Who doesn't use salt, at all?

[SkinnyPete]

While I do like to eat out from time to time, I'm pretty health-conscious day to day.

As such, I never bother with salt (or pepper for that matter), be it when roasting vegetables, making soups or even pasta dishes. My theory being is that there's probably enough trace amounts of salt in all the foods I eat throughout the day that combined take me to somewhere not far off your recommended daily intake.

And while I'll admit food probably tastes better seasoned, once you've gone without it for a week you'll forget all about it.

I guess I'm just amazed that almost every recipe I read instructs you to add salt to the vegetables you're roasting, the onions your frying, and the salad your tossing.

[HustleRussell]

Salt improves the flavour of everything. It is an essential ingredient in cured or smoked meats and fish. The body also needs some salt although most people eat too much.

I add salt to my cooking as a reward for avoiding a lot of processed and convenience foods, many of which probably contain more than I’d ever use in normal cooking!

And pepper! Is pepper unhealthy? Wonder stuff. I’ll file avoiding salt and pepper wholesale under the ‘life’s too short’ category!

[Badvok]

I used to put salt on everything, even a tuna mayo sandwich would be well salted.

Several years on, its now only for chips when eating out and we use none in cooking or at the table

[Glosphil]

No salt used except a light sprinkle on the very occasional chips.

[Chucklehead]

My food mainly consists of the three main food groups: salt, pepper, butter.

[Ziplobb]

Life without salt ? Really
I could Die Covid19 so a bit of salt ...

[sociopath]

Don't add salt to anything. It doesn't need it. If it's been used in the prep of something then fine, but never found the need to add it.

Oh except for fish and chips of course, they need salt.

Pepper can just fk off, it makes everything taste of pepper.

My wife on the other hand puts pepper and mustard on everything, before she's even tasted it

[Doofus]

I don't add salt to anything and I don't use it in cooking. My wife puts it in potatoes, and I can't tell the difference.

Plenty of stuff has plenty of salt in it already. And it tastes horrible, and doesn't improve the flavour of anything, unless you like the taste of salt. Which you don't, because it tastes horrible.

[mike74]

Once you start using sea salt you'll never go back to regular table salt.

[Wacky Racer]

I like salt, but if I overdo it, I sweat in bed at night, so I try to be sensible.

[vaud]

Rarely.

It’s needed in making bread; also on occasional steak and chips. Always find restaurant food over salted; a shock to the palate.

[Philplop]

I’m just flicking through a barbecue book that goes into the science of cooking.

There’s a section on salt. Here’s the introductory paragraph:

[quote]Salt is a magical rock. It is the single most important flavour enhancer. It suppressed the taste of bitterness, balances sweetness, and deepened and enhances flavours. Just a small amount can really improve a dish. It can also aid in moisture retention during cooking and even tenderise.
[/quote]

You don’t just use salt because you like the taste of salt, it’s often used as a tool when cooking.

[OriginalFDM]

I almost never put salt ON anything, but I can't imagine not using it in the preparation of dishes.

[i4got]

OriginalFDM said:

I almost never put salt ON anything, but I can't imagine not using it in the preparation of dishes.

Same. It annoys me if I've made a soup, tasted it and seasoned it, only to see someone add salt without tasting it.

[dirky dirk]

Never use it, or sugar,
Infact i threw them out and senior mansgement bought some more incase visitors like it

[Monkeylegend]

I use pepper but never add salt to anything. I do like things with salt in though.

[21st Century Man]

I packed up on salt a few years back due to slightly high BP, however I have the odd treat of sea or Himalayan salt from time to time. I've just gone back to salted butter on my toast and it's heavenly on thick sliced white bloomer.

[Bullett]

Use it all the time for cooking. Hardly even add it afterwards.

3 main food groups, salt, pepper and fat.

[vaud]

21st Century Man said:

I packed up on salt a few years back due to slightly high BP, however I have the odd treat of sea or Himalayan salt from time to time. I've just gone back to salted butter on my toast and it's heavenly on thick sliced white bloomer.

Try making your own butter. Takes minutes if you have a food mixer and you can salt to the exact level you need.

I often do it when double cream is on sale. Delicious.

[mike74]

anonymous said:

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Nothing I assume, and I'm far from a food snob, I'll eat all manner of ste and junk food, but table salt now just tastes like something that was made in factory.