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michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

I dislike salt, so never added it to any foods I was cooking. But then "they" make you feel bad about that as all food on telly programmes and in dinner party TV programmes etc talk of tasteless/bland food and having to shove loads of seasoning in, and a bit more.

So that made me "worried" that if I ever cooked for others they'd find it tasteless.

You and they are both right, they are habituated to salt so can only taste other flavours if food is salted, you (and I) are not so we can taste spuds without salting them

Generali wrote: »

The reaction starts at far lower temperatures than needed to make yorkies.

But isn't it this very reaction that makes meat carcinogenic

lostinrates

Michaels, I have to sometimes increase salt I take too, but also other minerals.

It always blows minds because meal plans reveal so little premade food stuffs which include salt. I prefer people to season themselves at the table. It might be less chic, but its more suitable IMO. Often food doesn't need it. E.g. If you add celery, or lots of cheeses. I don't add salt to things like boiled eggs, for example, ( or potatoes) but might have potatoes with something like gravy which might be seasoned from the stock if I've used premade stock or celery etc if its not. Never made a bland gravy.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

No, completely different. They look rather like semi dried chinese lanterns that have gone past their best without the paper bit on the stem.

Tamorillos are lovely. I had one for the first time about 3 years ago. I had a friendly Asian (we call Chinese people rather than Indians Asian here) colleague who used to give me bits of tropical fruit.

I was sent a great bit of advice today:

"Diabetes runs in your family because nobody runs in your family".

Meant to say, we've managed to get tamarillos to grow from seed quite easily, but have no where to grow them on. No saying whether our seed would be a good plant, but would be no harm trying to do the same in an Aussie garden I guess......free fruit? Problem with growing from seed is the lack or reliability of what you'll get....an amazing one or not. I'd try if we had heated green house. I donated our sprouts to a nursery who were interested.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Cannot possibly be. Insects have an unwritten rule that given a choice between me and OH they choose me.

Without fail I get bitten on buses going through Golders Green. Even the insects disapprove of DH 's marriage. :rotfl:

ivyleaf

Spirit wrote: »

in the summer I had cholesterol and HBA1C tests with the lowest results I had had for some time. since then I have lost a stone in weight eaten almost no junk, a lot more fish, few puddings. Repeat tests last week both measures had moved adversely so I have increased statins and increased Diabetes drugs.

I have not been on a diet per se, just trying to ensure I did not gain weight through an enforced sedentary lifestyle. I was expecting the other health benefits to follow so am a bit miffed.

Oh dear, that does seem most unfair

lir I hope you're feeling better today x

Bon voyage Gen!

Happy Hanukkah to everyone who's celebrating it When I was doing one of my OU modules I met a very nice Jewish lady. At one point I emailed her to wish her Happy Hanukkah. She then explained that she was a secular Jew, and that although she was obviously aware of Hanukkah she thought of it as something purely for the children.

I was quite surprised, because I'd always thought it was rather similar to Christmas and that everyone exchanged gifts, or at least good wishes, with family and friends. I suppose that must be what we were told at primary school.

lostinrates

ivyleaf wrote: »

Oh dear, that does seem most unfair

lir I hope you're feeling better today x

Bon voyage Gen!

Happy Hanukkah to everyone who's celebrating it When I was doing one of my OU modules I met a very nice Jewish lady. At one point I emailed her to wish her Happy Hanukkah. She then explained that she was a secular Jew, and that although she was obviously aware of Hanukkah she thought of it as something purely for the children.

I was quite surprised, because I'd always thought it was rather similar to Christmas and that everyone exchanged gifts, or at least good wishes, with family and friends. I suppose that must be what we were told at primary school.

I understood the timing did big things for Chanukah.

IMO doughnuts and fried goodies do good things for any celebration. . . Otoh, its all just a bit much glut fest ATM. We're all feeling a bit overwhelmed with the idea of food ATM so its more non festive food tonight. DH is making outstanding salads ATM.

ivyleaf

lir After I'd posted, I read your own post about your sore legs. ((HUGS)), I know just what that feels like, as I'm sure does Maggie. Research has shown that people with M.E. produce more lactic acid when exercising than is normal, and that their muscles take much longer to get rid of it.

If only research also showed why, we might get somewhere!

Doughnuts and fried goodies, yum. But as you say, not to excess;) I'm embarrassed to say I've just eaten a Walnut Whip, while determinedly ignoring the inner voice that was telling me I would be much better advised to eat some grapes or an apple instead

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

I dislike salt, so never added it to any foods I was cooking. But then "they" make you feel bad about that as all food on telly programmes and in dinner party TV programmes etc talk of tasteless/bland food and having to shove loads of seasoning in, and a bit more.

I saw the phrase in recipes "pinch of salt" and would have thought this was about 20 grains, until I saw the telly chefs and, for them, it seems to be about 1/2 a teaspoon (often repeated).

So that made me "worried" that if I ever cooked for others they'd find it tasteless.

I can taste the food I eat/cook, I LOVE, say, the taste of potatoes. If all this food is bland and if I'm a smoker (with lost taste) how come I can taste every food I eat OK, yet recipes/programmes/etc would have you believe food is bland and tasteless?

I now do add some salt, sometimes. e.g. making mash I'll sprinkle some onto the spuds, but not a lot. I get through one small plastic pot of salt every 2-3 years or more. I think the only time I add a tiny bit of salt is when making boiled rice or boiled spuds though. Not on anything else. Not even on tomatoes in sandwiches.

michaels wrote: »

You and they are both right, they are habituated to salt so can only taste other flavours if food is salted, you (and I) are not so we can taste spuds without salting them

I agree with michaels.

PN, don't add salt unless YOU want it. And if other people come to your house, just cook the way you usually would, without salt. Then put some salt on the table when you're about to eat, and say "I know I like less salt in cooking than a lot of people, so feel free to add some to your food if you'd like." Then everybody's happy.

I find a lot of ready made food tastes so much of salt that I can't taste anything else. A while ago a very generous friend gave me a big voucher for Cook and I got a whole lot of stuff, but every single dish was spoilt by overseasoning IMO. I ate the stuff despite wishing they'd been less heavy handed. I offered some to my kids to try, and said they only had to eat if if they liked it, but it all had too much salt/pepper/mustard/other-seasoning for them to want to eat it. I do wonder if it's the same everywhere, or if it's just their local branch that gets the seasoning so wrong.

silvercar

ivyleaf wrote: »

Oh dear, that does seem most unfair

lir I hope you're feeling better today x

Bon voyage Gen!

Happy Hanukkah to everyone who's celebrating it When I was doing one of my OU modules I met a very nice Jewish lady. At one point I emailed her to wish her Happy Hanukkah. She then explained that she was a secular Jew, and that although she was obviously aware of Hanukkah she thought of it as something purely for the children.

I was quite surprised, because I'd always thought it was rather similar to Christmas and that everyone exchanged gifts, or at least good wishes, with family and friends. I suppose that must be what we were told at primary school.

She was sort of right. Chanukah is a very minor festival in the league of jewish festivals and has been promoted beyond its status by (a) its timing near Xmas (b) food (c) presents.

The basic story is the celebration of a miracle whereby there was only enough oil for one night and it lasted for 8 nights. Cue a festival 8 days long with oil based foods.

Modern day translation is to ask children to imagine that their mobile phones only had enough battery for one day and they lasted for 8.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

One of the, daft, 'research/study' results I read some years ago was that a huge number of people love Walnut whips - but don't really like/want to eat the walnut. Having said that, they agreed that if the walnut were removed then they'd not find a walnut whip so enticing.

How many NPs remember when Walnut Whips had a walnut on the inside as well?:j