Ms P wrote:
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> "Default User" > wrote in message
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>> Giusi wrote:
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>>> Hey, I am not talking about a pile of green beans or a burger/steak,
>>> but carefully prepared dishes that have required a certain amount of
>>> effort and expertise. With plain foods I do think salting is very
>>> personal and can be altered at the table freely. With a soufflé or a
>>> braised goose or a delicate lemon/cream/parmesan sauce, you'd better
>>> taste first at my table. Heavily salting a complicated dish can make
>>> it resemble Dinty Moore corned beef hash. If that's what you like to
>>> eat, then eat it someplace else, because that is not how I cook for
>>> guests.
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>> Complete bullshit. You are just looking for reasons to be offended. If
>> the guest enjoys it with more salt, then let them salt it.
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>> People like you should never host anything.
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>> Brian
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> LOL, I thought it but I wasn't going to say it. She'd probably fall
> over in a dead faint if my hubby dumped ketchup all over her perfectly
> cooked food. I guess we'll stay home and eat my perfectly cooked food
> the way we like it. I'll salt, he'll ketchup.
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> Ms P

Often times its just habit, i made a cheese omelette for the "elderly
relative" and I after this mornings earth quake, first thing she did was
reach for the ketchup, it was eggs after all.

I asked her to try a bite first and she admitted it was very good and
did not need any ketchup.
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JL