October 2-8 has been declared official “No Salt Week.”
Around here, that’s pretty much a declaration of war.
I don’t just like salt, I consider it a food group. Iodized salt, kosher salt, sea salt in a grinder.
I salt bread.
Fortunately, none of my family members take it as an editorial comment on their cooking. The fact is, it has nothing to do with the cooking. On my side of the mountain, there’s very little that can’t be improved by one of two white, grainy substances…and since sugar is temporarily off-limits, I’m going with salt.
I plan tofoment a revolutionagainst this devious observance. And since all good revolutionaries know that radicalism – like charity – begins at home, I’m going to have Mexican food for lunch – and I’m oversalting the chips.
In fact, I see only one good thing about this silly, unsalted observance: if the rest of you aren’t eating salt, it leaves that much more for me.
Take that, observance planners! And take this as your midweek open trackback post, with open trackbacks now through Thursday night.
Linked to Linkfest Haven because you know when we have linkfests that’s what we do.
Linking in:
- Planck’s Constant with “OTA – Converting to Islam – the Big Lie”
- The Florida Masochist with “Rita Coolidge”
I grew up without salt. My mother never even adds it in her baking. Everything tasted pretty good to me and even though I eat plenty of salt now, salt in a cookie makes it taste, salty.
Are you aware that your comments entry box runs over into the sidebar? It makes it very hard to read what I’ve written over there.
You’ll have to e-mail me. I lost your e-mail in my great computer disaster of aught 6. So from here, please add me to your Christmas alliance!
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Yak the younger might like it if you won.
Abiding in the Vine!
Comment by sagerats — October 3, 2006 @ 10:21 am
Hey…cool – thanks for the link and suggestion.
Comment by Random Yak — October 3, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
Oh – the comment sidebar runs over on some browsers and not others. Weird, yes. IT Yak tried to debug it but apparently we only have partial success. What browser are you using?
Will add you to the Alliance today!
Comment by Random Yak — October 3, 2006 @ 12:06 pm
Yeh, the comments box does run over into the sidebar on standards-complaint browsers (like, oh, Opera :-)). Ya learn ta deal…
A few grains of Kosher salt on top of freshly ground coffee grounds, just before wetting prior to brewing, cuts juu-ust enough acid to bring out a fuller flavor.
OTOH, I’ve learned to do pretty much without since my Wonder Woman’s cardiologist put her on a salt-restricted diet. Cooking (for the most part) just for the two of us makes virtual elimination of salt from cooked foods de rigeur. *sigh*
Hey! Since you’re a yak, why not put salt blocks out in your office? Just what every Yak’s office needs: a salt lick.
Comment by David — October 3, 2006 @ 12:33 pm
OTA – Converting to Islam – The Big Lie…
We are all familiar with the sad plight of naive, ignorant young girls from Minnesota who come to New York looking for glamorous jobs as starlets on Broadway or becoming famous models….
Trackback by Planck's Constant — October 3, 2006 @ 12:39 pm
I do not allow salt in my house. When I cook food it comes out perfect and therefor there is no reason to add salt. Of course there are people who cannot eat any food, no matter how pre-salted, unless they add additional mountains of salt. I do not allow these people to eat in my home since I feel it is insulting to have my food added as a condiment to a salt mound.
I have found that certain salt-afflicted shlubs are unable to even taste the food in front of them to ascertain whether it needs salt or not unless they first add tons of salt. I have even seen such a person with his hand shaking, his fork shivering trying to put unsalted food into his mouth and then give up unable to do so.
Sadly these people will never know the true flavor of food since they only taste salt and only salt. Bitter, sour, sweet, juicy, meaty, etc. They’ll never know any of these other tastes. Too bad.
Comment by bernieg1 — October 3, 2006 @ 12:52 pm
Rita Coolidge…
Good news for the economy and the American public. Its nice to see I’ll have one or two predictions right for 2006….
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — October 3, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
I am, indeed, a cretin (extra points for those knowing the origin of the word) – but I do at least taste the food before salting it, tortilla chips excepted. Tortilla chips exist merely as a vehicle for copious quantities of salt and salsa, and therefore do not require tasting.
Comment by Random Yak — October 3, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
Are you saying that you add salt to tortilla chips?
If so, I have never seen anyone add salt to them.
BTW, do you know how you can tell if someone adds too much salt to their food? Look at their tongue and you will see grooves that look like a dried up stream in the desert. Those are chemical burns. In addition, the person will look puffed up from too much water retention and will tend to look anxious all the time. I can usually look in a crowd and point out those who overdo salt after a few seconds of observing their nervous behaviour.
I do not eat any processed foods and so automatically end up with 75% less salt than the average American. I have low blood pressure and less of a chance for stroke, heart-attack, etc.
Once you wean yourself off salt you will not believe how delicious salt-free tortilla chips really are. A whole new world of true taste will open up to you.
I suppose now I will have to blog about this.
Comment by bernieg1 — October 4, 2006 @ 5:25 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Florida Marlins Baseball team owner Jeffrey Loria….
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — October 4, 2006 @ 5:47 am
Redneck Yoga…
Yoga from India [image]
Yoga from Tennessee [image]
I am sure the Tennessee version is not the best Yoga for back pain….
Trackback by Planck's Constant — October 4, 2006 @ 10:49 am
No extra points for me. I kinda thought its etymology was up in the air, what with the OED bein’ a tad uncertain about it and all…
I still like the possible French/Latin connections, but I’m not prepared to be dogmatic about it.
Oh, hey, on the comment box issue: I just noticed that on this particular wide-aspecgt screen there’s no problem. Yeh, yeh, I know: OT. Anywho, the wide-aspect screen solution leads me to believe there’s a bad variable in your CSS. Not a browser issue at all, really (except perhaps for browsers that faithfully render the CSS that’s there. :-)).
Comment by David — October 4, 2006 @ 12:43 pm
Veterinary Civic Action…
U.S. Army Capt. Dwayne Overby gives a camel an injection during a veterinary civic action program in Guistir, Djibouti, on Sept. 17, 2006, in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. Overby is assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalio…..
Trackback by Blue Star Chronicles — October 4, 2006 @ 3:47 pm
Islam and the Amish Massacre…
I can no longer read any updates to the Amish School shooting when they start mentioning the ages of the children….
Trackback by Planck's Constant — October 4, 2006 @ 3:56 pm
From the Silly news desk…
Some news from Germany. Will police keep Dr. Koenig abreast of their investigation?…
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — October 5, 2006 @ 10:13 am