S and P or not

I never use salt in cooking, except when making bread in my bread maker, as I’m told it’s needed to make it rise.

My Dh sometimes uses Losalt on his food but I only have salt on boiled eggs. I did accidentally put salt on scrambled eggs the other day, as I hadn’t noticed I’d picked up the salt grinder instead of the pepper grinder. I always put both on the table even though they don’t get used very often.

When my Dh was in his 30’s he put on a fair bit of weight at one time. He read that reducing salt intake could help so he did just that. The weight fell off him, about two stone in all, and he’s never been that heavy again. I wish it worked for me.

We never took salt tablets living in the tropics but I’d make my own rehydration mix if we felt a bit dehydrated. It’s a mix of salt and sugar dissolved in water.

i think you must be from north of B'ham? i say that as i understand that it is considered rude up North but not so when below Brum

Why does the salt cellar have one hole and the pepper pot have several holes?
Will post answer later.

kjmpde

i think you must be from north of B'ham? i say that as i understand that it is considered rude up North but not so when below Brum

Never heard that

I actually don't add salt or pepper to cooking unless it's in the recipe and we all season afterwards depending on taste... I think this comes from many years of cooking for children

We don’t add salt when cooking but I add Himalayan pink salt afterwards - it has cured my leg cramps. Also I have been told it is not good to have too little salt if you have low blood pressure.

Always taste first and in reality rarely add salt. Sometimes a but of pepper. Always remember how Joan Collins asked for salt and pepper in a Gordon Ramsay restaurant and he told her to leave. Considered it an insult to his cooking!

I couldn’t eat tomatoes or chips without salt. I do use a salt and pepper grinder at mealtime because I know our veg won’t have been seasoned as they are always cooked in a steamer. When eating out I always rely on the restaurant to get the seasoning right so happy not to see it on the table.

Not at all rude to the cook. We all gave different tastebuds and I'm sure any cook (worth her salt!!) simply wants people to enjoy what they're eating. Let's face it, a lot of consumers may have actually spoiled it for themselves by not tasting first.

Witzend,

I lived for a while in Turkey and couldn’t understand why I was getting cramp in my sleep. Someone suggested I should eat a couple of salted biscuits daily. Bingo, the cramps went.

DH got sunstroke in Turkey. I remember my daughter’s friend had a bad case of Delhi belly whilst she was travelling. The doctor advised her to drink Coca-Cola. I remembered this and made DH drink Coca Cola. When the Turkish doctor arrived he told me that DH would have been hospitalised had I not made him drink C-C. Apparently it has just the right balance of salt and sugar for rehydration.

I rarely add salt to anything except eggs.

I never salt anything which worked against me when I was given a date for my hip replacement op. Three times it was put off because my sodium levels were to low. I had to eat gammon steak, pasties and highly laden salt dishes to try and bring my levels up. I really dislike salt so it was a very unpleasant experience! I’m on blood pressure tablets as well but the doctors still insisted they would not do the op whilst my sodium was low. Perhaps that’s why I get dizzy at times as I soon reverted back to my no salt routine unless food prepared by either family or restaurants (and the occasional M&S meal ) had added it.

Never cook with salt, not on the table but available if it's asked for. Personally I only put salt on chips or roast potatoes

I steam all my veg, most of my fish . Always put a pinch or two of salt in steamer have done this after my first stint in kitchen with a Polish chef, he lobed things at everyone. I can't repeat his words of he saw a salt pot reached for before tasting . He could say words in about a dozen languages .He had me running to get something one day I fell ,told me that was a double lesson, never run in a kitchen, and always dry a floor after washing, bit of topic but reading this brought back very happy memories from half a century ago

My father used to chuck sprinkle so much salt and white pepper on his meals, before he'd even tasted it, that it made the poor unfortunate person sitting opposite him, convulse into paroxisms of sneezing. Possibly as a result of this, I very rarely season my food once cooked, apart from a little black pepper on the occassional pizza. And I detest salty food.

Always need salt on chips Lucca!
White pepper sprinkled into a boiled egg.
No point tasting either first - they just NEED it!

You seem to have ‘trained’ your men.
I’d have been up to the kitchen cupboard for my condiments.

Roast potatoes and chips taste better with a light sprinkling of salt and I use it in bread making. Black pepper on the other hand I use rather a lot.

I like this old film where the poor man has his one meat ball but makes sure he has plenty of salt on it:
www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDli0qPwn4U8Y&v=li0qPwn4U8Y&feature=emb_rel_end

ps @1.54

We stopped cooking with salt when the DDs were being weaned because they ate the same food as we did. I use a little salt when cooking potatoes but for nothing else. We don't have salt or pepper on the table unless a non-family person is here for a meal (a rare occurrence!)

I have heard chefs complain about adding salt before tasting the food.

Fennel that's brilliant, really very funny! I'll be singing "One Meatball" to the the GC next time we have them!

Love salt and put it on all my dinners, pepper depending what it is. I do put it on before I’ve tasted the food.

I think we have to.leave behind all those etiquette laws now. Everything has gone out the window. I think that if people like salt and it makes their meal enjoyable then just let them do it. I don't think you should take it personally. I too reach for the salt but I don't add any while cooking.

My Aunt, who lived to 103, always plastered her food with salt without tasting first. Didn’t seem to do her any harm. I like a bit of salt on my food, depending what it is. DD1 never uses salt in cooking or has it on the table. I’ve eaten many a delicious but bland meal, desperate to add a little salt to bring out the taste
‘A little of what you fancy does you good’

hallgreenmiss Wed 09-Sep-20 09:59:22
Spangler

When you have a very expensive set of Aga cruets, you show them off!

Ooooo get you ?

So glad you saw it as tongue in cheek. They just appeared one day. When I was told their price I had to top my wine glass up, nigh chocked on it.

Urmstongran

Always need salt on chips Lucca!
White pepper sprinkled into a boiled egg.
No point tasting either first - they just NEED it!

You seem to have ‘trained’ your men.
I’d have been up to the kitchen cupboard for my condiments.

In fact I didn’t have to “train” them they each realised it was daft to chuck salt on before tasting and had never thought of it like that.
I don’t understand those who say they don’t season while cooking ? So if you’re making a casserole for example you don’t season it ? So how come recipes say season with s and p ?
I agree an egg needs salt but never cook chips and I don’t salt them when eating out.