http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now!
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On May 8, 4:48?am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

OMG!!! I can't believe I was the first to vote. Usually there are
double digit votes before I get there. Do I get a tin foil hat? LOL
Vickie

Vickie in Utah wrote:
> On May 8, 4:48?am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Vote now!
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
> OMG!!! I can't believe I was the first to vote. Usually there are
> double digit votes before I get there. Do I get a tin foil hat? LOL

Yup and your name "up there" too LOL

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Chatty Cathy said...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!


I think it's rude. I wouldn't say anything, probably just remove them from
the guest list.

Imho,

Andy

Andy wrote:

>
> I think it's rude. I wouldn't say anything, probably just remove them from
> the guest list.
>
> Imho,

I find it's rude too - but it's a bit difficult to remove them from the
guest list if they are 'family'
My late BIL used to 'smother' everything in salt and tomato ketchup -
even on roast chicken - blech. I just resigned myself to the fact
eventually - sigh.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On May 8, 7:08 am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Chatty Cathy said...
>
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> > Vote now!
>
> I think it's rude. I wouldn't say anything, probably just remove them from
> the guest list.
>
> Imho,
>
> Andy

How do you remove your spouse and progeny from the guest list?
;-)
maxine in ri

Chatty Cathy said...

> I find it's rude too - but it's a bit difficult to remove them from the
> guest list if they are 'family'


That's true. In that case, I'd probably create a very simple meal if that
person was coming. Spaghetti & meatballs or steak & potatoes. Why go through
the trouble?!

Invite them over for lunch instead? Tuna sandwiches and chips, milk and
cookies?

I dunno...

Andy

Andy wrote:
> Chatty Cathy said...
>
>> I find it's rude too - but it's a bit difficult to remove them from the
>> guest list if they are 'family'
>
>
> That's true. In that case, I'd probably create a very simple meal if that
> person was coming. Spaghetti & meatballs or steak & potatoes. Why go through
> the trouble?!
>
> Invite them over for lunch instead? Tuna sandwiches and chips, milk and
> cookies?
>
> I dunno...

I dunno either. And I still can't understand how some people will put
condiments on 'anything' they eat - before tasting it at all. (I am
talking about "real food" here, not a Big Mac or something). Sometimes
I add salt to my food, but only after I have tasted it! Too much salt
(or whatever) can ruin the meal, and you can't "take it out" or "scrape
it off" afterwards
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On May 8, 7:08?am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Chatty Cathy said...
>
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> > Vote now!
>
> I think it's rude. I wouldn't say anything, probably just remove them from
> the guest list.

Wouldn't bother me (depending on the meal) it would just confirm
they've got taste-in-ass disease. Had I prepared breakfast I'd expect
folks would salt their eggs before tasting. Were it a bowl of chili
they salted before tasting that would definitely confirm a tasteless
taste-in-asser. And with some dishes I may feel offended if the
majority salted *after* tasting, like a bowl of soup (says this
flavorless swill sucks, only lottsa s n' p will save it).

Btw, speaking of culinary poetic license last night I decided to fix
myself a bloody mary. I employed all the usual ingredients including
the obligatory celery stick but used fresh lime (ran out of lemons-
already on the list for todays shopping) and even added a dab of
horseradish. But still it seemed lacking so after passing up the
pickle juice I stirred in a glug of Heinz ketchup, mahvelous! I
renamed it a Bloody Stanly. Hey, ordering a BS is better than
ordering a BM. hehe

Sheldon

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote

> Andy wrote:

>> I think it's rude. I wouldn't say anything, probably just remove them
>> from the guest list.

> I find it's rude too - but it's a bit difficult to remove them from the
> guest list if they are 'family'
> My late BIL used to 'smother' everything in salt and tomato ketchup - even
> on roast chicken - blech. I just resigned myself to the fact eventually -
> sigh.

I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food without
tasting it. Doesn't matter if they are in a restaurant or at home. I don't
get it, but it doesn't bother me, either. I remember a co-worker salting
her food at a luncheon and some people yelling at her, taste it first!
I don't think that drawing attention to someone doing that is especially
polite, either.

nancy

"Sheldon" > wrote

> horseradish. But still it seemed lacking so after passing up the
> pickle juice I stirred in a glug of Heinz ketchup, mahvelous! I
> renamed it a Bloody Stanly. Hey, ordering a BS is better than
> ordering a BM. hehe

But, isn't BS the result of a BM?

nancy

I have to add, You seen chefs do this when finishing a dish. The most obvious
culprit is Emeril with his BAM of Creole seasoning to finish a dish.

That's like salting before tasting, right??

Andy

Nancy Young wrote:

> I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food without
> tasting it.


I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when
it has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I
don't cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food
is usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own
home and in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I
use the shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?


--Lia

Andy wrote:
> I have to add, You seen chefs do this when finishing a dish. The most obvious
> culprit is Emeril with his BAM of Creole seasoning to finish a dish.
>
> That's like salting before tasting, right??

Don't get Emeril shows here, but I have seen others do that... However,
I don't think it's quite the same thing. As the chef who is supposed to
'know what he/she is doing' that could well be just that - the
finishing touch? IMHO, I think most 'famous' chefs would be offended if
somebody added salt or whatever to their food. If they're as good as
they would like us to believe, it shouldn't need anything, except maybe
a little freshly ground black pepper that goes on once it's plated -
usually with the chef hovering over them. At any rate, I have never seen
any of the people who sample these TV dishes ever say "please pass the
salt" before digging in
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Chatty Cathy wrote on 08 May 2007 in rec.food.cooking

>
>

yes I would

"Julia Altshuler" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food without
>> tasting it.

> I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when it
> has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I don't
> cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food is
> usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own home and
> in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I use the
> shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?

(laugh!) Funny. Anyway, there are far worse eating habits that would
grate on me ... smacking your lips and chewing with your mouth open,
that would drive me nuts. It's all relative.

nancy

Chatty Cathy wrote:

> Sometimes I add salt to my food, but only after I have tasted it! Too
> much salt (or whatever) can ruin the meal, and you can't "take it
> out" or "scrape it off" afterwards

Exactly. I think the best revenge would be if I had seasoned the dish
just fine but the person added salt anyway and found it too salty.

DH always salts what I've cooked before he tastes it but I've come to
expect it. (It used to bother me.) I like lightly salted food, he
prefers more, so we're both happy.

Dora

Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food without
>> tasting it.
>
>
> I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when
> it has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I
> don't cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food
> is usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own
> home and in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I
> use the shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?

LOL. So you admit that your food tastes bad?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

>
> I don't think it's necessarily rude. I think some people are so used to
> salting before tasting it is an automatic habit they have fallen into. I
> will say that it amazes me how some people will reach for the salt shaker
> as soon as their plate is placed in front of them.

Zactly.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Sheldon wrote:

>
> Wouldn't bother me (depending on the meal) it would just confirm
> they've got taste-in-ass disease. Had I prepared breakfast I'd expect
> folks would salt their eggs before tasting. Were it a bowl of chili
> they salted before tasting that would definitely confirm a tasteless
> taste-in-asser. And with some dishes I may feel offended if the
> majority salted *after* tasting, like a bowl of soup (says this
> flavorless swill sucks, only lottsa s n' p will save it).

LOL I had forgotten about TIA disease

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan said...

> I don't think it's necessarily rude. I think some people are so used to
> salting before tasting it is an automatic habit they have fallen into. I
> will say that it amazes me how some people will reach for the salt shaker
> as soon as their plate is placed in front of them.
>
> Michael


If I was serving a meal to a Mr. or Ms. Salty, I'd secretly salt their food
prior to serving then casually enjoy watching their dining experience.

Andy's Evil Twin

Chatty Cathy said...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!


Now, about other condiments (horseradish sauce comes to mind for steak), if
at the table, I'd still taste first and then put some on the plate for
dabbing.

Andy

On 2007-05-08, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

What a strange question.

Some folks like salt or ketchup or soy sauce and whatever for a
multitude of reasons. Maybe they just really like salt. Maybe they
are some of the poor souls who are cursed with few taste buds and
don't really get the enjoyment of subtle flavors like most folks (I
suspect this is the cause of the classic "meat n' potatoes" types).
Maybe they are going through a phase, like when my young daughter
wouldn't eat anything without a ketchup/mayo mix on it. Whatever the
reason, I can't imagine why anyone would take someone else's taste
preferences personally.

nb

Andy wrote:

> Now, about other condiments (horseradish sauce comes to mind for steak), if
> at the table, I'd still taste first and then put some on the plate for
> dabbing.

LOL Are you sure you are not one of "triplets"?

I've already moaned about tomato ketchup, so what's next? Which brand of
"wooster sauce" to use? - I only buy L&P
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy - who wants to thank one of our chatters in the channel for
suggesting this survey

"Nancy Young" wrote:
> "Sheldon" wrote
>
> > horseradish. *But still it seemed lacking so after passing up the
> > pickle juice I stirred in a glug of Heinz ketchup, mahvelous! *I
> > renamed it a Bloody Stanly. *Hey, ordering a BS is better than
> > ordering a BM. hehe
>
> But, isn't BS the result of a BM?

Well, yes... but I was thinking more at the figurative BS... there're
only literal BMs, and one is a Bloody Mary. LOL

Sheldon

notbob wrote:

> What a strange question.

Gee nb,

<Cathy whispers>

.... you should have said "interesting" question - sheesh!

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"notbob" > wrote in message
news
> On 2007-05-08, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> What a strange question.
>
> Some folks like salt or ketchup or soy sauce and whatever for a
> multitude of reasons. Maybe they just really like salt. Maybe they
> are some of the poor souls who are cursed with few taste buds and
> don't really get the enjoyment of subtle flavors like most folks (I
> suspect this is the cause of the classic "meat n' potatoes" types).
> Maybe they are going through a phase, like when my young daughter
> wouldn't eat anything without a ketchup/mayo mix on it. Whatever the
> reason, I can't imagine why anyone would take someone else's taste
> preferences personally.
>
> nb


I grew up with someone that took other people's personal tastes as a
personal insult if you didn't like the same things or liked something
different. That gets real tiresome real fast. I have no time or space for
someone like that in my life.

You really have to ask yourself *why* you care so much about what someone
else likes or doesn't like.


Ms P

Ms wrote on Tue, 8 May 2007 13:54:12 -0500:


MP> "notbob" > wrote in message
MP> news ??>> On 2007-05-08, Chatty Cathy >
wrote:
??>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
??>>
??>> What a strange question.
??>>
??>> Some folks like salt or ketchup or soy sauce and whatever
??>> for a multitude of reasons. ??>> nb

MP> I grew up with someone that took other people's personal
MP> tastes as a personal insult if you didn't like the same
MP> things or liked something different. That gets real
MP> tiresome real fast. I have no time or space for someone
MP> like that in my life.

Did the person become a chef in an expensive restaurant? :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
. ..
> Ms wrote on Tue, 8 May 2007 13:54:12 -0500:
>
>
> MP> "notbob" > wrote in message
> MP> news > ??>> On 2007-05-08, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> ??>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> ??>>
> ??>> What a strange question.
> ??>>
> ??>> Some folks like salt or ketchup or soy sauce and whatever
> ??>> for a multitude of reasons. ??>> nb
>
> MP> I grew up with someone that took other people's personal
> MP> tastes as a personal insult if you didn't like the same
> MP> things or liked something different. That gets real
> MP> tiresome real fast. I have no time or space for someone
> MP> like that in my life.
>
> Did the person become a chef in an expensive restaurant? :-)
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland


No, he was just a natural jerk.


Ms P

Nancy Young wrote:

> (laugh!) Funny. Anyway, there are far worse eating habits that would
> grate on me ... smacking your lips and chewing with your mouth open,
> that would drive me nuts. It's all relative.


You mean it's all relatives. My father, at 83, removes half chewed food
from his mouth and places it by the side of his plate. I try not to sit
across from him and love him anyway. I don't think I'd put up with it
from anyone else. I think it has something to do with his having to be
careful with how much fiber he gets.


--Lia

Chatty Cathy wrote:
>
> LOL. So you admit that your food tastes bad?


Oddly, yes. I don't know what it is with me and salt. Obviously I'm
capable of eating food that has no salt in it, but I hate it. There are
no health reasons for me not to have salt. All told, I probably don't
get that much. I've seen smokers who put way more salt on their food.
I just like food that has salt freshly sprinkled on it, especially
broiled meats, not so much vegetables.

On May 8, 7:22 am, Andy <q> wrote:
> I have to add, You seen chefs do this when finishing a dish. The most obvious
> culprit is Emeril with his BAM of Creole seasoning to finish a dish.

That moron can't cook, period. Overseasoned, ridiculously sized
portions of greasy crap smothered in garlic and cayenne pepper does
not appeal to me, not in the least. And the moronic audience
salivating and oohing and ahhing orgasmically about onions and bacon.
Not to mention he's constantly wiping his nose with the back of his
hand, that's just ****ing gross. And what is with that annoying high-
pitched humming he does all of the time lately? Oops, time to change
the channel!

On Tue, 08 May 2007 12:48:03 +0200, Chatty Cathy
> wrote:

I missed this survey but I gather it was about people who slather
salt/pepper/ketchup/hot sauce onto their food no matter what it is...
The only person in my immediate family who used to do that was my
father, and we broke him of the habit years ago. I don't think DH will
be so easily dissuaded - he even puts salt on takeout/bought food and
you KNOW how salty that usually is! He's an obsessive condimenter, and
he also demands mayo/mustard on every single sandwich he eats... I
figure he had so many years covering up the taste of bad institutional
food that he doesn't know any better... I WISH he'd appreciate the
delicacy of my seasonings but it aint gonna happen.

On May 8, 6:31 am, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food without
> > tasting it.
>
> I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when
> it has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I
> don't cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food
> is usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own
> home and in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I
> use the shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?

If you like lots of salt, but don't like the grittiness of regular
table salt, try this:
http://www.cargillsalt.com/food/dc_s...od_popcorn.htm
It is much cheaper than any other brand of popcorn salt I've ever
seen.
Find a salt shaker with small holes. Often you can just reverse the
roles of salt and pepper shakers, which is also good because pepper
shakers seldom dispense pepper quickly enough for my tastes. Of
course at home I grind the pepper fresh.

At fast food places like McD's & BK, the salt in the little packets is
very fine ground, whereas the stuff in the shakers on the table is
regular. I always use the packets.
>
> --Lia

--Bryan

On 10 May 2007 08:40:47 -0700, Food Snob > wrote:

>
>If you like lots of salt, but don't like the grittiness of regular
>table salt, try this:
>http://www.cargillsalt.com/food/dc_s...od_popcorn.htm


LOL! Regular salt is "gritty"? I never noticed.

--
See return address to reply by email

"Food Snob" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> On May 8, 6:31 am, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>> > I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food
>> > without
>> > tasting it.
>>
>> I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when
>> it has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I
>> don't cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food
>> is usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own
>> home and in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I
>> use the shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?
>

It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a prospective sales
manager out for lunch. A manager whom added salt to a dish without first
tasting it, was never hired. His rationale: Never take things for
granted-there's always a better way of looking at things.

Kswck > writes:

> It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a
> prospective sales manager out for lunch. A manager whom
> added salt to a dish without first tasting it, was never
> hired.


I heard a version of that about thirty years ago, only the
protagonist was Henry Ford. He supposedly fired one of his
executives for the same reason.



Geoff

--
"Californians have some ****ed up sense of unity and social awareness
because you all ****ed each other in fields while high on mushrooms
30 years ago and haven't bathed since." -- John Smith

Geoff Miller wrote:
> Kswck > writes:
>
>
>>It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a
>>prospective sales manager out for lunch. A manager whom
>>added salt to a dish without first tasting it, was never
>>hired.
>
>
>
> I heard a version of that about thirty years ago, only the
> protagonist was Henry Ford. He supposedly fired one of his
> executives for the same reason.


I hadn't heard it before and found it he
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/salted.asp
I'll keep it in mind when dining with prospective employers. Until
then, I'm a salt fiend.


--Lia

On Fri, 11 May 2007 15:59:24 -0400, Julia Altshuler
> wrote:

>Geoff Miller wrote:
>> Kswck > writes:
>>
>>
>>>It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a
>>>prospective sales manager out for lunch. A manager whom
>>>added salt to a dish without first tasting it, was never
>>>hired.
>>
>>
>>
>> I heard a version of that about thirty years ago, only the
>> protagonist was Henry Ford. He supposedly fired one of his
>> executives for the same reason.
>
>
>I hadn't heard it before and found it he
>http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/salted.asp
>I'll keep it in mind when dining with prospective employers. Until
>then, I'm a salt fiend.
>
>
>--Lia

i could believe it of hyman rickover, the screwy *******. (my earlier
post, citing i.b.m., was debunked as well. we're trying to regret the
error.)

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:51:32 -0400, "Kswck" >
wrote:

>
>"Food Snob" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>> On May 8, 6:31 am, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> > I can't take it personally. Some people just do salt their food
>>> > without
>>> > tasting it.
>>>
>>> I'm one of them. I like salt. I like the stronger taste of salt when
>>> it has just been put on the food. Not everyone has my salt habit so I
>>> don't cook with it, but I do put it on my own portion. Restaurant food
>>> is usually oversalted so I don't use the shaker there, but in my own
>>> home and in the homes of friends, I know the food won't have salt so I
>>> use the shaker. Why should the first bite taste bad?
>>
>
>It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a prospective sales
>manager out for lunch. A manager whom added salt to a dish without first
>tasting it, was never hired. His rationale: Never take things for
>granted-there's always a better way of looking at things.
>

....thus launching j.c. penney to the very pinnacle of the retail food
chain.

your pal,
sam