To wonder why no one seasons food anymore

If it’s on thr table why do you need to go and get it?

Such a superior comment, that’s cringe, of course people know. They just have different options to you.

A lot of people don't seem to understand the purpose of using salt when cooking, or perhaps don't know that kosher salt exists and have just been using Saxa fine table salt which is blergh.

Hint: if it makes your food taste salty you're using too much.

Don’t know anyone who doesn’t season whilst cooking! We don’t have salt and pepper on the table though - occasionally we will go and get it if someone feels their meal is under seasoned but that’s rare.

I use salt to cook. My understanding was that generally the amount of salt that people use to cook with is less than you get in most convenience products (ketchup, sauces etc). Unless you have a pre-existing healthy condition, salt isn't that bad for you unless you have it in huge quantities. Which people rarely do because it's...salty.

I think most people who don't add salt to food are maybe using ingredients already with salt? like bacon, pesto, sausages, gravy, soy sauce, pasta sauce from a jar, cheese, etc. I don't use any of these, don't add any gravy to roast for example, so if I didn't add salt the fiod would be disgusting, no flavour what so ever!

I think you must be right. A lot of ingredients we cook with already have salt in them, so I don't add extra salt to a stirfry for example, as soy sauce already has so much.

But a roast chicken, spuds and plain steamed/boiled/roasted veg with no salt added would be flavourless.

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/nutrition/herbs-and-spices

https://www.worldofspice.co.uk/blog/herbs-and-spices-the-best-salt-alternatives/

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/food/g30139449/salt-alternatives/

https://spicesinc.com/blogs/guide-seasoning-without-salt

There plenty of information about alternative seasoning out there.

I still add salt or salted butter to potatoes and like salt on chips. We did when kids were young and really went minimal salt find some dishes eaten out and some commercial sauces too slaty to be pleasant - so I do think there an element of what you are used to.

It is if you have high blood pressure or are very young. Check out the NHS website for the information.

I would rather be considered a bad cook than someone who harms others.

Idiotic. I would be bringing in those little packets of salt and pepper you get in restaurants. I always used to save those up at work for my packed lunches. I try not to go overboard with salt, but I've never heard of any reason not to use black pepper.

When you’re cooking, it’s relatively easy to reverse saltiness by adding some kind of acid eg lemon juice.

Obviously a bit trickier once it’s plated and in front of you, granted.

Has to be made from the meat juice to make proper gravy, not that crap stuff you just add boiling water to.

Controversial I know, but gravy is gross (I'm not British 😉)

It is. Educate yourself,

I'm the same age as you, OP, and like most people I cut down on the salt I added to food decades ago, in line with all the public info on the subject. However, I didn't stop adding it. No one I know has stopped adding it either. My son chucks it in by the handful.
It think you are generalising huh-yuuuugely from a very small base. You are also making me feel ancient!!: I had a convo with my mother-in-law two decades ago that was similar to the one you had with your daughter. She was the one whose salt practices were out of line with modern health messaging and she is about 85 now.

Salt is delicious! Butter with salt crystals is food of the gods. My blood pressure is perfect so it’s not doing me any harm. If I had high blood pressure I’d probably rein it in, but I’m so glad I don’t have to.

Can't eat them without salt. I do like a salty taste but try and be careful about salt input.

I fifty and realise salt is terrible for you, I don’t add it and put it on the table for people to add their own.

I add salt and pepper to food. Love sea salt added to my massive salad

31 here and I don't salt anything other than the water when boiling pasta/potatoes

Hate the taste of it. My partner adds it to his food after we have cooked and is fine with that.

I'm the person who will ask for vinegar only when at the chippy

I stopped doing it when I had a baby to wean. They are now 20.
I do add salt to things like chips though, but DC never sprinkle salt on their food, which I’m pleased about.

I used herbs, spices and pepper when cooking. I only really add salt to the cooking water for potatoes and pasta. Anyone who wants salt can add it to their food before they eat it. My personal preference is to put it on potatoes and some veg but I don’t find that meat needs salt added.

Overly salty food is unpleasant to eat- and once that salt is on there you can’t reverse it. Much easier to leave it as is and let people put on however much salt they want.

I've always heard that too much salt is bad for you, but I also thought that most people used it anyway.... There is a difference between using it sparingly and with a heavy hand. I didn't realize it was a trend for younger people to avoid salt. If anything I would have thought middle-aged or older people would be more worried about it, as they are already at an increased risk of the problems that excess salt can exacerbate.

I would consider decreasing the amount of salt I use, but life is too short to be cutting salt out entirely!

I suffer from high blood pressure. Adding salt when cooking could be fatal. In my house if someone wants salt they add it at the table

My cousin bought MSG the other day 😭😭😭

But yes I season.

A lot of poor cooks on this thread.

'but salt is baaaad for you'.