On 2013-09-11 15:44:50 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:

> On 9/11/2013 10:18 AM, Mr.E wrote:
>> Another thread mentioned that Campbells soups were too salty. I
>> definitely agree. I have really noticed this since I cut my salt
>> intake way back. Even worse, Kraft "anything" dressings I have tried -
>> Creamy French, Ranch, Thousand Island, Catalina- all seem very over
>> salted. The new Castleberry's Carolina Style BBQ and Brunswick Stew
>> seem to have become very salty since they changed manufacturers. Bad
>> trend for these brands and other high salt content foods as far as my
>> purchases will go.
>
> Most canned/bottled/processed foods are very high in salt. People like
> salt and some are addicted to it and cannot taste the low or no salt
> foods as well.

And then there is us, the minority that Campbell's isn't catering to,
that thinks packaged foods *taste* too salty. I don't know what that
percentage is, but I think it's much much higher than Campbell's
thinks, and continues to grow.

> As you can see once you restrict salt, you really don't need as much as
> many foods have.

I never once touched a salt shaker in my life at the dinner table, nor
did my mom cook with a lot of salt. Pepper? Yes. Year's later,
diagnosed with high blood pressure, I radically cut my salt intake and
began ordering foods without salt when I could, for example with French
fries, and began cooked for myself more regularly. But I felt no great
loss. I started using Mrs. Dash and experimenting with various spices.
By the way, I think this was when my cooking really took a turn for the
better: I was compelled to eat out less, and also compelled to
self-educate my tastebuds to new cooked-at-home foods. After I quit
smoking my bp seemed eased up and so my habits changed again.

> The relationship of salt to high blood pressure is questionable, but
> that aside, I just don't like a lot of salt in my foods, nor do I want
> to east many of them with no salt. Cooking at home, it is easy to get a
> good balance, but eating out or canned products, most have too much for
> my taste.

Certainly. But there are times when convenience packaging rules the
day. In the soups department we've begun buying those soups that come
in cartons (can't name the brands off hand), and find they taste good
and aren't total salt bombs.

Yes, homemade soup always seems to be prepared EXACTLY the way we like,
even when our tastes change!