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Original poster

anyone that uses table salt in food is lacking in taste

238 replies

dhdjdbrjrkbr · 05/02/2015 17:47

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!

OP posts:
dexter73 · 05/02/2015 18:04

I wouldn't try eating pure sodium if I were you!

plummyjam · 05/02/2015 18:06

My Pakistani mother in law uses table salt in her curries all the time. Should I boycott them? Or do they cancel eachother out?

Focusfocus · 05/02/2015 18:06

I've for 112 different salts at mine. Come over here.

jackstini · 05/02/2015 18:07

YABU - everyone has a different preference for salt
However people who add it before tasting ABU1

TheHermitCrab · 05/02/2015 18:08

Plenty of things I consume probably do me no good. Oh Lord.

dexter73 · 05/02/2015 18:10

TheHermitCrab - you are better off eating table salt than the pure sodium the op claims to use. I'm surprised she is still alive to post about it tbh!

Notrevealingmyidentity · 05/02/2015 18:11

I make my own from my tears. Anyone who doesn't isn't worth knowing in my opinion.

bigbluestars · 05/02/2015 18:11

I love salt- my OH and DD love it even more. Salt lifts the flavours of other foods.

dhdjdbrjrkbr- why is that? THe body uses pure sodium and chorine performing major metabolic and physiological processes. I doubt your body cares of the source.

AwkwardSquad · 05/02/2015 18:12

I don't think there's any religious slaughter involved in the production of pink Himalayan salt. But hey, what do I know, I only have four types of salt in the house.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 05/02/2015 18:12

Bloody hell, you don't half post some daft threads.

Tinned tomatoes will kill us all.
Table salt is naff.
Your sister listens to a GP instead of you.

What next?

ToysRLuv · 05/02/2015 18:13

Lo salt is lower in sodium. Not fizzy either (at least I've never noticed!).

Personally I don't look to fill my nutritional requirements with salt, so that aspect I really don't give a monkey's about..

SomeSortOfDeliciousBiscuit · 05/02/2015 18:13

I am almost wetting myself with laughter at the thought of the OP eating pure sodium. Grin

Still, it should leave a nice neat hole in her tongue. She could stick it out and use her tongue as a sort of organic salt cellar. It would be an interesting party trick.

adsy · 05/02/2015 18:13

just to leave you with pure sodium and nothing else
Christ. Better make sure I don't get water anywhere near it then!!

AwkwardSquad · 05/02/2015 18:13

And even if there is, how do you know they don't pre-stun the salt before they slaughter it?

sanfairyanne · 05/02/2015 18:14

whats wrong with tinned tomatoes?

i dont even add salt to foodBlush

scarletforya · 05/02/2015 18:14

You do realise everyone had different tastebuds?

You sound like a 'supertaster'. Not everyone experiences the intensities flavours the same.

MistressDeeCee · 05/02/2015 18:14

Where's the OP gone, has the pure sodium sizzled her liver....?
I NEED to know about the 6 types of salt so I can display on shelf & waffle on knowledgeably to anyone mug enough to listen

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 05/02/2015 18:15

Salt just tastes of salt. They've done a survey and everything. There's no difference between pink Himalayan mumbo salt and Saxa as far as your taste buds are concerned.

That's why I only use salt distilled from unicorn tears. Its subtle, briny tang of sadness adds a deeply savoury note to my dinner party fayre.

Original poster
dhdjdbrjrkbr · 05/02/2015 18:16

m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31092447

I was taking about table salt re sodium if you read it properly.

That's not what my threads were and you know it.

OP posts:
HarveySchlumpfenburger · 05/02/2015 18:16

just to leave you with pure sodium and nothing else

Awesome. I'm off to add some water to my table salt. May be back later...

adsy · 05/02/2015 18:19

I don't get the link. Was the woman blaspheming pure Guerande salt?

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 05/02/2015 18:19

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

I bet that took some effort Grin so you came onto mn and frothed here instead

JennieR60 · 05/02/2015 18:20

6 different types of salt what's that all about then? I have table salt but only on chips or when boiling an egg to stop them cracking.

6 types of salt???? Shock

ToysRLuv · 05/02/2015 18:24

Have you tried those salt licks that are given to horses, OP? That could be nice ground up in a salt mill. Although, personally, I would use a mortar and pestle made of Sardinian marble, as that gives salt the best, most authentically rustic flavour and texture.

MinceSpy · 05/02/2015 18:28

Horse salt lick and Unicorn tears lol! Pink Himalayan in the mincehouse but only because it was a Christmas gift.