MiL a-salted a birthday cake

[CurtainWitcher]

DD's birthday get-together for a few family members in the garden.

I made a lovely (if I do say so myself) big, decorated Victoria sponge, which is DD's favourite.

DH handed a slice to MiL, who immediately asked for salt. She then shook salt ALL over it, before eating it.

It's not the first time she's salted sweet food. She says it's the only way she can "bear it".

Aibu to suggest she doesn't ask for cake, if she's going to cover it in salt?

Each to their own.

^What an odd thing to create a thread about.
Who cares?! She’s not forcing you to eat it is she?

I cannot imagine getting worked up about something so utterly insignificant.^

You got worked up enough about it to comment!!

Whats odder than salt on a birthday cake is the ammount of people here with their knickers in a twist over how and what other people choose to eat as if it concerns them in any way shape or form.

@Russellbrandshair

What an odd thing to create a thread about. Who cares?! She’s not forcing you to eat it is she?

I cannot imagine getting worked up about something so utterly insignificant

It's more the comment that adding salt is the only way she can bear it. In other words, she'll force this disgusting thing down if she has to. That's just plain rude. She could say she liked cake with salt, or even that she doesn't eat sweet things, which would both be fine without being rude about it.

I didn’t like the bit where she said it’s the only way she can bear it. Bit insulting of your cake I’d have thought.

It's not that odd, salt is part of a lot of sweet recipes. Salted caramel for example.
Chocolate with a bit of salt is also really good, still sweet but with a little kick.
I always use salted butter for my cakes.
And I put sugar in my bolognese pasta.

I couldn't get offended by this is just find it funny and but her , her own salt shaker for at yours ... She's weird it's kind of funny make a joke about it bet she does it everywhere not just yours ... if she IS doing it to annoy you then laugh it off don't let her upset you .. I'm vegan I've had my nan saying she'd never eat vegan food whilst eating a plate full of food from a fully vegan buffet at our house however I had said half the table wasn't vegan 😂😂 people are funny be kind about it and she and your partner will appreciate it x (btw I take allergy s very seriously and id never do this if it wasn't my nan I'm a ceoliac and my sons allergic to milk, we'd be very il l if someone did it go us I wouldn't find it funny to trick someone in any other circumstances other than my 80 year old nan who won't try new things unless you pretend it isnt... My whole family had suggested I do this as I really don't like animal products I n my house especially dairy as my son needs an epi pen for it.) x

MiL get on well, actually. I suspect I like her slightly more than she likes me, but there are no problems.

DH said that she's done it for years and the family find it embarrassing. She butters all sorts of food too. For example she'll chuck a dessert spoonful of margarine into pasta sauce on her plate before tasting it.

She also drinks vinegar.

a-salted

I see what you did there!

Bit weird, but if she ate it why worry about it?

Its her risk of stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer, kidney disease........ not yours.

It's weird, and if she makes a big show of it, I'd wonder if it were intended as some type of insult to your baking, but I'd just let her get on with it and ignore her. This feels like the type of thing a child does for attention, so I'd give her none. Act as though it's the most natural thing in the world. Even go ahead and have the salt at her seat before she can ask for it!

The family find it embarrassing because they think it's rude to drastically alter someone else's cooking before even tasting it.

Has she always done this? Ask DH maybe? My MIL started doing really odd things like this in early dementia. We had pepper on sweet jam scones once.

If she’s always done it, then she’s just plain weird!

It doesn’t really matter, but I do think it would make me feel a bit ill if I was around someone who did this

I could drink vinegar. I like just vinegar on buttered bread. My DDs are appalled, but people dip fancy bread in fancy oils and vinegars and it's called fine dining.

There's no reason not to combine foids however you want.

Oh cross post, I see she has. Well at least she’s consistent!

Just leave her alone !! Surely people are allowed their own food preferences without censorship?

The margarine in pasta sauce was in an Italian restaurant. She asked the waitress for margarine and then dolloped the lot into her tomato-based sauce and stirred it in. The sauce went peach coloured.

She sucks vinegar out of sachets in cafes.

Ah well she’s just your common or garden freak. I wouldn’t worry about it OP.

It is rude to salt food before you taste it, but I suppose if she knows the doesn't like it without then just going straight ahead is one thing. But it sounds like she's forcing herself to eat it by putting salt on it, which is even stranger and yes rude. Why not just say I don't like sweet food, no thank you.

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth and normally decline cake or ask for a sliver just to be polite and partake in the celebrations. I have never heard of someone putting salt on a cake but I suppose the salted caramel craze is pretty weird too.

Does sound odd. That said, I had a honey sandwich on some crusty bread I made. I didn't put enough salt in the bread, so I sprinkled a tiny bit of salt on the honey, and it was delicious!

Just seen your last post. She is very..... unusual.

Margarine in tomato sauce just pushed me over the edge. What the hell does she cook at home, and can anyone eat it?

I have a cousin who butters Madeira cake.