On 12/03/2010 6:38 AM, George wrote:
> On 3/11/2010 12:53 PM, Damaeus wrote:
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/...alt-ban-absurd
>>
>>
>> Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill
>> introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use
>> of salt in restaurant cooking.
>>
>> "No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any
>> form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such
>> restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of
>> such
>> restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129, states in part.
>>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/...alt-ban-absurd
>>
>>
>>
>> There's more at the article, but I didn't want to go to jail for
>> arranging
>> your monitor's pixels in a way that would cause Fox News to lose millions
>> and millions of dollars in revenue.
>>
>> Anyway... what do you think? I think even most chain restaurant food
>> tastes pretty good, like at Chili's, Applebee's, Olive Garden, and I
>> don't
>> give a shit if you laugh at me for eating in those restaurants. It tastes
>> good, and that's all I care about. I'd hate to go into a place like

I eat for taste AND nutritional value. I don't like my food to taste so
salty that I can taste no other flavours and I like my food to be good
for me without putting my health at risk. Chain restaurant food fails
the test as far as I am concerned.

>> Chili's for their queso dip only to find they had to use cheese that had
>> no salt it. What would unsalted cheese taste like?

Probably the way home made cheese used to taste.
>
> You do have to admit that the big box industrial restaurants you list do
> use immense amounts of salt because it is a really cheap way to make
> mediocre food taste better.
>
> That said the government has no business sticking their nose in this.
>
If it will save them a few billion on health budgets, then I suggest it
is in their best interests to stick their nose into it. Salt is used in
these restaurants because it is an effective preservative and extends
the shelf life of their products.
>
>>
>> If the restaurant cannot use salt in any form, that means they can't use
>> food they buy from places like Sysco, which already has salt included.
>> What about McDonald's? Their ketchup packets have salt in them. Are all
>> the McDonald's in New York City going to have to buy unsalted ketchup?
>> Unsalted hamburger buns?

Hey, they may even have to put taste back into their food! Wouldn't that
be brilliant concept!
>
> Or the big box places can't use the heat and serve food that they
> typically use that comes from their factory. The factory would have to
> make a special version.
>
They might even have to use freshly cooked food made from fresh raw
ingredients. How novel would that be? Retro food!!!!

>>
>> The new bill sounds ridiculous to me.
>>
>> Damaeus
>
The new bill sounds like one small step in the right direction. Looking
at the obesity levels of Americans and Australians, it's come just in time.

Krypsis