Salty Behavior
Posted on | March 1, 2007 at 7:58 am | 4 Comments
I seem to have lost my taste for salt lately. I was never one to slather table salt onto everything on my plate, though I usually add it to poultry, eggs, and tomatoes. I do like my salty snacks and eat pretzels primarily for the salt. But lately I’ve been noticing that some food items (potato crisps, my homemade turkey sandwiches, other things) taste saltier. I’m not sure if this is because of some ramp-up in salt content to foods in general, or if I’ve suddenly become more sensitive to it. All I know is that lately I’ve begun to experience normal foods as “too salty”, when that has never happened with those foods before.
I remember someone once telling me that in order to taste the salt the next time on something you’ve added it to, you have to add even more salt that next time. That didn’t really sound right to me, since then it seems like some people would eventually be dumping entire salt shakers on their meals, but nevertheless I always thought there was some truthiness to it. But is it possible to become more taste sensitive to salt as well as less? Is this an age related thing, or has something else in my diet or biological makeup changed? All I know is that I’ve stopped adding salt to meals and I’m eating less of salty foods.
Bring on the sugar.
Latre.
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4 Responses to “Salty Behavior”
March 1st, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
<HIDDEN>Stage 4 of our plan is underway, comrades. Tomorrow he will lose his ability to perceive the color pink, and then nothing – NOTHING will stop us from total domination of his zip code!</HIDDEN>
March 1st, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
And then starting Monday, we convince him he’s getting taller.I’ve actually noticed the same thing, perhaps it’s a function of prolonged cold weather or something.
March 2nd, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
one of the symptoms of chronic lead poisoning is a decreased sensitivity to… salt
Well at least I don’t have lead poisoning. Good to know!
March 2nd, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
Just an aside here, but I remember reading how recipes translated from ancient Roman texts called for an inordinate amount of salt – they figured out that the Romans used lead for their plumbing pipes and cookpots, and one of the symptoms of chronic lead poisoning is a decreased sensitivity to… salt. I kid you not, Google it if you think I’m lying.