"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:41:46 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I am sorry you didn't enjoy your dinner. You say the pasta needed
>> > salt. Do
>> > they not provide a salt shaker on the table??
>>
>> Of course they do - and if it's not on the table, she can always ask
>> for it.
>
> Just like bread, pasta needs a bit of salt before cooking. Sprinkling a
> bit of salt on toast isn't so fun. I would think that a shake or two of
> salt on cooked pasta would do ok but maybe not. I think a salt shaker
> would be fine to fix on a pasta and sauce dish though.

The sauce had plenty of salt. The pasta didn't.