Today I Learned #4: Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

[Valka D'Ur]

The taste has to come from somewhere, though.

BTW, @Birdjaguar, you just did post #1000. Posting and naming rights for the next thread are yours.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Hmm... I did not know. Thanks.

 

[Birdjaguar]

A new thread will be up tomorrow.

 

[Narz]

Just get lower sodium salt. I take one w half the sodium w potassium and magnesium salts.

 

[Samson]

Just get lower sodium salt. I take one w half the sodium w potassium and magnesium salts.

I think this is really good advice if it works for you. Some people say it tastes different, but it does not to me.

Another vaguely similar thing I do is use soy sauce rather than salt on anything that can take it. Obviously it has some salt, but I think the umami has a similar flavour enhancing effect that means you can use much less salt. Obviously this does not work with a lot of dishes because of the strength of flavour.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Tastes are subjective, of course. It's been 5 years since I had to get away from regular sugar (haven't eliminated it completely, but I've cut down and made substitutions).

So for 5 years I've used artificial sweeteners, and I still hate it. Though I'll admit it did come in handy when I realized that the old case of diet Coke I'd forgotten about could still be drunk. It didn't have a lot of taste, though it had an acceptable amount of fizz left. Pour it into a glass, add a packet of Sugar Twin, stir, and drink. It wasn't great, but better than nothing (I don't drink coffee, so I need my caffeine somewhere).

Even before the diabetes diagnosis I was getting away from salt on French fries. Ketchup and pepper works great.

 

[Birdjaguar]

New thread is here