My turn: What food items will you salt?

[Seahorse17]

Oranges, Pineapple, and Apples and Watermelon

 

[Klayfish]

Nothing

 

[soccerdad72]

Pretty much everything

 

[msjprincess]

While cooking I put salt and pepper in most savory dishes. After being cooked I think the only things I automatically add salt to are steak, eggs, fries and mashed potatoes.

 

[ZZBane]

I salt things, lightly, before cooking. Always when I bake. I always salt my pasta water. I do not add any salt to French fries, even if they are unsalted.
I prefer salt on hard boiled eggs, fried zucchini, and cucumbers. Occasionally, I’ll add the smallest pinch of salt to my cup of coffee. Also, corn on the cob.
I’m more of a pepper or red pepper flake kind of girl though

 

[Searc]

People who salt steak after it's cooked, salt and pepper the steak before you cook it. It makes a difference.

 

[ncc1701]

I salt pasta water, add I when the recipe call for it , steak before grilling & lightly salt vegetables before roasting. I will salt potato and eggs if they need it when I am eating them. Otherwise nothing else.

 

[BrianL]

I never put salt on anything on my plate - unless it just came out bad for some reason. I will use salt when preparing a dish, though I am not much of a cook. Salt goes into eggs, and meat before cooking (though I usually use a seasoning with salt and other flavorings). I use it pretty lightly though.

 

[wgeo]

During cooking I'll add salt. After cooking - mainly just boiled eggs and mac n' cheese, every once in a great while I'll salt green beans or brussel sprouts depending on how they're cooked.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I don't really add salt to things after the fact. Most common I can think of is green beans. I also use seasoning salt from Steak N' Shake for their fries but that's the only place I can remember adding salt to fries.

I'll add salt when the recipe calls for it unless it advises it's "optional" at which point I usually don't add any. We do use seasoning salt or steak seasoning (made ourselves with separate ingredients mixed together) sometimes both and for steaks and burgers prior to them being cooked.

What I do like to add more of these days is cracked pepper especially when the bottle you do it yourself.

 

[disneychrista]

I have been cutting back for health reasons. But before that pretty much everything.

 

[ronandannette]

Agreed. Salt is a necessity to most dishes for flavor, even sweet baked goods.

ETA While prepping/cooking, not after.

I understand some people avoid sodium for medical reasons and perhaps they become accustomed to the taste of food without salt, but it is unbelievable how much better everything tastes with a little salt. I salt and season during cooking. I cringe when guests add salt at the table and interestingly, practically everyone who does this does it without tasting the food first.

I expect restaurant food to be salted and seasoned properly and it almost always is. When we're invited to eat at someone's home cooking I don't add salt because I feel self-conscious doing so but there are many times when I want to.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I cringe when guests add salt at the table and interestingly, practically everyone who does this does it without tasting the food first.

I think sometimes that's just because of how one grew up or did things over time.

I don't know anyone my age late 20s/early 30s that adds salt to food routinely and prior to tasting it. BUT my grandmother, grandfather, my husband's grandmother and those of that age range (late 70s-90s) all did that all the time no matter what. That's why my husband's grandmother would get snippy ('bout the only slightly mean bone in her body) when we would refuse to give her the salt (due to doctor's orders).

My mom (early 60s) adds it a lot less than her mother did but still more than me. Same story for my husband's mom, dad and step-dad (all early to mid-60s).

Now that's just my experience I don't mean to say everyone of such and such age does this because they clearly don't.

 

[AustinTink]

I grew up in a house where my father had many health problems. I remember him always telling us "salt is a killer" as an ominous warning to steer clear of it for the sake of our health. So, in my adult years I have never really cooked with much salt. And anything processed, I buy in the lowest sodium version available.

Cut to last year when I was having issues with fainting spells. On one trip to the doctor, my blood pressure was 88/54. Among many things he told me to do adding salt to my diet was one of them. He also said to keep salt packets in my purse for when I feel like I'm about to pass out. It goes against everything I had done my whole life but I started cooking with salt and my blood pressure was on the low end of normal on my last visit.

So to answer the original question, I kinda salt everything now in moderation. And, boy, does it taste good!

 

[Lilsia]

Eggs and fries.

I was going to say the same thing. We have no medical issues so we put some salt on most items, but if I had to pick a couple of things to salt, it would be eggs and potatoes.

 

[DLgal]

I'm just going to come out and say it. If you don't salt your food while cooking (and you aren't using already salted ingredients), you're not a good cook. Salt is ESSENTIAL to tasty food. It doesn't have to be table salt that is added (in fact, it should never be table salt). But it is needed to bring out the flavor in food. I weep for people who say they grew up in a "salt free" home. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I consider myself a very good cook. I have about 10 different kinds of salts. I will salt EVERYTHING I make from scratch in some way. Literally nothing goes unsalted. No one in our house has issues with blood pressure. In fact, mine is always low. I used to eat kosher salt out of little Dixie cups when I was a kid. I've always craved it.

 

[WorldWacky]

I understand some people avoid sodium for medical reasons and perhaps they become accustomed to the taste of food without salt, but it is unbelievable how much better everything tastes with a little salt. I salt and season during cooking. I cringe when guests add salt at the table and interestingly, practically everyone who does this does it without tasting the food first.

I expect restaurant food to be salted and seasoned properly and it almost always is. When we're invited to eat at someone's home cooking I don't add salt because I feel self-conscious doing so but there are many times when I want to.

I feel the same way about using salt at someone’s house, and I guess my sister-in-law feels the same way. She doesn’t use much salt in her cooking. She hosts Thanksgiving every year. No salt on the turkey, no salt in the mashed potatoes and no salt on the table for you to add your own. My dd wanted to know why the mashed potatoes “tasted weird.” She LOVES mashed potatoes and took a huge helping before she realized they didn’t have any salt in them.(For the record, I salt my mashed potatoes during preparation.)

 

[Moliphino]

I feel the same way about using salt at someone’s house, and I guess my sister-in-law feels the same way. She doesn’t use much salt in her cooking. She hosts Thanksgiving every year. No salt on the turkey, no salt in the mashed potatoes and no salt on the table for you to add your own. My dd wanted to know why the mashed potatoes “tasted weird.” She LOVES mashed potatoes and took a huge helping before she realized they didn’t have any salt in them.(For the record, I salt my mashed potatoes during preparation.)

I would be sneaking in salt packets.

 

[luvsJack]

Everything I cook, has salt in the preparation. I do buy no salt or low salt ingredients (like chicken broth for instance). There is a salt shaker on the table. Dh uses it. I don’t usually.

I do like salty fries.

Dd is having this debate at her house. She learned to cook from me and her grandma. We salt. He grew up in a no salt, no seasoning of any kind household. Yeah, he is learning to eat her way lol.

Some things just can’t be seasoned or salted after they are cooked and have the same taste.

 

[WorldWacky]

I would be sneaking in salt packets.

I’ll try that next year!