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Default Do you like very salty food?

On 12/08/2011 10:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

>> I am not in the habit of adding salt. When I was a kid my mother always
>> seemed to add enough salt to the cooking water that I never needed to
>> add any, and I seem to use enough that I don't need to add it. There are
>> a couple things that I always salt, like asparagus, corn on the cob and
>> fries. Other than that, I would have to seriously wonder what's missing
>> from my from my food. I would think that it might be more of a comment
>> about the taste of the food you have given me if I salt it than it
>> should be if I were one of those who automatically adds salt.

>
> I don't mind if people add salt to their food. I will add salt to
> mine if it needs it. But they should taste it first to see if it
> really needs it. Most of the time it probably doesn't and they are
> salting out of habit.


Yep... probably a habit, and one they would stop if they thought that
their food was too salty. So what is the problem?