salt

[rustee2011]

Hi,

Yesterday, my 18 year old nephew was putting a lot on his food. I was telling him that although he is young, it's not a good thing to do, it could lead to high blood pressure etc. My gran (his great-grandmother) echoed the same sentiments.
My nephew's response to my great-gran - but I have seen you do the same
Great gran - How cold am I (86) and how old are you, I am on the way down, you are coming up.

Nephew - We are all going to end up down eventually.
Great-gran - true - but you haven't reached the height of your life yet, so you are on the way up still.

 

[Northerner]

I recently visited my Dad (84) and was quite shocked at the amount of salt he was putting on his food! 😱 I stopped adding salt when cooking e.g. vegetables or rice/pasta etc. a few years ago and no longer add it at the table - really don't miss it. The only thing I do sprinkle a little on nowadays is on eggs.

 

[Caroline]

my mum cooks with salt and then adds it to her food and my dad always puts it on peanut butter

 

[Monica]

My dad suffers from high blood pressure, but won't admit that salt is the culprit!! When we've been to visit for a week, we always end up really thirsty, because we're not used to such high salt content in our food 😡

I don't add salt to my cooking, except in my risotto. And that's only because Knorr have reduced the salt content in their chicken stock. I tried adding more stock, but it just didn't taste right

 

[Flutterby]

My sister's boyfriend is the same, I think he does it all the more now because we have told him about it. He may be 50 but he doesn't act his age! I don't know how he can eat the food - no wonder he always needs a glass of water with his meal. We only add a small amount when cooking and almost never to the plated up meal. We often find the food when we eat out is too salty because we are just not used to it.

 

[Northerner]

My sister's boyfriend is the same, I think he does it all the more now because we have told him about it. He may be 50 but he doesn't act his age! I don't know how he can eat the food - no wonder he always needs a glass of water with his meal. We only add a small amount when cooking and almost never to the plated up meal. We often find the food when we eat out is too salty because we are just not used to it.

I remember years ago when we used to go to the chippy, they would ask if you wanted salt and vinegar. If you said yes they would shower it on from these huge salt shakers - must have been about a week's worth of salt in one go! 😱

 

[Flutterby]

I know - they still do it. Paul always says yes to salt at the chippy and as he eats most of them I don't comment. Somehow it's different with chips! If I put that much salt on a meal he wouldn't eat it!