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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 10:49 am
I am a saltaholic. I even salt ham, shame on me. My blood pressure is very low so I guess it's o.k. As a matter of fact, I may be buried with a salt shaker in my hand.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 10:51 am
I don't use a lot of salt but I do use kosher salt for cooking. You don't need much for flavor.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 10:53 am
When I was pregnant I craved salt! Salt on everything, french fries every day. LOL! Now, not so much. I do like kosher as well.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:02 am
Oh gosh, towards the last months of both my pregnancies my hands and feet were swelling so much that was the first thing the doctor said...NO SALT! LOL, no worries with me for that one.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:35 am
Sea salt is generally thought of to make a better table salt (condiment), rather than the salt you add at the beginning of a cooking process. Many chefs will use kosher salt to season during cooking, and sea salt at the end to finish the dish. I don't do salt, but on occasion I'll finish something up with a pinch of fleur de sel (my sea salt from France). There are all sorts of varieties of sea salt, from grey to red. (Fleur de sel means "flower of salt" -- they are naturally occuring crystals and are usually hand-harvested. A very subtle flavor.)
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:39 pm
Good grief, War! No wonder you don't like food! It has no taste! And Kaili, now I know why you are skinny! You don't eat salt either! All good foods have salt on them or in them!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:18 am
LOL, it has taste! I do use other spices and seasonings.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 7:27 am
Huh? I never said I don't like food. I love food! I don't like meat!!! I use all sorts of other spices and seasonings. I don't think salt is necessary, and once you get used to cooking without it, everything tastes better! It doesn't get hidden behind a salty flavor. And did I say? I LOVE FOOD!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 4:18 pm
Interestingly, I got an email today that has a bunch of yummy looking recipes. Checx out this Asparagus Frittata with Creme Fraiche and chives. Looks and sounds yummy! (And you can use any veggie, besides asparagus!) Or these Asparagus Feuilletes with Chive Butter Sauce Recipe, which is really a fancy way of saying "asparagus in puff pastry pockets! Both look yum!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 8:18 pm
Oh, Costa, I missed that you don't use salt either. So, I didn't say it about you! LOL I just can't imagine using no salt. Eggs really don't have much taste without salt. I only use a little bit of pepper in my cooking and none directly on my food but I do use other spices as well in my cooking. But I have to have my sea salt.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 7:29 am
LOL Twinkie! 'S'allright! I put pepper on eggs, no salt. Once you get used to it, it gets to the point where I can't eat eggs that have been salted! And I can tell when someone makes deviled eggs (yum!) but salt 'em (ack!).
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:14 am
OMG I adore deviled eggs but I hate making them! But if they have mayo in them there's plenty of salt in that. When I make egg salad or tuna salad sandwiches I don't salt them because of the mayo and they taste great to me.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:18 am
I don't use a lot of salt either but I do use a lot of pepper and Tony Chachere's (sp?) I love to put salsa on eggs. I have a real pet peeve about people who salt their food before tasting it. My ex is that way and while I could understand him doing it at home because I don't use a lot of salt, it still bugged me. There were times I wanted to pour salt into whatever I was cooking.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:32 am
My BF says it's not polite to the cook if you salt your food before you taste it.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:48 am
Remember I also probably still have deadened taste buds from smoking for 40 years. Its only been 2 months since I quit and I can't tell any difference yet in how food tastes.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:58 am
Your BF is right, Nick!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 9:04 am
Nick, your BF has very good manners.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, April 20, 2007 - 10:02 am
Thank you girls! Now, I won't go and tell you all the foods he puts ketchup on ... yuck!! LOL!! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, April 20, 2007 - 10:16 am
OK, I was liking your BF till you told us that! 
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 11:06 am
No salt for me except what comes already in condiments (I'm a condiment freak). Ketchup & Salsa are prob. my fav's. I do cook w/season salt so I guess I get salt that way. No table salt though except what's called for in baking recipes.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 4:25 pm
I always pepper my food before tasting it. Lots of it. I add salt to virtually nothing.
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