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Distilleries in Brooklyn, circa 1851 - here’s the full map.
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Next MSG is October 30th!
We’ll be talking taboo foods and making you dress up in silly costumes. More details soon.
Forever Bread: Calcium Propanoate
Calcium Propanoate is the special sauce (well, powder) that makes store-bought bread last ages. Get to know your preservatives.
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A Coffin Full of Pepper
There is the gradeschool myth that Far East spices, including pepper, were used to cover the taste of rotting meat. But recent scholarship suggests that if a family could afford spices from the Far East, they could also afford freshly slaughtered meat–which logically, makes sense.
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Relive the magic of MSG
The folks at Local Bozo wrote an incredibly thorough recap of last night’s MSG. Lots of pictures to boot! Read all about it: http://wp.me/p1X5WX-10f
If it is Tuesday, MSG is tonight!
We can’t wait until tonight, and we hope to see you all there.
Doors open at 7pm, Public Assembly (70 N. 6th Street in Williamsburg) is the place, and there’ll be samples and drink specials all night long.
Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll get to try tonight: 
Behind the Knives with the Masters of Social Gastronomy
Thanks to Carly for this great interview all about MSG; we’re flattered!
The Masters of Social Gastronomy Get Shelved: Preservatives and Convenience Foods
Why does your bacon clamor about its lack of nitrites, but your soda keeps quiet about sodium benzoate? Soma will unwrap our love/hate relationship with modern preservatives, and why we like to think keeping our food safe might kill us in the end. Learn to read the small print of food labeling with terrifying ease!
Convenience food! It’s evil, right?
Well, you may change your tune after Sarah’s Ode to Convenience Food in Three Parts: How Convenience Food Won the Civil War; How Convenience Food Almost Killed Us at the Turn of the Century; and How Convenience Food Liberated the Modern Woman.
Sarah is fairly certain modern society was built on the back of Borden’s Sweetened Condensed Milk, and at MSG, you’ll find out why.
This month’s MSG is on Tuesday, September 25, doors at 7pm. As always, MSG is at Public Assembly and is 100% free. RSVP recommended!
image courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/4710882052/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Origin of a Dish: Vanilla Ice Cream
What took everyone so long to figure out how to make vanilla ice cream? [Four Pounds Flour]
