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View Poll Results: Do you salt your food when it arrives?
Yes 18 26.47%
No 24 35.29%
Other/depends - describe 26 38.24%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-14-2012, 08:54 AM
 
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I don't add much salt when I'm cooking. Baking requires it to give things proper rise (like bread).

A couple years ago, I took both the sugar bowl and the salt shaker off the table. My husband was a "salt before tasting" kind of guy before we got married - I think from years of eating in the military chow hall (where food tends to be rather bland). Now, he rarely even asks for either. If we've got guests, we fill them and put them out ...
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:57 AM
 
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Love those big odd shaped crystals of harvester sea salt.

Also like super fine sea salt.
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:59 AM
 
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No (or very seldom). Everything is way to salty here, and has not enough other spices and herbs.
I notice that most people salt their food BEFORE tasting it. Habitual...

There was a scene in a movie where a Donald Trump type bigshot was interviewing two competing applicants for some big job and when the first guy salted his food before tasting it he hired the other guy on the theory that it showed a thoughtless person controlled by habit (your point). Can't remember the movie name.
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Old 03-14-2012, 02:43 PM
 
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No way, if I see someone doing that, I assume they're not very aware.
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Old 03-14-2012, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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There was a scene in a movie where a Donald Trump type bigshot was interviewing two competing applicants for some big job and when the first guy salted his food before tasting it he hired the other guy on the theory that it showed a thoughtless person controlled by habit (your point). Can't remember the movie name.

snopes.com: Salted Food Test
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Old 03-14-2012, 05:11 PM
 
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Wow. Great find. Maybe it was this I remember. Either way, it makes sense. I always taste first. I might pepper if I don't see any but never salt.
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Old 03-14-2012, 06:31 PM
 
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I don't think I've ever salted food at the table. It just doesn't occur to me.

I have a friend that salts her food before she even tastes it. Doesn't make much sense to me.
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Old 03-14-2012, 06:35 PM
 
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Mostly I do. I think I have abnormal taste bud for the salty taste.
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:06 PM
 
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Where do you think Morton's comes from?

Morton Salt | Salt Production & Processing
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:40 PM
 
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I don't particularly care for the taste of salt so no, I don't salt my food. Of course restaurant and prepared foods come loaded with it, but I always ask for mine to be made without when that option exists. When cooking, I always opt for unsalted ingredients if I have a choice.

DH, OTOH, adds enough salt to his food for us both - with some leftover.
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