Salt?

Knuckledragger

OK I spent Christmas day with some friends who graciously cooked a generous meal for us, and while I am moste gratefull for the time trouble and expense they had to go to, I was aghast to find not one morsel of salt cooked into their preparations!! Sure, they had a salt shaker available on the table, but there are some things that if the salt isn't cooked into them (meats, broccoli, stuffing), you can never add enough salt up on top to make up for it.

I think that the salt works to cut the fat in meats as they cook, for example.

SO, I smiled and worked to look like I wasn't put off by this last minute surprise.

DO you salt?

iggy8n

I yusta like my popcorn with lots of butter and salt. The rest of the family would complain that I was overloading it.
So, then one day after some blood work, my doctor mentioned easing up the salt intake. I'm not fat (160 lbs 5' 10") and I exercise
every day. But she said it's not good to eat too much salt. So, I don't do it any more. We just don't eat any popcorn any more.

There's always some fruit or carrots to munch on. Yeah, it's not the same salty greasy treat. But, I do wanna have a few more meals.

Cngevpxhaqrefpber

Yeah, maybe they have blood pressure problems or something.

I think that at least a little bit o' salt in some form or another is usually necessary on things that are being cooked that aren't already salted. I always try to not use too too much though.

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iggy8n

I've always wondered why one must salt the water when cooking rice. Does salt act like antifreeze and lower frezing point and raise
the boiling point? I haven't googled this yet. Does it make the water boil quicker and cook the rice in less time?

Knuckledragger

sorry, no geese at the party. But it would have been a better party had there been.

Knuckledragger

I always put a good 1/4 cup of salt in the water whenever I boil broccoli

Knuckledragger

Perhaps my undoing is, that I am a recreational eater. My view on cooking is that it is a development process, one that should be geared towards producing an ultimate product. So if a little more salt makes the food taste better, then my inclination to "hold back" for health purposes, loses out every time.

Butter is the same way, I'll throw a good stick of butter into a 10 quart pot when making soup from scratch.

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genoski

I don't use salt on my food, when cooking, I use salt as directed by the recipes. For boiling, steaming, or blanching, no more than a teaspoon.

iggy8n

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Knuckledragger

Good god!! You don't eat "soup"? well,... that explains a lot.

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