Okay, let's clean this up a bit so the silly clown can see what is what:

Bob Pastorio wrote:

To be sure. But the amount of salt in butter today will make not a whit
of difference in just about any recipe I've ever seen. A whole stick of
butter has a tad over a half-teaspoon of salt.

There's so little salt in butter that I've never been able to taste the
difference in finished product, even tasting side by side.


It's the finished products that we were comparing. But years of critical
measuring and tasting the results says that it's a fruitless search at
these quantities. I knew it wouldn't make any difference from experience.

But can anyone seriously believe that an additional 1/12 of a teaspoon
of salt will show up as even a remote flavor determinant in the 9-inch
cake described above? I daresay that folks measuring with spoons will
make an error within that range while trying hard to be accurate. And
given that kitchen measures are in the "close enough" category, it's
hard to imagine that a variation this small wouldn't fall invisibly in
the cracks.

The pile of salt that makes up 0.45 grams is a small pinch. It simply
disappears into the other flavors, even without the filling and glaze.
That ratio of additional salt to the volume of the whole cake is way
more subtle than anybody I know can pick up.


I'm assuming that since I've actually tested saline concentrations from
virtually nothing to very salty, I know where it begins to taste
different. And this ain't it.


And then Poor JimLane posts that he only sees my opinion.


Now, other than personal insults, you DO NOT HAVE one single fact to
support any of these statements. I DID NOT argue with the mg of this vs.
that, I asked for numbers to support your contention (empirical will do
nicely and any peer-reviewed studies you care to cite) that no one can
tell the difference in small quantities. That is your statement, not a
fact anywhere in evidence. And that makes it opinion and like assholes
(you, specifically) everyone has one.

Now silly boy, put up the proof. Or, make like a child, best seen and
not heard from.


jim