No recipes today... Just an observation. Who in this day and age would slather a child's meal in salt?? I try not to be too pedantic in the whole healthy eating thing - I suppose it is tiresome to some folk, but these days everyone is talking about salt and how much salt is in our food.
I haven't cooked with salt in more than 10 years.... Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration, I do use salt when the chemical balance of the recipe requires it - in baking for example. Otherwise I leave it to my guests to add salt at the table. When I want something salty I embrace the natural salts that exist within foods to give a salty kick - in bacon / pancetta etc. Pity my poor hubby who is American and was raised with half a ton of salt in everything and then on everything. He practically went cold turkey when I moved in. But ask him now and he still likes salt but he doesn't add it to his food often (perhaps to chips which we eat on occasion) and his health is much better for it.
Its not that I dislike salt, I love it - I just don't want it in any quantity on a daily basis. I actually don't miss it so much any more. Not being used to salt means I only want to eat a few crisps if they're offered. Helps with the old dieting thing!
I suppose I was just shocked that with even the dreaded McD's leaving salt off thier fries these days that my daughter's kids meal was absolutely drenched with the stuff. It was in an otherwise healthy farm shop nr Hungerford j ust off hte A4 for those in the know - dissapointed?? You bet.
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