On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Dean Esmay wrote:

> The last I read about it, MSG has been a "spice" used by the Chinese for
> many centuries, and is extracted from beets.

        I'll toss it right away.  I like the stuff, but I may have had an
attack of it's side effects.  I got an accute intestinal pain a few days
ago, and it wasn't pretty.  If it was just some chemical out of a lab I
wouldn't mind too much, but beets arouse my suspicians.  They are inedible.

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