I Don't Like Salt

Peoria, Arizona
February 21, 2023 3:58pm CST
Okay, so...I do enjoy salt But I don't like salting things I was having a conversation with a friend and immediately felt judge because of the way I eat things. They asked me what I was having for dinner, which, doesn't seem bad, but this person goes through an entire interrogation when it comes to food, like pretty much like How long have you known this chicken, did you know its mother, what freaking farm did this chicken come from. Basically like that So, I had chicken for dinner and they asked if it was fried or rottisered and I'm like..is that the only kind of chicken there is? Because we just like...cook it on the stovetop with water. I don't know what kind of cooking that is called, but that is what we do. And then they asked the seasonings and I'm just like, I dunno Italian seasonings And then they say, that sounds like it would be bland, did you salt it? This is where is all went down I said that I don't salt my food Like, if a recipe uses salt, yes, that is when I use salt! But, I don't like adding more salt after the food is cooked unless it needs it. I just don't care to do that and that is when this friend is like, "wow, you are so white." Bruh...I like seasonings, pretty sure white people really really enjoy SALT So they go, "then you are whiter than white" I...I didn't know being Caucasian was going to be such a problem when it comes to my pallet. I mean, yeah I look like a dead fish because of my skin color, but my skin color doesn't define my pallet. I like spicy stuff, I like seasonings, I just don't like ADDING salt to my food! This is something that shouldn't have irritated me, but it did perturb me a bit, because it seems like everything I do to this person, it has to be judged one way or another, like whether it is how much I work, what I eat, how I eat something, how I sit, just everything. And this is why I don't talk to this person that much anymore, I still like some of the conversations we have, but when it comes to things like this, oof, I just want the conversation to end as soon as possible.
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@Adie04 (17360)
23 Feb 23
I would want to have less salt too, but if I keep doing of not having any salt, I can get dizzy since I ever heard salt also balances blood or something, since I have low blood count (anemia I guess).
@beesure11 (234)
22 Feb 23
I wish I had your healthy diet of not eating salt. Do you know how healthy that makes you? Read any diet book or talk to a weight loss coach. Ask anyone who has lost weight or is trying to lose weight, and the first thing they will tell you to do is cut back or completely cut out the salt. The doctor will tell you that! Bless you. I don't know what the color of your skin has to do with you not using salt, but I do know you are doing your body a great service. Keep it up.
@rakski (120583)
• Philippines
22 Feb 23
and not adding salt is good for you. Do not listen to that friend, a waste of time
@JudyEv (338657)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 23
Some people can be very nosy and judgemental. I don't think anyone really needs friends like that. Or else you just try to keep away from controversial subjects.
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Feb 23
Sometimes with certain people you have to pick and choose what you talk about.
• Philippines
22 Feb 23
We put salt while cooking - whether it's chicken, pork, fish, veggies. We do have a dish boiled/stewed in water called tinolang manok (chicken in ginger broth). Of course, it has other ingredients. What we do add when we're already eating are other condiments or dips like fish sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, calamansi (citrus), etc., depending on the dish, but not salt. So how long have you been friends with this person?
@much2say (55318)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Feb 23
Oh my gah . I have had friends like that . . . wished they would just not be so reactive to everything I said - shut up!!!! I like my salt, but I too do not add extra salt on to of that - and there's nothing wrong with that.
@RasmaSandra (79362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 23
Do you just boil the chicken? I enjoy putting some also on my food but I do not like food that is too salty,
@Deepizzaguy (102072)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Feb 23
It bothers me when persons that I talk to a personal basis paint my image as odd since I like classic programs and not used to the salty language on commercial television show.
@NJChicaa (119361)
• United States
21 Feb 23
Do you boil the chicken or steam it? I'm so confused.
@spiderdust (14761)
• San Jose, California
21 Feb 23
I'm sorry your "friend" was judgy about your food, and pretty much everything else.