I was watching Ann Burrell cook bolognese sauce on her show on the FN. I have never seen a chef use so much salt! She cooked veggies first with a handfull of salt. Then she added the beef and another handfull of salt. THEN at the end she added yet another handfull of salt. She always makes the comment that the reason food is restaurants tastes so good is that it is properly seasoned. I know some people here like Mama and Kevin have worked in restaurants. Do they use that much salt?!
My Mom and Dad always used tons of salt. I ate more salt than I should when I got married and Jon really made me cut back alot. My blood pressure was even up there a little. Since I started watching the salt my blood pressure is fine. I do season my food and I season it well but three handfulls of salt in one dish?? I add one handfull of salt to pasta water but I couldnt imagine three handfulls in my sauce. I use kosher and sea salt. My husband never puts salt on his food. The only salt he gets is when I season the food when Im cooking or if I add some to a dish to finish it. His whole family is that way. Where they dont eat much salt they are very sensitive to the flavor and can really taste even a little of it. I always watch when Im seasoning dishes for family dinners. Being a southern cook we can be a little heavy with the salt.
It bugged me alot when I was cooking the spaghetti pasta at my FIL's on Christmas Eve and he didnt have enough salt in the house to season the water. They just never use it. I wouldnt even eat pasta that came out of unseasoned water. Bleh!
My younger sister and her hubby are the same way. The never eat salt. She loves the pickles I made last summer but everytime she eats them her feet swell up. She is not used to all of the salt in pickles lol. Doesnt help she eats a whole jar lol.
My Mom and Dad always used tons of salt. I ate more salt than I should when I got married and Jon really made me cut back alot. My blood pressure was even up there a little. Since I started watching the salt my blood pressure is fine. I do season my food and I season it well but three handfulls of salt in one dish?? I add one handfull of salt to pasta water but I couldnt imagine three handfulls in my sauce. I use kosher and sea salt. My husband never puts salt on his food. The only salt he gets is when I season the food when Im cooking or if I add some to a dish to finish it. His whole family is that way. Where they dont eat much salt they are very sensitive to the flavor and can really taste even a little of it. I always watch when Im seasoning dishes for family dinners. Being a southern cook we can be a little heavy with the salt.
It bugged me alot when I was cooking the spaghetti pasta at my FIL's on Christmas Eve and he didnt have enough salt in the house to season the water. They just never use it. I wouldnt even eat pasta that came out of unseasoned water. Bleh!
My younger sister and her hubby are the same way. The never eat salt. She loves the pickles I made last summer but everytime she eats them her feet swell up. She is not used to all of the salt in pickles lol. Doesnt help she eats a whole jar lol.