What is the point?!

Person_one

skintchick wrote: »

That stuff tastes like someone has wee'd on your food.

IMHO


People who like salt, don't like lo-salt!

My OH says I put snow on my food I use so much salt, I actually pour it out from the big tub cos not enough comes out of the salt shaker My brother used to refer to my meals as Mount Sodium Chloride. And I used to eat salt on its own until my early 20s. Occasionally I do that now but not like I used to. And I have low blood pressure. Some of us are just WEIRD.

You might have low blood pressure now, but seriously, this is far far too much and you're storing up problems for the future.

skintchick

Person_one wrote: »

How does he know he doesn't like it without salt and sauce if he never gives it a chance?

Its rude to season without tasting because you're assuming that there's no way you'll like the food without, which is insulting to the person who's taken time and effort to make a tasty meal.

I expect he knows because he has tried it in the past. Just like I know I don't like food without salt, and that no-one would ever cook it with enough salt in it for me to want to eat it without adding more.

Would you feel as outraged if someone put gravy on a meal? Or lots of pepper?

I feel the same way about this issue as I do about being told by a top restaurant that I have to have my meat cooked the way the chef likes it - it should be MY decision how I have my food, not someone else's!

When I went to Manoir au Quat' Saisons a few years ago, they were really miffed that I refused to have a chocolate sauce added to a savoury dish. They insisted it was how Raymond wanted it served.

Well, he might, but as it was me eating it, and I don;t like sweet and savoury things together, I refused.

But they wouldn;t leave the table till I agreed to have a small pot of the sauce on the side so I could change my mind!

I thought it was very ill-mannered to insist I have my food how Raymond wanted it even though it would have made it inedible for me.

What's the difference with the salt issue?

Alton_Towers

I am a bit of a stickler for the correct condiment with to go with a meal. I figure if I am going to spend a couple of hours preparing a roast dinner I dont want someone chucking ketchup all over it. Roast is probably the only meal I dont allow it.

My hubby is a vegetarian and I figure that he only chucks sauce over everything to make it taste more appetising! LOL

skintchick

Person_one wrote: »

You might have low blood pressure now, but seriously, this is far far too much and you're storing up problems for the future.

In your opinion.

Interestingly my GP doesn;t agree.

Person_one

skintchick wrote: »

In your opinion.

Interestingly my GP doesn;t agree.

Your GP doesn't agree that high salt intake has an impact on heart health? How bizarre.

Well, you take your chances, its up to you, but I hope you don't regret it as atherosclerosis is irreversible if you change your mind later on.

seven-day-weekend

Person_one wrote: »

How does he know he doesn't like it without salt and sauce if he never gives it a chance?

Its rude to season without tasting because you're assuming that there's no way you'll like the food without, which is insulting to the person who's taken time and effort to make a tasty meal.

I can't see a problem. It wiould not bother me in the slightest. If someone likes a bit of meal with their sauce, sobeit.

purple.sarah

Try asking your husband when he would like to eat. We eat a bit later and I ask hubby if he is hungry before making something. Maybe your husband just isn't hungry straight after work so changing the timing could stop the meal going cold.

Also ask him to cook sometimes and encourage him when he does. Then he will appreciate the effort you put into cooking and see how he should respond.

Some people just have a habit of adding seasonings, it's not personal but you could let him know how it makes you feel and ask that he tries his food first or tell him you are concerned about his health. Bring it up at a neutral time, not during a meal.

skintchick

Person_one wrote: »

Your GP doesn't agree that high salt intake has an impact on heart health? How bizarre.

Well, you take your chances, its up to you, but I hope you don't regret it as atherosclerosis is irreversible if you change your mind later on.

He doesn't think it is having an impact on MY health. That's different.

And I'm not seeing salt intake listed as a risk factor for atherosclerosis here.

fashionlover10

OH does want his dinner at the time I've made it for as we've discussed meal times before and he rings before leaving work so I know when to start dinner. He's also diabetic and his sugars are usually starting to drop by the time he gets in meaning he needs to eat pretty soon or he'll end up with the shakes.

I don't care if he puts a whole bottle of ketchup on the meal really as long as he tastes it first before adding stuff.

Thank you purple.sarah for suggesting I get him to cook to understand it's not just a case of bunging it in the oven.
I think he doesn't realise the time/effort put into it because he's only cooked once since we moved in together and it wasn't a meal from scratch.
Yes I understand that's my fault and I don't have to but when he's working 60 hour weeks while I'm at home during the week I feel like the least I can do is make dinner.


Oh and maybe my cooking is sh!te but if that's the case I wish he'd just say! Lol

skintchick

fashionlover, I can understand your frustration over him not eating till it's gone cold, that would annoy me as well. Maybe if you did eat at the table together it would encourage him to sit down with you?