AIBU to think that, if you sell porridge, you should supply salt?

[Sausagenbacon]

Starbucks sell really good porridge, with nuts and seeds.
But don't have salt sachets.
And the staff look at you as though you have 2 heads when you ask.
AIBU to find this irritating?

I’m heaving reading this 😂 salt?! SALT?!
So… just me with the golden syrup porridge and a layer of sugar on top then 👀

Aye 😂

Ugh, when I was much younger I always had ready brek, with golden syrup for breakfast. My then boyfriend, (who was Scottish) anxious to impress, offered to make me some "proper" porridge one day. A big steaming bowl duly arrived and I poured a very generous amount of syrup all over it. Needless to say, heavily salted porridge and golden syrup do not go well together. Was years before I touched the stuff again, and never, ever with salt.

Salt on porridge is the default in Scotland, but Scottish is not one of the world's great cuisines.

Probably because there's not much call for it.

Have a quick look next time you’re in the supermarket. It’s normally marked prominently. Lots of types of cooking salt but most people use running salt which is the “saltiest” of all the salts! I have cooking salt in the kitchen (three types excluding soy sauce, because I’m a knob like that) and a salt and pepper mill on the table. I use running salt for pasta and rice water, kosher salt for seasoning, flakes as finishing salt. Unsurprisingly, the salt mill is rarely touched!

There's a Katie Morag episode where Granny Mainland and Neilly Beag start selling porridge to tourists and then end up in a fight because Granny wants to cater to all the tourists who want sweet toppings, and Neilly Beag refuses to let anyone put anything other than salt on it!

Porridgeis just rolled oats and water (or milk)

Some like it with salt, some with sugar. But adding either halves the manufacturer's target market, so not unreasonable to let people add their own.

Agree. I only ever have salt on my porridge. Never sweetened

I don’t have salt on porridge or sugar, just as it is with nuts and banana, but I don’t judge anyone that does. Have you ever had a crumpet with butter and salt? Wonderful, far better than jam.

Salt can be unhealthy if you eat to much

While salt is essential it is only healthy in small amounts. Exsessive intake can lead to a whole load of health issues.

There is already salt in the starbuck porridges. Adding more is not healthy (nor is adding sugar to your drinks I hasten to add)

In response to @Sausagenbacon comment on a tiny salt sachet. It comes down to supply and demand. There is likely very little demand in a starbucks for the tiny salt sachets but a high demand for the sugar and sweetener.

Needless to say, heavily salted porridge and golden syrup do not go well together

They really, really do. Salty and sweet things do often go well together - salted caramel, salted dark chocolate, sweet-and-salty popcorn, chocolate pretzels etc.

No.

Agreed!

It is very much a thing in Scotland, so I don't think the OP is BU to expect Starbucks to be able to cater to this common requirement.

Salty porridge is truly disgusting though.

Is it better to be addicted to salt, then?

Or does putting salt/sugar on your porridge not actually indicate an addiction?

Well it was a pretty pointless comment then wasn't it because apart from getting your sneer vibe from it I have no idea what you mean.

YABU. It's an American chain. Americans don't put salt on porridge. If you want salt on your porridge then carry your own sachets.

It was my dad who made it in our house, it gave me childhood trauma, it was grey and watery 🤢. I have never eaten porridge as an adult!

Exactly. Plus, that kind of unsolicited, patronising advice, dished to another functioning adult, is just so incredibly rude. How much of an ego does someone have to have to point out to other grown adults, who did not request an opinion on their matter, that salt/sugar can be bad for you? Do people think we don't already know that? Are people incapable of understanding that other adults are fully capable of risk assessment and sometimes, just think 'Fuck it, I'd rather my food tasted nice'?

I used to have a colleague who constantly informed me that I drank too much too much tea because it contains caffeine and inhibits iron absorption in large quantities. When she mentioned for the third time I said 'Yes, I know.' And she said 'But you keep drinking it!' To which I said 'Yes, I know, I just like tea' and changed the subject while in my head I was yelling "I KEEP DRINKING IT BECAUSE I LIKE IT AND I COULDN'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT IRON ABSORPTION AND ANYWAY MY IRON LEVELS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FINE YOU NOSY PATRONISING LUMP"

It wasn't pointless because - like the salt I put on my porridge - I enjoyed it.

@Enko , Salt in your diet - NHS
Salt can be unhealthy if you eat too much - the amount you need is actually quite a bit (a level teaspoon is quite a lot to me).
What's unhealthy is the salt that's already in prepared food because you don't see it unless you check the ingredients.

Perfect Porridge

Eurgh ya wrong un 😂

Your body does need salt. I don’t think a sprinkling of salt on/in porridge does much harm, it’s more the high levels of hidden salt in ready made/processed food that’s a health issue.
Raisins are high in sugar and terrible for your teeth.

I'll take addiction to salt any day vs addiction to sugar! I wonder which one does more harm...