Salt

[jack daniels]

just wondering what other people do with their salt usage

Hi Abers

i season all of my cooking to taste but don't add salt if i'm boiling vegetables.
we have salt and pepper on the table but i tend to use just the pepper and the other JD's may or may not use it. we use a lot of herbs too.

i'm wondering if you add salt to your cooking, miss it out altogether or each person adds accordingly.

i avoid ready meals as much as i can since i find them quite salty but i'm more wondering about your general use

tia Anna x

[jourdain2]

I never add salt to veg. when cooking and it is rare that I add it to anything else. I put salt on the table and people can ad or not as they wish.

[viv41]

The only time I use salt Anna is when it's icy underfoot and I use it to melt the ice in the back yard!

[chrissa1]

I always add salt to veggies and casseroles etc. Not too much though. All the chefs you see on tv, season their veggies and dishes.

[pixie374]

Never to anything, except salt and vinegar on chips.

[Cloverjo]

I usually put salt in pasta and rice while cooking. I add salt to my porridge and fried eggs but nothing else. We don't keep it on the table.

[Islay]

I was taught to add salt as you cook not afterwards and that is what I do.

[chrissa1]

Have you ever tasted, unsalted butter? Yuck!

[jourdain2]

The problem with that, Islay, is that no-one who eats the food has an option as to how much they ingest. I was also taught to cook with salt, but changed over 30 years ago. My late mother-in-law used to make appallingly salty pastry - quite spoiled her pies.

[jack daniels]

thanks for your quick replies - it's interesting to see what people do.
pixie - do you not add salt at all to your cooking? do you not find it under seasoned?
viv - i like your answer lol

Anna x

[gingejbee]

Salted butter...it's "yuck" from me!

[EcclesCake]

I season as I cook, including vegetables.

Salt very rarely makes an appearance on the table.

[Tilly2]

I put salt in potatoes, if I am going to mash them. I also use salt when cooking pasta and rice. Nothing else gets salted, apart from chips and fried eggs.

[pixie374]

None at all, Anna. I use other herbs, etc. But was always taught salt is the most unhealthy thing to add and nearly everyone has too much. It just depends what you're used to, I think.

[Islay]

Jourdain if you cook properly the salt enhances your food as you cook not smother or lay on top.

[Tilly2]

I had some visitors recently who asked for pepper and salt and sprinkled both liberally on their food before they had even tasted it. One of them even put salt on a salad!

[woofgang]

But Islay, the people who eat your food have no choice about how much salt they eat.....When I cook just for myself, i salt as I go but if I am cooking for more than me then I reduce the salt way down or leave it out all together so people have more choice.

[Islay]

If they are eating my food then the get it how I prepare it. If they don't like it they don't have to eat it!

[mightymouse]

I usually add a little salt to potatoes, however cooked, and to rice.

I loved both salted and unsalted butter. You rarely find salted butter in France, unsalted goes so well with proper French bread.

A little salt on a salad is ok if there is none in the dressing.

Many ready meals are far too salty.

[EcclesCake]

Salt on a salad OUTRAGEOUS!!!!! The very few occasions salt appears on my table is when I serve a tomato salad, baked potatoes or chis and fips.

[jack daniels]

i'd never use salt on a salad but would use coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper on fresh sliced tomatoes.
i also cant understand it when people put salt & pepper on their food before they've even tasted it
i like to use unsalted butter when making pancakes but otherwise i use salted.
my OH eats saltier food then i do but over the years he got used to the lesser amount that i put in food.
many years ago my dad use to slice up a granny smith apple and sprinkle salt on it (and sometimes chilli powder) which i quite liked but not done that or fancy it now.

Anna x