same over here, i think it goes hand in hand with booze though. a bottle of wine can make that food delicious but sober its far too saltyso much restaurant food (and canned/frozen food) here is vastly over salted. it's a miracle seasoning, a small amount on the plate can bring flavors to life, but best to avoid or use very sparingly in the actual cooking process.
I've made a conscious effort to use less in my cooking. Low-salt stock cubes are a godsend.so much restaurant food (and canned/frozen food) here is vastly over salted. it's a miracle seasoning, a small amount on the plate can bring flavors to life, but best to avoid or use very sparingly in the actual cooking process.
Didn't someone post on here years ago about cooking these and how they smelled literally exactly like shit?We had andouilette sausages with mash.
Andouillette (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dujɛt]) is a coarse-grained sausage made with pork (or occasionally veal), chitterlings (intestine), pepper, wine, onions, and seasonings. Tripe, which is the stomach lining of a cow, is sometimes an ingredient in the filler of an andouillette, but it is not the casing or the key to its manufacture. True andouillette will be an oblong tube. If made with the small intestine, it is a plump sausage generally about 25 mm in diameter but often it is much larger, possibly 7–10 cm in diameter, and stronger in scent when the colon is used. True andouillette is rarely seen outside France and has a strong, distinctive odour related to its intestinal origins and components. Although sometimes repellent to the uninitiated, this aspect of andouillette is prized by its devotees.
Very smelly.
Didn't someone post on here years ago about cooking these and how they smelled literally exactly like shit?
re salt, it's not something that I worry about at all to be honest. In the days when the only way to preserve things was to pickle them we used to eat way way more so I just eat as much as I like whenever I like.
For me it's more to do with trying not to burn my tastebuds out and to actually appreciate the flavours in food other than, well, salt, than to do with health per se.re salt, it's not something that I worry about at all to be honest. In the days when the only way to preserve things was to pickle them we used to eat way way more so I just eat as much as I like whenever I like.
Yeah one thing I don't eat in fact is bacalhau, the supermarkets are stocked floor to ceiling with them but it doesn't appeal at all.yeah, too much salt certainly isn't good for you but like Tea, my issue is more that taste. the right amount at the table works wonders, too much while cooking can ruin a dish.
@IdleRich you'll appreciate this: when we were in Portugal years ago, I ordered a dish that was like a bacalao risotto. it was so salty that I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack, christ.