Salt ban; use salt it could be a $1,000 fine!

[~~whimsy~~]

Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129 , states in part.

The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz , D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.

"The consumer needs to make their own health choices. Just as doctors and the occasional visit to a hospital can't truly control how a person chooses to maintain their health, neither can chefs nor the occasional visit to a restaurant," said Jeff Nathan, the executive chef and co-owner of Abigael's on Broadway. "Modifying trans fats and sodium intake needs to be home based for optimal health. Regulating restaurants will not solve this health issue."

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/chefs-call-proposed-new-york-salt-ban-absurd-20100310-akd

Despite the important issues let us focus on salt.

 

[lurkingdirk]

It's an interesting topic. And, believe it or not, this is a great book.

And there is so much difference between salts. It would be a crying shame if Sea Salt were to be eliminated from New York restaurants. I'd start bringing my own salt to the restaurant!

 

[Will E Worm]

This is garbage, just like the transfat issue.

People have the right to eat whatever they wish.

End of story. :hatsoff:

 

[GregCentauro]

I take that story with a grain of salt.

 

[Lust]

wonder if that includes fast food places. those establishments like to add a little food to their salt.

 

[Facetious]

Sort of off topic, but not really - This story here reminds me of a very recent quote from San Fran Nanny :

"You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.

But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.''




The temerity of this woman !!! incredible !
If I read this correctly, our food stocks will be controlled under this "farcicle" of a health care bill, the bill that they wanna shove down . . . you know.

 

[Petra]

Obviously Mr. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz doesn't cook. Or doesn't cook well, that is. Salt can make or break a lot of dishes and it's a must in most baked goods, especially if there's chocolate in it.

I'll have to officially add this to my growing list of why I hate my country.

 

[assholebythedoor]

smoking too

 

[Facetious]

:uohs:

 

[gunslingingbird]

Obviously Mr. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz doesn't cook. Or doesn't cook well, that is. Salt can make or break a lot of dishes and it's a must in most baked goods, especially if there's chocolate in it.

I'll have to officially add this to my growing list of why I hate my country.

^ What she said.

Also, why would this shithead decide that salt is suddenly not important? If he wasn't so ignorant he would know that salt has played a central role in many places in history. Roman soldiers' wages were paid in salt. The whole trade route that Marco Polo wrote his journal on was for the trading of spices, including salt. Miners in the American Old West used salt as currency. So why would salt suddenly be unnecessary enough for this shit stain to pass some selfish piece of legislation that would prohibit its use, when thousands of years of social and anthropological history prove him wrong?

 

[Lucky7000]

... I live in NYC If this ever seriously happened, food would taste a thousand times worse and be a hundred times more expensive. Don't people think!??!

 

[Jagger69]

Does this include Baconsalt?

 

[lurkingdirk]

Does this include Baconsalt?

No, my friend. The likes of Baconsalt will always be welcome in New York City.

 

[knowone]

As usual posters here are missing the obvious. Salt would still be on the restaurant tables and customers could add the amount of salt they preferred to their meal.

 

[lurkingdirk]

As usual posters here are missing the obvious. Salt would still be on the restaurant tables and customers could add the amount of salt they preferred to their meal.

Um. We've missed the point? Putting salt on after the food is prepared isn't the same thing there, Normy. Using salt DURING cooking is pretty crucial to texture, flavour, and clotting, among other things. Different kinds of salt produce different results.

Don't believe me? Then go have another Big Mac.

 

[doppelganger]

Taxes on soft drinks, ban on salt....
Anyone remember the movie Demolition Man? We're slowly but surely getting there.

 

[gunslingingbird]

As usual posters here are missing the obvious. Salt would still be on the restaurant tables and customers could add the amount of salt they preferred to their meal.

Either you don't cook, or you've eaten bland food your whole life. Adding salt after you're done cooking drastically changes the flavor from adding it while you're cooking. If your dish doesn't include salt in the preparation it'll always be bland. You can heap a pound of salt on your food and make it salty, but if there was not salt added while it was being prepared it will always be bland.

:scream: CHEF!!! :scream:

 

[GregCentauro]

I recommend persons suffering from allergies to stay clear of this thread. It contains nuts.

 

[lurkingdirk]

I recommend persons suffering from allergies to stay clear of this thread. It contains nuts.

I recommend you get into my trousers. I heard you're good with nuts.

 

[meesterperfect]

how about a nice round of applause for the comedy genious of gregcentauro!
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/0/08/Kurtclapping.gif

this law is almost hard to believe, spagetti for example, ever taste it cooked without salt?