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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!

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egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:11

I should add- pregnant giant pandas. salt extracted from water from the mountain Dhaulagiri In Nepal evaporated on non pregnant pandas is simply not suitable for homemade soup.

If you are not prepared to invest in bespoke salt for your soup you might as well just have a can of soup.

Bolshybookworm · 05/02/2015 22:11

You could just swig the PBS, vinegar

Jenda · 05/02/2015 22:32

I've just looked through my home salt library and there is no table salt. I've never heard of it, is it something peasants use?

ToysRLuv · 05/02/2015 22:35

I've tried to keep this quiet, as to not appear boasty, but actually I buy my salt from Pedlar's.

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:36

A salt library? dont you have an entire cellar- I do sorted by vintage and region.

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:38

Pedlar's

We no longer use the term pedlars. It is GypsyRomanyTraveller.

WizardOfToss · 05/02/2015 22:38

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ExitPursuedByABear · 05/02/2015 22:39

Ah the tomato poster.

My horse has pink salt in his stable.

Hth

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 05/02/2015 22:40

I've been making salt from unicorn tears since 1815.

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:42

My salt collection is curated by Morrissey

it must be a very bitter and tormented collection then

ToysRLuv · 05/02/2015 22:42

egnahc: Pfft..

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:43

I've been making salt from unicorn tears since 1815.

Only if your unicorn was captured at the battle of waterloo

WizardOfToss · 05/02/2015 22:45

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IHeartKingThistle · 05/02/2015 22:47

I use table salt. I'm a good cook. And I have low blood pressure. So ner.

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:49

My horse has pink salt in his stable.

himalyan salt is pink it is the verrrryyyy best. You must be a real connoisseur if your horse has nothing but the highest quality salt.

Fishandjam · 05/02/2015 22:51

To be fair to the OP, I have some of that posh Cornish sea salt that you can buy in Tesco and it's much nicer than table salt; sort of sweet and less bitter.

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:53

To be fair to the OP, I have some of that posh Cornish sea salt that you can buy in Tesco and it's much nicer than table salt; sort of sweet and less bitter.

that will be the added tin. You can get the same effect by licked an empty baked bean can

duchesse · 05/02/2015 22:56

OP, yes, YABU. You have no idea whatsoever how other people experience the world. Does it give you some weird feeling of superiority not to use salt?

egnahc · 05/02/2015 22:59

OP, yes, YABU. You have no idea whatsoever how other people experience the world. Does it give you some weird feeling of superiority not to use salt?

they use salt- just not table salt

PacificDogwood · 05/02/2015 23:02

I use table salt to grit my pavement.
There, sorted.

I don't lick my pavement though.

LuisSuarezTeeth · 05/02/2015 23:06

I have TABLE SALT on my TABLE.

My table likes it. It begs for it. Who am I to deny my table?

egnahc · 05/02/2015 23:07

I use table salt to grit my pavement.
There, sorted.

I hope that it is Himalayan or at a push Celtic. God forbid you get the saxo out.

PacificDogwood · 05/02/2015 23:07

Well, you must have a common table, Luis.
One that lacks taste

LuisSuarezTeeth · 05/02/2015 23:10

I've been licking your pavement PD

It's lush.

Oh hell, that sounds SO wrong.

It was jolly nice salt, as these things go Smile

LuisSuarezTeeth · 05/02/2015 23:11

Oh yes, common as muck, me. 27th in line to the throne, but thats like, irrelevant, yes?

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