Salt in restaurant dishes

in our household we generally use salt sparingly during the food preparation process, and never sprinkle it on top of the finished product. yes, restaurant food normally tastes extremely salty to us...

Yeah most restaurant food has more salt and probably a ton more butter

Which is why it’s usually better.

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We use zero salt in our recipes. We stopped eating food from people (& restaurant) that add salt. That's what salt shakers are for.

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What a horrible take.

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We use zero salt in our recipes.

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For what reason?

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We never add salt to our recipes. For what reason?

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People have different tolerances for salt. We've eaten food the cook thought was great, but the salt level to us was way beyond our tolerance. Adding salt seems to make the cook think he's adding flavor, but it's just the opposite in some cases. Salt shakers exist for a reason. I never want someone to add salt to my steak.

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We just throw a handful of popcorn and salt into a paper bag and pop it into the micro wave for a few seconds. ...

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Like your one exception is salted popcorn?

Are you diabetic? Are you fat?

I didn’t want to go here, but we’re learning now that salt sensitivity/bp issues has more to do with the body’s inability to rid itself of sodium, which is caused by insulin sensitivity.

Telling people to just cut sodium is an antiquated mindset. But whatever.

However, your issue is just weird. Adding salt during the cooking process is adding flavor. Do you think adding fat or acidity during cooking is stupid too?

As I aged I learned to so respect what the French do with food. They rule the world in most categories. Were making Cajun food before there were Cajuns. Only the Italians and Spanish and Chinese come close. French food has something great for about everyone except the Buffalo wild wing or Nathan’s hot dog crowd.

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We're in our 70's, retired, and stay in shape. We do zero salt (cept rare popcorn), zero sugar, and zero high glycemic foods like white rice, potatoes, spaghetti, white bread, etc. Our taste buds do not enjoy salt at the level most people and restaurants add to their foods.

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We aren't as stringent, but we rarely salt anything, either. We only eat basmati rice with Indian meals, no pasta, Rye bread with a tomato sandwich (1 slice, each). It isn't a conscious thing, really. We cook at home a lot, and eat out of medium-sized ramekins. A pot of etouffee (no rice) will last us months. Eating out has become so disappointing and really isn't worth it, unless it is a social experience. Then we usually split an entrée or app.

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We use zero salt in our recipes. We stopped eating food from people (& restaurant) that add salt. That's what salt shakers are for.

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i.e. you're a horrible cook