anyone that uses table salt in food is lacking in taste

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IMO the only place for table salt is in salt dough or to dye. Was just round a friends and she was seasoning a "home made" soup and poured a load in. I did my best not to raise my eyebrows but seriously even a bit of bog standard Maldon is cheap enough.

I have 6 different salts in the house, and to me table salt is not for food, no depth of flavour or hints and tones, just pure sodium!

A bedtime story:

Once upon a time there was a princess who told her father, the King, that she loved him as much as salt loves meat.

He took umbrage, having a massive King-like ego, and decided that, if she was going to be like that, he didn't want to know. So he had a mega-sulk and wouldn't see her (the overgrown man-child!).

The princess was a bit upset, but was fairly used to his strops, so thought she'd better give him some time to himself.
The King was surprised that she didn't come fawning round him, asking him what was wrong - not that he'd tell her straight away - and sulked a bit more.

After a while, the princess rolled her eyes, heaved a big sigh and went to talk to the cook.

"He's having another crisis," she said "so better go easy on the salt. Plays havoc with his blood-pressure, don't you know?"

So, that night, the King had to eat his roast exotic animal with no salt. It tasted revolting and the King had a major tantrum about not eating this swill.

The princess decided enough was enough. "Now do you get it?!" she snarled.
The King decided that he did indeed get it (his decision having nothing whatsoever to do with the proximity of the princess's steak knife to his nether regions). He immediately stopped sulking, meekly added table-salt to his dinner, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Or something like that

I was unaware there were different types of salt

Ah. Sorry, fight

I am weird. There is a salt mine underneath my city, and they produce salt for water softeners, food grade, pool and road salt. Of course, local economy and all, that is the company I use.

I deliberately ignore the rumours of the captive unicorns being told sad stories and forced to repeatedly watch the scene where Bambi's mother dies.

You know that grey French stuff? Look how close the Marseilles salt pans are to the commercial port on Google. That's diesel and ballast washout that gives it the colour.

Is OP implying that table salt is common?

Tanith, I know a fairytale like that with 3 daughters:
Dd1: father, I love you as much as honey
Dd2: father I love you as much as sugar!

DD3: father I love you as much as salt!
King"salt?! Salt?! Ordinary kitchen salt that the cook rubs between his fingers?!"
He banishes her from the palace.

She is poor, destitute but later marries a prince.

When thry invite her family, she lays on a salt free banquet. The food is disgusting, and only then does the king recognise his daughter, and that really She is the daughter that loves him most.

Which country does that fairytale come from?

Ah Nimpy, you remember it so much better than I do!

Not sure where it comes from but I don't think it can be England. Here, salt was once so precious, it was given its own honoured place at the table. The King should have been impressed, not angry.

I use unrefined sea salt from the health shop.

Argh after reading this thread, my brain feels like its been assaulted.....

{gets my coat}

GTFO

Free range poached eggs on toasted soda bread with a pinch of salt flakes is the food of the gods. Anyone who disagrees are clearly luddite scum who probably feed themselves from a hoover bag and believe me will be the first against the wall come the revolution.

I believe the OP is judging her friend on the use of table salt, not just salt in general. If said friend had personally scavenged her salt from Preu there wouldn't have been a problem.

Mix table salt into tinned tomatoes. Yummy scrummy.