Some people add salt to food before tasting it.

[Swede]

:shrug:

[emilyg]

1. and they die young.

[Archae]

2. Not all of them...

I turn 48 in 2 weeks... ;-)

[RebelOne]

4. Yup, same here. I'm 68 and always salt my food

before tasting it because I know that it will not be salty enough for me.

[emilyg]

12. HeeHee.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. nope. grandmom does that. still kicking at 85 and we are hoping for more years

[Maine-ah]

10. my father never used salt

he was 50 when he died.

[guitar man]

13. meh

I use a lot of salt. My BP is always somewhere around 115/70 or right around there. No problems yet :hi:

[FloridaJudy]

25. Nope. Not all.

My great-grandfather lived until he was ninety-something, and drove his wife crazy every day (she was over twenty years younger). He'd dump about a ton of salt on everything she cooked, and then yell "Sonia! You put too much salt in this again!" I think God didn't want the old tyrant, and the devil was afraid of the competition. I have lots of family members like that, and they all seem to live a long, long time.

[Richard Steele]

3. And the "English Language" has WORDS to describe those people.

LOTS of words.

Words I'll not use here, in front of the decent and kindhearted
populace of the DU Lounge.

Let's just say that, as a self-trained COOK who has recieved
many heartfelt accolades from experienced and well-traveled gourmands,
I hold such people in VERY low esteem.

I'm not saying I'd actually KICK them; I'm just saying they
might occasionally fall to the floor when you aren't looking.
KnowhutImean?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. So would it be better ...

to dump ketchup on the food before tasting it?

And pick ice cubes out of the water glass to drop into the wine glass?

At Olive Garden?

[Redstone]

28. And the words I'd use would be "Food Channel Show Hosts." Every one of them.

I happen to really like salt, but I'd never pile it on like they do. Emeril is the worst.

Redstone

[Richard Steele]

32. bwahaha! nm

[LynneSin]

5. I always taste before adding salt

nothing is worse then having food that's already salty and someone adds in even more salt.

To be honest, the only thing that I salt on a regular basis is spinach and perhaps if I have one of those breakfast eggs & potatoes type deals. Other than that I rarely salt. My gynecologist was the one that got me to quit when I realized it only made cramps worse

[momophile]

7. I've watched my mom and my dad do this nt

[MissMillie]

8. I am well aware that I like my food saltier than most people make it

besides that, I'm usually the cook, so I know that what I've made, while seasoned just fine for those other people that will eat it, will definitely not be salty enough for me.

[EstimatedProphet]

11. I like to add salt to bacon

A good bacon lettuce and salt sandwich...mmm

[guitar man]

14. oh yeah

well, I put salt on dill piclkes...top that!!

:D

[EstimatedProphet]

17. Oh yeah? Well, I put salt on Cheerios!

Let's see you outdu that!

[guitar man]

18. I put salt on my cocoa puffs

right after I pour on the Beck's dark :D

[EstimatedProphet]

19. Oh, now that sounds good!

Every tried salted chocolate? Almost as good as chocolate covered bcon!

[guitar man]

22. that sounds like something

my wife would have eaten when she was pregnant :rofl:

[Mojorabbit]

15. My husband does this

and I comment each time. I tell him I spend a lot of time getting the seasoning just right and he obliterates it by pouring on salt. I think his taster is off. He could have worse vices though.

[Kutjara]

16. They'd never get hired by Thomas Edison.

Apparently, he'd take prospective employees to lunch and, if they salted their food before tasting it, he'd refuse to hire them. He didn't want people working for him who were slaves of habit.

[JVS]

20. Henry Ford fired such people

[Critters2]

21. I always salt potatoes. No matter how they're prepared.

Potatoes need salt.

But then, I have low blood pressure.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. I always salt salad and also eggs. Of course I add pepper too.

but I taste everything else first

my mother on the other hand put salt on Chinese food

[MrCoffee]

24. there was an astonishingly brilliant poll a while back about job interviews and salt

why didn't i bookmark that? it was genius!

[FloridaJudy]

26. Me? I have a free hand with the pepper shaker

Though I do taste the food first. Rarely is it spicy enough for my taste, unless it's Mexican, Thai or Vindaloo.

BTW, the world's spiciest cuisine is Indonesian. Their "medium" is my "excruciatingly hot".

[conscious evolution]

27. Justifiable homocide in some countries.

[Redstone]

29. And that's fine with me if they want to.

Redstone

[Drunken Irishman]

30. I salt everything.

Especially fries at McDonalds and Carl's Junior...even though they have salt already.

[LisaM]

31. I don't like food very salty, and I cook a lot

It kills me to see someone pour salt (or catsup) on something I've fixed before just TRYING it. Don't they realize that there is a delicate bouquet of flavors in there? LOL.

Those Food Network people just scoop it on. They'll say, "Just add a LITTLE salt" and put in so much that you can SEE it. Maybe it's a visual thing.