On 12/08/2011 7:57 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:12:19 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 12/08/2011 6:04 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't like oversalted cooked dishes. But I do love, and I do mean
>>> love, salty snacks like roasted nuts, chips, etc. And since I
>>> don't eat those very much I don't feel I'm getting too much salt. I
>>> season my food as I cook and taste often so as not to oversalt
>>> anything. And I HATE it when people don't even taste their food
>>> and go immediately for the salt shaker....****es me right off if I'm
>>> the one who cooked it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why on earth would it bother you so much that other people are in the
>> habit of adding salt to their food.
>
> Because she prides herself on using a proper amount of seasoning to
> enhance the flavor of the food she's serving. It can be insulting to
> salt before tasting as a guest in someone else's home. What's so hard
> to understand about that?

What is hard to understand is that she would get so upset. It is a
matter of taste, and salt, being an important compound for our bodies,
is sometimes craved by people. Some people crave it more than others.
ITOH, it could be a force of habit, and not something to be taken
personally. I can not imagine a decent hostess getting bent out of shape
over something as petty as a sprinkle of salt.



On the retail side, I've been in
> restaurants that don't put salt& pepper on the table. It just so
> happens that I didn't need the s& p; but they took away my option and
> it ****ed *me* off that they had such a paternalistic attitude toward
> their customers.
>
Okay... so you can justify someone getting ****ed off about someone
putting salt on food they have prepared, but you resent a restaurant
having a similar attitude.