Oy Foodies .. admit it .. you still put salt in your potatoes don't you?

[Twiglett]

ok maybe it's sea salt out of a cardboard box but you still do don't you to ensure it's not a tasteless thing

Potatoes and porridge absolutely must have salt!

Nope. The only thing I put salt on is tomatoes.

No. But thats to do with being a crap cook and forgetting more than anything else! Whoops

Oh I love salt and tomatoes!

Only things I put salt in are water for pasta, and chips, and mashed potato, if I remember (which I don't always). But I'd guess I'm probably not a foodie.

Of course!

I still use salt in my cooking, for potatoes, pasta, rice, everything in fact. Food without any salt is rank imo, a little salt never killed anyone.

I have four different types of salt in the kitchen though, including a cardboard box, am a salt ponce

I am with beaulocks on this one

Nope don't add salt to any cooking. I do add celery salt to season salads, and use stock cubes/bouillon for stews, but that is all. I have lost the taste for salt and find ready meals/sauces VERY salty now...

i never used to until i saw hotel inspector where she told someone off for not doing it.

can't tell the difference though

Nope, stopped using it completely. Use lots of freshly ground pepper and spices when cooking, but salt I leave for each individual to add to their meal.

I was a saltaholic, but now the only thing I can't bear to eat without it is chips.

in mash, I do
do you mean in new potatoes?

I don;t think this thread was addressed to me anyway but I came to butt in

only add it to boiling potatoes .. that's it .. not on chips .. not in pasta .. but mash needs salt in the boiling water otherwise it's disgusting

No salt is used in any of the cooking at work though, in fact there isn't even any salt in the kitchen! But I don't practice what I preech.

I really can't remember the last time I cooked a potato!

Oh yes I made a cottage pie a few weeks ago and yes I put salt in it

And if I am doing roasties I do too

Blimey. I add salt to most of my cooking. We never add it to food at the table though, except chips of course.

Mash needs loads of butter and a splash of milk, or better still cream. Good grind of fresh pepper, no salt required.

My mother puts loads of salt on absolutely everything, before she's even tasted it. And I mean everything. We went out for a lovely chinese meal a few months ago and she put about a hundred weight of salt on her sweet and sour. She even puts salt on cheese. Weirdo.

pasta without salt tastes like ,well, like nothing! Like starchy nothingness. SAdding it after it is cooked just isn't quite the same!

disagree vehemently stgeorge (nice to 'ave you back )

mash needs a little salt in the boiling water then lashings of butter and milk .. and maybe a teaspoon of either whole grain mustard or cream of horseradish

No. Bleurgh.

I put salt in my flapjacks too.

The no was to pasta cooked without salt.

Not mashed potato a la Twiglett.

only really use salt for chips, pasta and mash....my mum puts it on toast on heap loads of butter....she is gross

I always thought that some salt was necessary. Am I wrong about that? I know lots of people who never salt any of their cooking due to health concerns, but as I don't tend to eat much ready made food I don't worry about adding it to my own.

Mmmm toast with butter, salt and pepper is yummy!

Yes some salt is necessary and you couldn't sweat without salt. The argument id you get enough from processed packaged stuff but if you only ever cook your own food and don't eat crap processed stuff you do need some.

If you live in hotter climates or do a lot of exercise you need more salt too.