spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Jun 14, 12:34 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> I am watching that Four Weddings show and that was how the one bride
>> described the food at another bride's wedding. To me, bland would be
>> lack of any seasoning or severe underseasoning.
>
>> I suppose to
>> me that bland would also apply to specific foods. Like mashed
>> potatoes with no salt. Dried beans with no salt. Or foods that you
>> might expect to have some heat to them but winds up not having any.
>> Like salsa, some Mexican foods, chili, or other ethnic foods that
>> usually contain a lot of spices. I could see calling a food too
>> salty. But I can't see how too salty could be bland. What does bland
>> mean to you?
>
> To me, bland means flavorless. Food can be both bland and salty -- I
> would suggest Campbell's Vegetable Beef soup as an example.

Hmmm... I love that soup! To me it has good flavor. Not bland at all but
perhaps slightly on the salty side.