To wonder why no one seasons food anymore

alcohol is a known factor in strokes, diabetes, liver diseases, arthritis etc., etc.
and no amount of alcohol is healthy.

I only use salt during cooking and find it very weird that people who season their food do it just before eating it, it definitely doesn't taste the same.

I'm late 50's and have never added salt when cooking anything. Everybody's tastes are different and what might be fine for me may be too salty/not salty enough for others. I just add salt at the table.

In answer to the question I wonder if the no salt people drink alcohol? Yes I do thanks for asking.

I wonder if the no salt people drink alcohol?

I don't add salt or drink alcohol - but what's the connection?

I still remember a thread years ago where the OP went to someone’s house (might have been her parent’s), and was outraged at being given an unsalted tomato.

The outrage compared to the supposed crime was off the scale. I mean, you could put the salt on yourself…

I never put salt on salad. Yuk.

I'm almost 66, my partner (who does most of the cooking as she likes doing it) is 68. We don't season most food when cooking and would never season a roast.

I wonder if the no salt people drink alcohol?
I grew up in times where all boiled veg was salted. A little pile of salt would be on the edge of the plate to dip a quartered tomato or a hard boiled egg into.
A chip of course is not a chip without salt and vinegar.
Having watched a fair few series of Masterchef (why when I am veggie and don’t cook I am not sure) and contestants are frequently told their food is under seasoned.
There are bigger health issues to worry about than a bit of salt here and there.

Those are two quite separate things. Not everybody who adds salt to vegetables overcooks them.

I rarely add salt when cooking but use plenty of herbs and spices. I'm late 50s so not much younger than you. I season at the table if I really need to.

I think sugar is worse than salt - and I also think both in moderation is fine

I never add pepper before cooking but often add it afterwards. I don’t tend to add salt when cooking unless following a recipe which specifically calls for it and rarely add it to food after serving either, to be honest it just doesn’t occur to me to add salt and I’d be worried I would add too much, I don’t really like food which tastes obviously salty (apart from chips!).

For me theres a bit of fear. I remember an elderly family member being told to stop adding to salt to his food who struggled. Said everything tasted disgusting and didn't want to eat a lot of things. Figured I'd best get used to not having so much salt before I get told that by a doctor.

I rarely season food before cooking, I think it can take away from the taste of the actual food. People can just season as they like after to suit their taste.

Me too 🤮

We stopped adding salt when we had kids so even normal amounts of salt added make food seem very salty to me.
For MIL, if an opportunity presents itself to add salt at any stage in the prep, or eating, she will take it!
I recently had a McDonalds and I accept that while chips taste better salted, they’ve started salting the burgers during cooking. Even to my salt averse palate it was too much. Like when you have crisps that turn your lips white 😂

I expect most people who virtuously announce they "Don't use salt in their cooking and its delicious" compensate by using a variety of salty ingredients instead like soy, fish sauce, bacon, olives, stock cubes etc

That's why so many people typically enjoy things like carbonara even though they "Never use salt!" Because it's full of bacon!

If you are boiling something (eg pasta or potatoes) you typically add quite a lot of salt because the food you're boiling won't actually absorb an awful lot of it. If it's something that will absorb all the salt then you use a lot less, like rice for eg you would salt much less than pasta because rice absorbs all the water in the pot, so would be horrid if you salted it the same way you're supposed to salt pasta water

I don't know anyone who disn't season their cooking. I season lightly but have never had anyone other than my mother who eats salt by the spoonful practically, add salt to my cooking so it can't be too bad.
People have probably got confused with less salt and salty pre made food in general and ate not using it at all instead of understanding that we still do need some salt for our functioning (and a small amount is good for taste)

I add as little as possible but my bp has been higher recently. It was low to start with and is still healthy but only just. Plenty in the cupboard for anyone who wants a bit more.

I don't add salt all the time.
My mum and MIL add salt to everything they cook even all the veg. Boiling potatoes- salt. Peas add salt. Pasta & rice salt. It's too much and everything tastes of salt - they don't notice it.

Salt is't unhealthy but too much is - like many materials the body uses there's a balance to be had ( little bit good but too much bad ) and as many PP said that varies as some people need more.

We cut down on salt - we didn't eliminate - when kids were small rather than cook multiple meals because their small bodies needed less of it and the too much level was much lower.

It's gradually crept up as the got bigger and we often these day instead of using salt directly use items with added salt with other stiff in cooking - like soy sauce. I do keep an eye on it for DH as his family has a bad history of high blood pressure and heart and stroke problems - my family it's much less an issue for.

I don’t worry about the health aspect. My blood pressure is usually quite low. I just really don’t enjoy overly salty food. I like salt but less is more for me.

This is worth a read for all those who are suggesting salt is unhealthy:

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You can add salt after cooking. I have a “salt tooth” so have never added salt to anything I cook before serving, as my preference is likely to be more salty than most.
Salt and pepper have table pots for this reason…