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Hold the MSG

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ID: 0724 Newbie
Some people are addicted to coke, others to crystal meth, but for the Chinese, the white powder of choice is none other than MSG. True, the MSG high leads to jacked up tasting pleasure, but if you want to avoid the crash, you might want to ‘just say no.’ Listen to this podcast to learn how--do your part in the War on MSG.
Sun Dec 09 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
请 qǐng please
不要 bùyào do not
放 fàng to add
味精 wèijīng monosodium glutamate
请不要放味精。
qǐng bùyào fàng wèijīng 。
Please do not add MSG.
好的。
hǎo de 。
OK.
一点也不要！
yīdiǎn yě bù yào ！
I don't want any.
我知道了。
wǒ zhīdào le 。
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