Saltiest take-away food

[lljkk]

... is Chinese, media says, today.
Actually, for us, it's take-away pizza. We all have experience of waking up parched & thirsty at 1am after take-away pizza, but not other types of take-aways.

What do you reckon? Is your Chinese the saltiest take-away food you have?

[Finderscrispy]

From cooking Chinese food at home, they do use a lot of salt in their recipes. Talking tablespoons not pinches, so it doesn’t surprise me.

[BeyondDeadlySiren]

Yeah I'd say Chinese. Pizza does make me thirsty, but nothing like Chinese does.

[mrsnec]

Yes to pizza if you have a lot of processed meat on the toppings. If you get a veggie one it doesn't seem so bad.

[Purplerain101]

Chinese definitely. In my local takeaway I can see the food being made from behind the counter and the chef literally chucks a handful of salt into each dish plus all the salty soy sauces etc they use. Still tastes delicious but I try and only have it very occasionally for this reason

[lljkk]

We make our own veg & rice at home (no salt added) so maybe that's why our Chinese seems ok.
We also make own veg at home to accompany the pizza, mind.

[LemonysSnicket]

Definitely Chinese... sugar too. That’s why it tastes so good

[demirose87]

I'd say Chinese too but it's an occasional treat so I don't care. Whenever I eat gammon steaks though, I'm up during the night needing a drink.

[BeyondDeadlySiren]

Just fell down a google hole...

I learnt that while msg itself doesn't make you thirsty exactly, in those people who are sensitive to it, one of the side effects is extreme thirst.