So over thanksgiving week we ate out every day OMG the salt!

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Anonymous wrote:I've never eaten at a restaurant so I'm unfamiliar with the food restaurants serve.

Sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Ehh, all of the food I ate over the holiday had a crap ton of salt in it. We ate mostly at home but we season well and yes, it's a lot of salt. That's what makes it taste good. Sure, I'm slightly bloated but for me life is too short to eat bland food. I'll work out this week, drink lots of water and get back to normal in a few days. Life goes on.

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I always feel bad for people who hate salt. Their life must be so bland. It helps enhance and balance flavor. Literally everything benefits from a bit of salt.

A bit of salt, sure. The amount of salt in a typical restaurant meal, no thanks. I’m always thirsty for a day afterward. Even with fine dining.

Really? I eat out a fair amount and I don't feel that way. When I eat out a lot in a short period I feel bloated but that's because I'm eating more food than usual so I am actually putting on weight - I'm sure it's some more salt, too, but really it's all the extra calories.

I truly cannot imagine going to a restaurant and asking for eggs with no salt. It sounds so dreary. Why go out?

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Salt hatred is really a relic of the 80s/90s health fads. Unless you have a sodium intolerance it really isn't bad for you. Restaurants use a lot of it because it makes your food taste better. If you don't use it at home, well your food is bland, don't kid yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Salt hatred is really a relic of the 80s/90s health fads. Unless you have a sodium intolerance it really isn't bad for you. Restaurants use a lot of it because it makes your food taste better. If you don't use it at home, well your food is bland, don't kid yourself.

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Yes. The thread about guilty pleasures and Oliveczgarden makes me WINCE. So much salt in restaurant meals.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. The thread about guilty pleasures and Oliveczgarden makes me WINCE. So much salt in restaurant meals.

So you serve bland food at home I assume?

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Anonymous wrote:Ehh, all of the food I ate over the holiday had a crap ton of salt in it. We ate mostly at home but we season well and yes, it's a lot of salt. That's what makes it taste good. Sure, I'm slightly bloated but for me life is too short to eat bland food. I'll work out this week, drink lots of water and get back to normal in a few days. Life goes on.

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I always feel bad for people who hate salt. Their life must be so bland. It helps enhance and balance flavor. Literally everything benefits from a bit of salt.

A bit of salt, sure. The amount of salt in a typical restaurant meal, no thanks. I’m always thirsty for a day afterward. Even with fine dining.

Really? I eat out a fair amount and I don't feel that way. When I eat out a lot in a short period I feel bloated but that's because I'm eating more food than usual so I am actually putting on weight - I'm sure it's some more salt, too, but really it's all the extra calories.

I truly cannot imagine going to a restaurant and asking for eggs with no salt. It sounds so dreary. Why go out?

I mean, I don’t ask for eggs with no salt. But I do eat at home more than I used to (where I do still use salt!) because I dislike feeling thirsty all night and the next day. If the food is good enough I’m still happy to eat out and suffer the consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:Ehh, all of the food I ate over the holiday had a crap ton of salt in it. We ate mostly at home but we season well and yes, it's a lot of salt. That's what makes it taste good. Sure, I'm slightly bloated but for me life is too short to eat bland food. I'll work out this week, drink lots of water and get back to normal in a few days. Life goes on.

+1
I always feel bad for people who hate salt. Their life must be so bland. It helps enhance and balance flavor. Literally everything benefits from a bit of salt.

A bit of salt, sure. The amount of salt in a typical restaurant meal, no thanks. I’m always thirsty for a day afterward. Even with fine dining.

What fine dining restaurants are too salty for you and what are you ordering?

PP here. My favorite restaurant is Blacksalt (seafood). And it doesn’t taste salty while I’m there. But later in the evening I’ll be unusually thirsty, often next day too. Also happens with Asian food, pizza, most places I eat out really.

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Anonymous wrote:Ehh, all of the food I ate over the holiday had a crap ton of salt in it. We ate mostly at home but we season well and yes, it's a lot of salt. That's what makes it taste good. Sure, I'm slightly bloated but for me life is too short to eat bland food. I'll work out this week, drink lots of water and get back to normal in a few days. Life goes on.

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I always feel bad for people who hate salt. Their life must be so bland. It helps enhance and balance flavor. Literally everything benefits from a bit of salt.

A bit of salt, sure. The amount of salt in a typical restaurant meal, no thanks. I’m always thirsty for a day afterward. Even with fine dining.

What fine dining restaurants are too salty for you and what are you ordering?

PP here. My favorite restaurant is Blacksalt (seafood). And it doesn’t taste salty while I’m there. But later in the evening I’ll be unusually thirsty, often next day too. Also happens with Asian food, pizza, most places I eat out really.

Yep same experience at Black Salt. I do not know how people who eat out all the time do it.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. The thread about guilty pleasures and Oliveczgarden makes me WINCE. So much salt in restaurant meals.

So you serve bland food at home I assume?

DP why would anything be blamed? If you add salt while cooking it does little in terms of taste. Add a small amount of finishing salts when the plate is served and it increase the favors. I really do not need heavily salted rice or risotto because you really do not taste the salt.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. The thread about guilty pleasures and Oliveczgarden makes me WINCE. So much salt in restaurant meals.

So you serve bland food at home I assume?

DP why would anything be blamed? If you add salt while cooking it does little in terms of taste. Add a small amount of finishing salts when the plate is served and it increase the favors. I really do not need heavily salted rice or risotto because you really do not taste the salt.

“Season as you go” is a basic tenant of cooking well.

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Anonymous wrote:Ehh, all of the food I ate over the holiday had a crap ton of salt in it. We ate mostly at home but we season well and yes, it's a lot of salt. That's what makes it taste good. Sure, I'm slightly bloated but for me life is too short to eat bland food. I'll work out this week, drink lots of water and get back to normal in a few days. Life goes on.

+1
I always feel bad for people who hate salt. Their life must be so bland. It helps enhance and balance flavor. Literally everything benefits from a bit of salt.

A bit of salt, sure. The amount of salt in a typical restaurant meal, no thanks. I’m always thirsty for a day afterward. Even with fine dining.

What fine dining restaurants are too salty for you and what are you ordering?

PP here. My favorite restaurant is Blacksalt (seafood). And it doesn’t taste salty while I’m there. But later in the evening I’ll be unusually thirsty, often next day too. Also happens with Asian food, pizza, most places I eat out really.

Yep same experience at Black Salt. I do not know how people who eat out all the time do it.

I agree. I will say I was in Belgium recently and was concerned about it due to eating out every single meal which is usually going to make me feel like I have salt overload, and I was totally fine. The meals were a mixture of bland and well-seasoned. Maybe the bland ones balanced out the well-seasoned ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. The thread about guilty pleasures and Oliveczgarden makes me WINCE. So much salt in restaurant meals.

So you serve bland food at home I assume?

DP why would anything be blamed? If you add salt while cooking it does little in terms of taste. Add a small amount of finishing salts when the plate is served and it increase the favors. I really do not need heavily salted rice or risotto because you really do not taste the salt.

You cannot tell the difference between rice prepared "heavily" salted and rice prepared unsalted?

You can't be serious.

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No

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These posts are why white people are accused of not seasoning their food.