"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> 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. The foods that they showed
>> were
>> some kind of seafood in a shell...it was so bad that nobody could tell
>> what
>> it was supposed to be... Chicken, lamb and roasted potatoes. 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?
>
> Food absolutely can be bland and over salted. In my opinion salt can
> enhance flavors (just like MSG), but it isn't seasoning in itself. When
> I cook I use plenty of real seasonings - herbs and spices, and not a lot
> of salt.

I think I probably put some salt in/on everything I cook. I heavily salt
pasta cooking water and I tend to put a little more salt in beans and in/on
potato products than anything else, except perhaps popcorn. Love salt on
popcorn and don't like other seasonings on it.