Famous Dave's: Coupon for $10 Off and No Replies on MSG

A coupon arrived from Famous Dave's that lets you take off $10 if purchasing $30 or more. Unfortunately, it is good for just today.

Unfortunate for me personally and others with MSG allergies, is that the waitstaff told me that MSG is in all the main entrees when I went for my birthday with an excited small child who was looking forward to it also. I told her she could eat but she said while she held back tears, "No mama. That's unfair to you."

Famous Dave's hasn't replied to any emails that I have sent regarding the MSG.  It felt pointless but I sent another one today. Perhaps there is some main entree I can eat there, but I will never know.Hopefully, they will reply this time.  If you would like to help them reply or remove MSG from their foods, please contact them at

Famous Dave's of America, Inc.
Attn: Guest Relations
12701 Whitewater Drive, Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
952-294-1300

Or give them a tweet @Famous_Daves

MSG in the H1N1 Vaccine?

According to this website, http://www.truthinlabeling.org They stated " MedImmune’s H1N1 vaccine contains monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed protein gelatin, and various forms of phosphates. "

I do not know if that is true but if you should avoid MSG, it would be best to check out if the vaccine really has MSG in it or not.

If you do this, please get back to me and let me know what you have learned. I'd like to know how/why there would be MSG in a vaccine.

Another interesting MSG link

The below link gives the chemical formula, C5H8NNaO4 • H2O. It states that MSG is a glutamic acid and was first isolated in 1886.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) - Characteristics of MSG

MSG Links

Below please find, some links about MSG that I found on the Internet.

The first one was a surprise. It had good discussion and links to some really great sites on MSG. It also issued a warning that scientists are working on a MSG alternative for food. Whether that would avoid the side effects for those harmed by MSG or even if that is a consideration is not clear. Hopefully, since MSG can make some people extremely sick, an alternative would be discovered. Hopefully, companies see the benefit in health and in dollar profit for such a discovery and related research.

http://www.torahwomen.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=867:msg-chemical-replacement&catid=38:health&Itemid=100062

Here are the links from the above site that impressed me:

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/52/20930.abstract?sid=7455e80d-7dca-4325-a81a-66d05a4dbaad


http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/umamichemistry

These describe what may be categorized as a fifth sense of taste, umami, whose receptors are tripped by MSG.

MSG Week

Hi, this week I will go a bit off topic and talk about MSG in food. One of my friends gets extremely sick if she eats MSG and others I know get sick also.

MSG stand for mono sodium glutamate. It is a flavor enhancer that can make some people very ill and not bother others the same way.

GO ALICE, an Internet resource from Columbia University, lists several other words to look out for incase you should not eat the MSG food additive. These are: hydrolyzed protein,
sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, autolyzed yeast and yeast extract. There may be other names as well.

Quiznos

A word of warning to you MSG sensitive folks. They have monosodium glutamate in some of their foods. What's worse, if you ask the employees, not all of them have been trained on this topic so they can give you the wrong answer.

They offer a free cookie on your birthday if you sign up for their email newsletter. Other than that there is no mention of any coupons, discounts or freebies.