Do you use salt on your food?

supernova84 · 09-11-2012 10:20PM #1

I gave up using salt on my food nearly 2 years ago. Are you a user and what would be your daily dose?

SafeSurfer · 09-11-2012 10:22PM

Yes, my wife cooks.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 10:22PM

Yes, it's a flavour enhancer. I don't overdo it but don't understand people's horror at it being added to food.

SomeGuyCalledMi · 09-11-2012 10:24PM

Don't use much salt. Badly need to cut back on the sugar though. I put 4 spoons in my tea.

Big Bottom · 09-11-2012 10:25PM

I use too much salt.

humbert · 09-11-2012 10:25PM

My meals look like a Christmas scene.

Pottler · 09-11-2012 10:25PM

Missus won't buy it so there's never any in the house. Can't stand the taste anymore and usually find food is ruined by it. Much the same goes for sugar..

Butterface · 09-11-2012 10:25PM

Only in the process of cooking, and not a lot unless it's needed. I would never pour salt on food that's already sitting on my dinner plate.

And that goes for the rare occasion where I find myself eating chips - in that case I'd have ketchup on the side which is salty enough!

Larianne · 09-11-2012 10:26PM

I hardly ever use salt. Might have it the odd time - on eggs or tomato or chips but that's it. I'm more a pepper person.

admiralofthefleet · 09-11-2012 10:27PM

only on chipper chips, never any other time. i like to taste my food. my mother is notorious with salt, she covers her food with it, takes a bite then pours more salt on

Wacker The Attacker · 09-11-2012 10:27PM

Chances are that there is already too much of it in your diet

Wacker The Attacker · 09-11-2012 10:28PM

humbert wrote: »

My meals look like a Christmas scene.

Lay off the wrapping paper in future

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

Not really, black / cayenne pepper usually.

I always put a sh1t load of salt on homemade popcorn though.

Ottway · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

A tiny bit of sea salt but I find if I squeeze a little Lemon Juice on most foods that you would add salt to traditionally, it works as a far better flavour enhancer.

Mam of 4 · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

Have been known to like some food with my salt, am very heavy handed with it

only on MY plate though..

ForeverYoungx · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

I used a ridiculous amount in the past then cut back on it for the sake of my health...now I've been told to start eating it again because I have low blood pressure, you can't win!

The Big Red Button · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

I love salt.

I try to eat unprocessed foods as much as possible, so I don't feel bad about seasoning my food with salt, as there's usually no added salt in it to start with.

Max Power · 09-11-2012 10:29PM

i like cake and salt

Jimoslimos · 09-11-2012 10:30PM

No, never. Don't think I even use it in cooking. Live in a place with Chinese students and the amount of salt they use in cooking is disgusting.

Some chef, might have been Gordon Ramsay, said something along the lines of it being an insult that diners would reach immediately for the salt to season their food without even tasting it first. Have to agree.

PhlegmyMoses · 09-11-2012 10:30PM

I only put salt on chips and plain chicken, like a roast chicken sandwich. Other than that, I could take it or leave it.

09-11-2012 10:31PM

Larianne wrote: »

I hardly ever use salt. Might have it the odd time - on eggs or tomato or chips but that's it.

Same, fried eggs are unpleasant without salt.

I know people who'll add it to a takeaway curry or hamburger, dunno how they do it.

ZombieBride · 09-11-2012 10:31PM

I don't have it in the house, so nope don't use it. There already salt in all processed food so we're already getting too much without adding more.

Gillian1 · 09-11-2012 10:31PM

I'm only short of putting it on my cornflakes

suicide_circus · 09-11-2012 10:32PM

I would use a bit in the cooking process but you shouldn't need much of it if you're any good at cooking.

A pet hate is ignorant cünts who put salt on their meal without tasting it first.

admiralofthefleet · 09-11-2012 10:33PM

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

i like cake and salt

im making a salt and chocolate tart tomorrow

reginald · 09-11-2012 10:33PM

Cheese is the new salt

mrsoundie · 09-11-2012 10:34PM

Larianne wrote: »

I hardly ever use salt. Might have it the odd time - on eggs or tomato or chips but that's it. I'm more a pepper person.

I am with you on that one. Although I do use soya sauce and fish sauce to add that salty dimension to cooking.

candy-gal1 · 09-11-2012 10:37PM

+1 on the chipper chips there, only time I add salt to anything really!

decisions · 09-11-2012 10:39PM

Only on hard boiled eggs.

and chipper.

marozz · 09-11-2012 10:40PM

Gave up taking salt a couple of years ago after I found out I have high blood pressure. It took a while to get used to it. Now when I have the odd packet of crisps all I can taste is the salt.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 10:43PM

Pottler wrote: »

Missus won't buy it so there's never any in the house. Can't stand the taste anymore and usually find food is ruined by it. Much the same goes for sugar..

Whatever about not adding to it finished meals, salt is a crucial part of many recipes. The right amount doesn't taste salty, it just enhances flavour. The food in your house must be terribly bland.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 10:47PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I would use a bit in the cooking process but you shouldn't need much of it if you're any good at cooking.

You'd be surprised how much salt is added to good meals in good restaurants.

Cedrus · 09-11-2012 10:48PM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I only put salt on chips and plain chicken, like a roast chicken sandwich.

Classic and justified imho

Deleted User wrote: »

Same, fried eggs are unpleasant without salt.

This is just weird..................but then again, the best tasting fried egg is in a bacon and egg sandwich

suicide_circus wrote: »

I would use a bit in the cooking process but you shouldn't need much of it if you're any good at cooking.

Some dishes need salt to be added before or during cooking or the flavours don't develop, other times it's better to lay off until the food is on peoples plates and they can choose themselves.

suicide_circus wrote: »

IA pet hate is ignorant cünts who put salt on their meal without tasting it first.

I cured a friend of that by serving saltfish, she didn't know what hit her:D.

Ottway wrote: »

A tiny bit of sea salt but I find if I squeeze a little Lemon Juice on most foods that you would add salt to traditionally, it works as a far better flavour enhancer.

I did this for years and it is fantastic but then I moved to a very hot country where salt was genuinely needed as part of a healthy diet, it took me a long time to get back down to a more appropriate salt level for Irish conditions. lemon juice doesn't work on chips though:o

suicide_circus · 09-11-2012 10:51PM

Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »

You'd be surprised how much salt is added to good meals in good restaurants.

Oh yes i'm well aware that restaurants like to lash the salt and butter into dishes willy nilly !

suicide_circus · 09-11-2012 10:53PM

Cedrus wrote: »

Classic and justified imho

This is just weird..................but then again, the best tasting fried egg is in a bacon and egg sandwich

Some dishes need salt to be added before or during cooking or the flavours don't develop, other times it's better to lay off until the food is on peoples plates and they can choose themselves.

I cured a friend of that by serving saltfish, she didn't know what hit her:D.

I did this for years and it is fantastic but then I moved to a very hot country where salt was genuinely needed as part of a healthy diet, it took me a long time to get back down to a more appropriate salt level for Irish conditions. lemon juice doesn't work on chips though:o

Of course salt is needed, i'm not anti salt and i use salt when required

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 10:54PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Oh yes i'm well aware that restaurants like to lash the salt and butter into dishes willy nilly !

And they taste good. And they know what they're doing. So a lot of salt doesn't equal a lack of knowledge of cooking. If you cook with unprocessed ingredients, you can actually add a far bit of salt without the food being anywhere close to ruined.

whatdoicare · 09-11-2012 10:57PM

Never add it to anything - I have salt in the house for the fish tank only.

There's far too much salt in everything nowadays.

hairyprincess · 09-11-2012 10:58PM

I love cooking and baking and I never use salt...I cringe watching cookery shows and they are flying in the salt.

I only use salt on chips and a boiled egg

My name is URL · 09-11-2012 10:58PM

I don't add it to any food but a lot of the stuff I eat has a fairly high sodium content anyway =/

I just love crisps man

Pottler · 09-11-2012 11:01PM

Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »

Whatever about not adding to it finished meals, salt is a crucial part of many recipes. The right amount doesn't taste salty, it just enhances flavour. The food in your house must be terribly bland.

Actually not, Missus is a cracking cook as it happens, she uses an array of spices, she just has a thing about not using salt.

There's other flavours than salty you know.

PhlegmyMoses · 09-11-2012 11:01PM

I'm not sure that it is necessarily ignorant to add salt without tasting your meal. As stated earlier, I don't use that much but everyone knows somebody whose dinner is always caked with salt. Those guys know that a meal at a restaurant won't have sufficient quantities relative to what they usually eat.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 11:02PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

I love cooking and baking and I never use salt...I cringe watching cookery shows and they are flying in the salt.

IME, baked goods lacking that crucial pinch of salt come out very bland.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 11:04PM

Pottler wrote: »

Actually not, Missus is a cracking cook as it happens, she uses an array of spices, she just has a thing about not using salt. There's other flavours than salty you know.

Salt is added to lots of things in small amounts as a flavour enhancer, not so that the food will taste salty. Cakes, for example. So a blanket ban on it is a bit odd, IMO. If the starting ingredients are unprocessed, a bit of salt is grand. A lot of people are bit irrational about salt, I think.

Weebuns12 · 09-11-2012 11:05PM

Everything tastes better with soy sauce

hairyprincess · 09-11-2012 11:06PM

Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »

IME, baked goods lacking that crucial pinch of salt come out very bland.

You haven't tasted my baking

whatsthetime · 09-11-2012 11:07PM

supernova84 wrote: »

I gave up using salt on my food nearly 2 years ago. Are you a user and what would be your daily dose?

I use salt when cooking but seldom sprinkle it on food on the plate.

Emeraldy Pebbles · 09-11-2012 11:08PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

You haven't tasted my baking

No indeed. However, there is clearly a reason for that small amount to be added, it's not just for the sake of it!

Shryke · 09-11-2012 11:08PM

Weebuns12 wrote: »

Everything tastes better with soy sauce

When you said soy sauce did you mean weed?

bnt · 09-11-2012 11:09PM

Almost never. I'll use spices when cooking, of course, but almost never need to add any on food I've bought. If I do, I can taste it on top of the food.

People give me strange looks for not putting salt on chips, but chips made from good potatoes have a great taste of their own.

Pottler · 09-11-2012 11:11PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

You haven't tasted my baking

Same as -my wife bakes loads, especailly for friends weddings etc and a queue usually forms when people hear she's made such and such - (she really is a cracking cook). In fairness, pretty much all other food tastes crap compared to what she makes and there's usually a huge crowd over for sunday dinner at ours, so she must be doing somthing people like. She, err, just doesn't use salt, which is really no biggie...

Weebuns12 · 09-11-2012 11:14PM

Shryke wrote: »

When you said soy sauce did you mean weed?

No....

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