishes, and I’ve taste it straight from the can, and I don’t understand what you mean by a snotty mouthfeel. ---
**Author:** ![MetroGnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914/23 "2012-08-03T22:02:23Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > It has the exact taste and mouth feel as snot. Don’t even pretend you’ve never tasted snot. > > The headache it gives me, feels exactly like a sinus headache. Maybe it is snot. :dubious: What?! I don’t think MSG is what you think it is. MSG resembles salt, except instead of small cube shaped crystals, they are sort of rod shaped, and like salt it dissolves readily upon contact with moisture. I can’t imagine the amount you’d have to consume to get a discernible mouth feel. If I ate a tablespoonful of salt, yeah, I’d say it had the mouth feel of sand and complain about the dying feeling it gives me. As for the taste, it’s taste like pure essence of savoriness. Not pleasant on its own, but yeah, like Jake said, does wonders for fried eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914/24 "2012-08-03T23:30:06Z")
> [@MetroGnome](#): > > What?! I don’t think MSG is what you think it is. MSG resembles salt, except instead of small cube shaped crystals, they are sort of rod shaped, and like salt it dissolves readily upon contact with moisture. I can’t imagine the amount you’d have to consume to get a discernible mouth feel. > > If I ate a tablespoonful of salt, yeah, I’d say it had the mouth feel of sand and complain about the dying feeling it gives me. > > As for the taste, it’s taste like pure essence of savoriness. Not pleasant on its own, but yeah, like Jake said, does wonders for fried eggs. ::Hijack:: Try Dill Weed on your eggs. It really adds a great taste to the eggs. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914/25 "2012-08-03T23:53:47Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m still mad about it. They never should have let them tear down the classic Penn Station just to put up a freaking sports arena. MSG got over it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-msg/629914.md?page=1)