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

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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 wish people would stop saying on, it's in the porridge

Yeah, I know, I had it when I was a kid, but never liked it.

I prefer whisky on porridge. Do Starbucks stock a single malt?

Yes. I eat it with a side of cottage cheese (I'll get my coat).

Probably too much. You shouldn't be able to actually taste the salt itself

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Travelled the world but never knew this ancient Scottish porridge rule. Maybe she disnae like mingling wi the citizens of the many countries she has visited😂

Bully for you.

What you do to your porridge is a horrible idea to me (disgusting actually) but obviously I wouldn't dream of telling you you shouldn't eat it that way because that would be wrong.

Salt on porridge sounds positively Dickensian!

Nobody, but nobody understands the savoury palate in this country anymore

Look at the shock on this very thread about salt in porridge.

We have such a poor food culture in this country and lack of knowledge, experience but also experimentation.

Scottish.
Live in Scotland.
Eat porridge.
With 1 measure of oats and 2 of full fat milk, seeds, berries, and maple syrup.
Other than that, I love savoury food, except for the porridge with salt that my mother made when I was a child, though I think the texture had more to do with it then! Now I'm an adult and can make it to my own taste.

A container of salt is cheap!

Och no lassie! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Strawberry jam on porridge and a dash of vanilla with oats and milk is the law in my house.

People put salt in porridge? You learn something new every day.

YES

My first question seeing this thread was "are you scottish"
I remember being horrified when my (very Scottish) nanny served me porridge with salt on top.

Some salt is fine (required in fact) so unless we know how much salt the OP is eating overall, it’s really not possible to say it’s bad for her.

Of course.

I think the problem with salt though is a lot of people, probably most, have absolutely no idea how much salt they are actually consuming. It isn't just processed food that contains salt. It is also present in lots of other foods - vegetables, dairy produce etc etc

Yeah, maybe that’s the case for some people. I remember talking to a guy at work about how many calories there ware in nuts and he literally had no idea. Funny thing was, he was eating them because he was trying to lose weight (he’d heard they were healthy) so he was munching through a 200g bag of cashews 😂 so yeah, maybe you’re right about the salt awareness point.

We have such a poor food culture in this country and lack of knowledge, experience but also experimentation.

Speak for yourself @likelysuspect , although I'm surprised at how many posters don't realise that salty porridge is a Scottish tradition.

As an aside, I don't even like porridge 😳

Well Im obviously not speaking for myself am I given I clearly understand knowledge, experience and experimentation which is why I dont fall off my chair at the knowledge of salt in (not on) porridge.

You may also be one of the outliers

But generally we do have a poor food culture in this country. That is evidenced clearly by our health, our eating habits, peoples palates. Evidence in very small part by the fact that posters dont know about salt in porridge. I knew the types of answers thta would appear the minute I saw the title.

I guess I mix with people who are well travelled, intelligent and who are adventerous with their food.

This thread proves that absolutely any benign subject broached on MN can end in arguments!

I'm a porridge salter too. My main gripe is that ready-to-eat porridge sold in the likes of Costa etc is already so heavily sweetened that salt is irrelevant anyway... Inedible for me.

I agree @Trampoline. I can’t eat porridge out because it’s so sweet that it’s hideous.